{"id":23397,"date":"2024-06-24T12:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T04:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=23397"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:22:27","slug":"and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"And the invader&#8217;s fear of memories | 9 July &#8211; 10 August 2024 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-2fvtyp1-7aa0b119d88dcfb88900ddeccd1bd591 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-23397'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-1zk4zgl-2fb87fe5733bdd100c9e09352ca8631a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1pgfa05-a5a4299042c43aff0d3cd91408bae920\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1pgfa05-a5a4299042c43aff0d3cd91408bae920{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1pgfa05-a5a4299042c43aff0d3cd91408bae920 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-artworks\/\">WORKS&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-press-release\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-insitu\/\">INSITU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/and-the-invaders-fear-of-memories-9-july-10-august-2024-artist-biography\/\">ARTIST BIOGRAPHY<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/culture\/2024\/07\/18\/tracing-chinese-memory-and-identity-in-indonesia039s-history\"> NEWS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/INTL-SHOW-CATALOGUE.pdf\">E-BOOKLET<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-11w2q4l-e469872355774ebb8583e3146eb42fe2 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans thin'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 1px;\">And the invader&#8217;s fear of memories<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Things happen, yet our knowledge of them is not always secure. The truth requires a tedious excavation. In the process of recovering memories, what we collectively choose to remember is just as vital as what we collectively choose to forget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There in lies the burden of memory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This exhibition borrows its title from the poem \u2018<em>On This Land<\/em>\u2019, by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. In it, he writes of the invader\u2019s fear of memories. Woven together through this metaphor, the exhibition becomes a space to explore how personal memory can be a threatening weapon against oppressive histories. It asks us to contemplate the question:<br \/>\nIs there power in a singular personal memory, told over and over again?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The intimacy of personal memory complicates official histories. When spoken, it reveals that the past is often an unfinished and malleable narrative. It is in the plurality of our recollections that we can begin the difficult process of decolonizing our histories and disrupting the illusion that the past is a singular story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artists featured in this exhibition function as important guardians of memory, who work to revive forgotten testimonies. Unlike historians, however, who often speak with unwavering authority despite the deep knowledge of the malleability of history, artists seek to cultivate a conversation about the dynamic interplay between personal recollections and the broader collective narrative. Through their works, they utilize historical visual material and personal recollections to illuminate the multiplicity of truth, encouraging the audience to challenge, reinterpret, and actively contribute to the ongoing narratives that define our official histories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Artists: Dadang Christanto (Indonesia), FX Harsono (Indonesia), Ken Matsubara (Japan), Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Jordan), Sean Lean (Malaysia), Suzann Victor (Singapore), and Wei Leng Tay (Singapore).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Curator: Line Dalile<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Line Dalile is an independent curator and academic researcher based in Brussel, Belgium. Her curatorial practice engages with the permeable borders that exist between the private and the public, both physically and conceptually. She is interested in how personal subjectivities, ways of being, and stories flow from intimate spaces towards public spaces, influencing collective societal narratives in the process. Apart from her curatorial practice, she is PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she investigates the role of participatory art-based methodologies in learning about and co-producing urban spaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;<em>And the invader&#8217;s fear of memories<\/em>&#8216; is featured at Wei-Ling Gallery from 9 July &#8211; 10 August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Admission hours are Tuesday \u2013 Friday 10am \u2013 6pm, Saturday 10am \u2013 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition is open by appointment only. For appointments and further assistance, please contact +60322601106 or e-mail siewboon@weiling-gallery.com<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-q4iydh-18571102e1b24add98a4675d9fd455ab\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-q4iydh-18571102e1b24add98a4675d9fd455ab{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-q4iydh-18571102e1b24add98a4675d9fd455ab hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORKS&nbsp;|&nbsp;PRESS RELEASE&nbsp;| INSITU | ARTIST BIOGRAPHY | NEWS | E-BOOKLET And the invader's fear of memories Things happen, yet our knowledge of them is not always secure. The truth requires a tedious excavation. 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