Making the most out of little encounters (2022)

video, wall text, graphite on paper, domestic objects, wall putty, vinyl stickers

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Making the most out of little encounters revolves around the small gesture of pinching. A pinch can mean so many things, a pinch to show love, a pinch to remind, a pinch to remove, or a pinch to take; and in this case, a pinch symbolises a self-inflicted act of attentivity, a nudge to be picked up upon and be heard, a pinch thus denotes to the notion of ‘taking’ something small or rather rediscovering small stories reflected on my family’s ethnic stories and amplifying them.

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Starting this project through an autobiographical approach- oral stories, traditions, and family histories are sifted and collated in uncovering my cultural mixedness growing up in a Eurasian household. Focusing on three gestures of pinching that were manifested as acts of shared bonding and togetherness; text, objects, and visuals are employed in the reconstruction of remembering, documentation of time, and collective memory. Reacting to these small discoveries and attempts at continuity, I present them in a playful manner that subtly highlights my association with my cultural identity in the present time, creating a space that underlines the representation of being in a micro-minority ethnic community within the context of Malaysia and Singapore.