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345:(2011-2013) alongside newer film, sculpture, and works on paper developed by Tan. Guided by notions of aesthetic cannibalism, the installation examines the contingent rules and contexts of the colonial museum in Malaya as it came to be framed in the 19th century, alongside its continuations in the postcolonial present. 397:. Taking from the physical site of the gallery, Tan filmed her work before the museum had opened to the public in November 2015, with scenes set in exhibition spaces while works were still being hung. The work would then be exhibited in 362:
Tan's project sought to examine the history of the expert weaver, Halimah Binti Abdullah, who had travelled from Johore to London in 1924 for her skills to be exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition, only to contract
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Emerging from an ongoing discussion between NUS Museum curators and Tan since 2009, the exhibition featured an installation re-visiting and adapting artefacts and writings from the exhibition
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would be shown. Building on her research about the weaver Halimah, the installation featured digitally manipulated video, strips of textile and archival images.
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histories, received narratives, contested heritage, subjugated voices, and the movement of ideas, people and objects. She is a lecturer at the
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at NTU CCA was utilised as an exhibition space, a film studio and the site of a live "broadcast" debate between two competing teams.
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would re-stage the Diaspora Pavilion, featuring seven of the original 19 artists, including Tan's
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Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don't You? / Sila mengakanibalkan kami, mahu tak?
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Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don't You? / Sila mengakanibalkan kami, mahu tak?
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Halimah-the-Empire-Exhibition-weaver-who-died-whilst-performing-her-craft.
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Camping and Tramping Through The Colonial Archive: The Museum in Malaya
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brings together two works dealing with the weaver Halimah, including
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from October 2016–March 2017, Tan's commissioned installation,
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More recently, she has participated in exhibitions such as the
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whose research-led practice emerges from her interests in
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Tan's work has been exhibited internationally, including
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Singaporean contemporary artist, curator, and educator
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were developed for the digital long-term exhibition,
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at the Diaspora Pavilion, a collateral event at the
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Artist and Empire: (En)countering Colonial Legacies
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She is currently based in London. 856:. London: Film and Video Umbrella. 339:Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don’t You? 319:Central Saint Martins School of Art 236:Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves 205:, working with archival artefacts, 197:. Her recent research examines the 86:Central Saint Martins School of Art 817:Harris, Gareth (5 February 2018). 723:from the original on 27 April 2021 14: 930:https://asthewestslept.com/ARTIST 556:"The weight of history in Venice" 972:Singaporean installation artists 781:Said, Nabilah (17 August 2017). 680:"Artist-in-residence: Erika Tan" 952:Alumni of Central Saint Martins 684:NTU Centre for Contemporary Art 495:. 15 March 2021. 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