Meratasuara: Decentering Conversations

Suzy Sulaiman, Exhibition Curator | Simon Soon, University Malaya

25-Jan-18 21:00

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This week we consider the humbling lessons from Meratasuara, Projek Dialog's upcoming exhibition that explores the intricacies of engaging with peripherality. How does art broaden (or limit) multicultural understanding? What does it mean to designate a perspective or community as 'marginal'? How do we ensure that a 'process'-oriented project remains creative and rigorous without beholding it to a rigid structure? We reflect on these questions and more with exhibition curator Suzy Sulaiman and comrade Simon Soon.

Produced by: Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Haniff Baharudin

Presented by: Ahmad Fuad Rahmat

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Tags: decentering knowledge, marginalised communities, margins, urban-rural divide, Night School

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