![]() ![]() Now we’re interested in trying to take it to the region. In some ways, this was a project that we were interested in doing anywhere, and I pushed for it to happen here. O: Our idea is to try and take this elsewhere and we talked about that from the beginning. I really liked the fact that this was an issue that a lot of people could connect to, they may have seen in the media, but it seemed to offer a totally different perspective, because it was more local, it was more nuanced and specific, asking about individual people, about a community, which isn’t the way the media approaches it.Īnnette: Is Wei Leng planning on showing the work elsewhere? ![]() And then over the 2014-15 period, she developed this project, which specifically dealt with mainland migrants in Hong Kong, which is a topic that, having been in Hong Kong, and then obviously because of the protests, seemed more and more timely. This project came out of a conversation that we should work together on something– maybe a book, maybe an exhibition, or maybe both. I was familiar with her past work, more on Hong Kong and South East Asia, as well as some residencies that she has done, in Japan, for example. ![]() She has worked in journalism, and in art publishing, so I knew her from that professional world. Olivier: The project really comes about because I had met Wei Leng when I was living in Hong Kong. We met with the curator of the exhibition, Olivier Krischer, to find out more about the stories behind the photos.Įsther: Can you tell us a little bit about this exhibition? What cultural context do you bring to the work in terms of your own research and background? This exhibition seems to ask of its audience to slow down, to look, and to seek to understand. ![]() Recordings of interviews with the subjects play softly, and are dispersed throughout the room. The space is contained, and the dark grey walls allow the lightboxes mounted on the wall, and in frames on the ground, to glow. She paired it this time with a cream and pink silk dress, another great look showing how versatile the hat is.– Olivier Krischer interviewed by Annette Liu and Esther CarlinĪs you enter Wei Leng Tay’s exhibition ‘The Other Shore’, you are drawn in by the darkness. Princess Máxima repeated the large Fabienne Delvigne natural straw hat she wore three days ago in Brunei. Queen Beatrix and Princess Máxima changed into ANOTHER set of outfits and hats today (I’m just tired thinking about it!) Queen Beatrix was again in dark navy, this hat with a rounded crown and cutout detail on the side of the brim. With her polished side chignon and diamonds, and she looked just beautiful.įor meetings later in the day, Beatrix changed into a simple navy straw bumper hat with double upturned brim hat to match her navy and white dress suit. The hat, a modern flower made of ecru coloured sinmay, was interesting without being weird or over the top. Máxima arrived in Singapore wearing the same outfit and hat she wore last June in Florence for the wedding of Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon Parma and for the Four Freedoms Awards in May 2008. This was my favourite look for her so far on this tour. The stripe of purple on the brim works so well both the scale and colour are great on Beatrix. For their arrival and official welcome, Beatrix wore a round, flat-topped cornflower blue hat (in her classic cake shape) with a high, upturned double brim. Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima are continuing their tour of Southeast Asia with a two-day visit to Singapore. ![]()
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