To Carry a World: The Weirding Praxis of Casebearers and a Lexicographer
A creature as inconspicuous as a speck of dust carries a world as boundless as the ocean. In this session, Tan Zi Hao examines how collectors of various sorts, from gatherers to hoarders and lexicographers, engage in nonlinear world-making through unexpected material encounters. Concentrating on household casebearers and the late lexicographer Yang Quee Yee, the artist presents a speculative history that imagines worlding as a weirding praxis, particularly on how we carry the other in ourselves in weird ecological loops.
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Bags of Stories, No. 2, 2024, UV printing on fabric and lightbox, 105 × 9 × 230 cm
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Tan Zi Hao is an artist, writer, researcher, and educator. His works have covered a wide range of subjects from translingual practices, imaginary creatures, to posthuman entanglements. Dwelling on issues of ontological insecurity, his works present a deep investigation about what it means to be singular-plural in an age of global and ecological interdependence. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Visual Arts Program, Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya.
Admission included with museum entry. No additional fee required for the talk.
UR-MU @ Toffee, Raja Chulan
Date: Saturday, 10 May 2025
Time: 2:00 – 3.30 PM
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