Performance

Does history move in a line, or in circles? Can we remake the past we inherit, before handing it on? Are memories and trauma inscribed in our bodies passed on generationally? Chronotopia is a specifically-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance, One Day We’ll Understand. The works in Chronotopia raise questions of trans-generational…

"Sim Chi Yin's miraculous counter-archive is brought to life ...Ong's percussive soundscape broadens the ambit of the story into something mythic ... an epic journey."  The Straits Times One Day We'll Understand is a new multimedia performance exploring memory and inheritance through the compelling family history of visual artist Sim Chi Yin. Set against the Malayan Emergency,…