“The Mountain That Hid”, solo exhibition at Datsuijo, Tokyo

I’m grateful to curator Matthew Lawson Garrett and the team at Datsuijo independent art space for mounting this solo exhibition of my work in Tokyo, transforming my first artist book into a physical installation (and with translation into Japanese)!

The book, “She Never Rode That Trishaw Again” (https://chiyinsim.com/she-never-rode-that-trishaw-again/), is the first of possibly four I’m making from my long project on my family history and the anti-colonial war in Malaya, collaborating with designer Teun van der Heijden / Heijdens Karwei.

It centres around the story of my grandmother’s life following the execution of her husband for his political participation. It is a prologue to the set of books I’m making, with the second hopefully seeing print this year.

Also on view in Tokyo is my two-channel film The Mountain That Hid, edited by Aacharee Ohm Ungsriwong (for Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) and deals with the circularity of time, histories and diasporas.