The concept of Weaving Memories is grounded in an “iconographic archaeology” of Tan Yen Peng’s Mnemosyne Arcade from The First Wave. Drawing inspiration from Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas and Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, the artist’s work juxtaposes images from her own family albums, pictures from the public archives, and free-access online photographs. Through the juxtaposition and reenactment of images from different times and spaces, she attempts to reveal the dynamic tension inherent in the archiving of memory.

The second wave of the curatorial project seeks to initiate a cross-border urban alliance, identifying “similarities” and “essential differences” between cities. Through field research and digital interventions, it attempts to establish a series of fluid, dynamic modes of viewing between two cities. Whether strolling along street-corner pavements and daily markets, moving through temple ritual spaces, or wandering the blurred edges where the personal and the public overlap, one can intuitively sense the resonance and divergence of life across different geographical latitudes, continuously exploring observational pathways for multidirectional connection and mutual reflection between the twin cities. These scenes, embedded with “cultural resilience” and “density of the everyday,” also bear the imprint of the age of concrete and steel, situated within the seemingly homogenized phenomena of the contemporary city.

Venue: Alliance Française de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130, Gallery Level 2

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 1.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Saturday: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm

When: 9 - 23 Oct 2026,

By: Alliance française de Singapour