Colours

Transience. Transit. Regeneration. Movement.

By Neo Kim Seng and Joavien Ng (Singapore)

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Singapore Art Week (SAW) 6-15 January 2023

COLOURS is a sound and video project exploring the meaning of home and belonging.

The participants in COLOURS all have a Singapore connection: Singaporeans who have relocated overseas and are able to speak the languages of their adopted homes and those born overseas but currently live in Singapore.
Some cold emails were also written to Singaporeans based overseas after searching online for personal blogs, websites and news stories. Kim Seng and Joavien met the participants on Zoom across different time zones and continents to discuss the project. These conversations helped to widen the scope of the meaning of home and belonging and they spoke about homelessness, discrimination, forever homes, woke culture, identity, colours, migration, translocality, assimilation and more.
Participants were asked to share their own thoughts on the project in any form and language they wish: writing, video, movement, music, etc.