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Performance by Okui Lala

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Raised in the multilingual environment of Penang island, a historic trading port between Southeast Asia, India, China and the west, Okui’s work investigates migration, mobilities and diasporic identities. In recent years, she has been researching across Burma, Japan and Malaysia. Inspired by two Japanese language learning books (for Burmese) that she bought in Yangon and Tokyo, Okui will engage in a conversation and performance that questions labour, translation and adaptation.

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Okui Lala

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Chew Win Chen aka Okui Lala (b. 1991) is an artist and cultural worker based in Penang, Malaysia. Her practice spans from video, performance to community engagement. Okui looks into migratory backgrou ...

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Saturday, December 15, 2018 — Sunday, March 3, 2019

Exhibition curated by Mark Teh + YCAM

The Breathing of Maps

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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Saturday, January 19 18:00 — 19:00

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Participation Fee Free Application required
Capacity 50 persons
Application period  — Friday, January 18, 2019

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