after|thought (2013)
after|thought is an art exhibition that examines how the ‘institution’ works to represent what has been constructed as a pivotal event in Singapore’s history – 9 August 1965, the date of Singapore’s separation from the Federation of Malaysia. Here the state museum, media and mass education are isolated as mediums through which we understand the issue of representation. Through the discussion of these three examples of the ‘institution’, after|thought ponders how information and memories of 9 August 1965 are consumed and negotiated by a contemporary generation.