WHERE THE HEART IS by Asha Bee Abraham (Australia | Singapore)
PUBLISHED November 14th, 2014 07:02 am | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
14 – 25 January 2015, 10am – 8pm
The Concourse, Level 1
National Museum of Singapore
Admission is free
Fringe Commission • World Premiere
Home is where you lay your hat, the comfortable place we return to after a long day. Home is also a fantasy we carry in our hearts and minds. In our globalised and dispersed world, many choose to leave our homes for study, work, love, or simply for space. Some create a new home away from home; some remain homesick, nostalgic for another place and time.
‘Where the heart is’ explores this more abstract, imagined version of home. It examines the feelings evoked by returning to our hometowns and family homes, and experiencing the changes and the sameness in their place.
‘Where the heart is’ sees participatory artist and human ecologist, Asha Bee Abraham, revisiting Singapore in an attempt to understand something about her (dis)connection with her hometown.
You are invited to join Asha in unpacking and examining the concept of ‘home’. For the duration of the festival, Asha will be making herself at home in the National Museum of Singapore, inviting people to come in and share their memories and imaginings of what the concept of ‘home’ means to them.
‘Where the heart is’ will unfold over the duration of the Festival as Fringe visitors – Singaporean residents, expats and tourists – contribute their thoughts and experiences. The ongoing conversation will involve interactive documentation of the dialogues in the venue space, as well as on an interactive website.
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