Counter Archives: On Acts of Resistance and Remembrance
How do memories and embodied histories serve as acts of feminist and queer resistance in the face of erasure?
Silences in historical narratives are encoded in archives, where underrepresented histories are written out. Embodied experiences of gendered violence during slavery, genocide, and war remain fundamentally unrepresentable. These histories are thus at risk of erasure from dominant narratives and memories. By turning towards fables, land, bodies, and communities, we can decolonise archives and look for different ways of honouring alternative histories beyond institutions.
Including 7 audiovisual artworks, archive displays, and a workshop, this event explores what it means to re-remember history.
Kidung/Lament | Dir. Leyla Stevens | Indonesia\, Australia | 2019 | 11min
The Red Chador: Genesis I | Dir. Anida Yoeu Ali | USA | 2021 | 9min
The Altar | Dir. Moe Myat May Zarchi | Myanmar | 2023 | 10min
Earth, Land, Sky and Sea as Palimpsest | Dir. Zarina Muhammad\, Zachary Chan | Singapore | 2017 | 18min
Di Mana Keluargaku Merantau | Dir. Huda Osni | Singapore | 2024 | 12min
Single File | Dir. Simon Liu | Hong Kong | 2023 | 10min
VOID | Dir. Kitty Yeung\, Joshua Serafin | Philippines | 2024 | 6min
Curated by CiEn Heong, Sarah Chew
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