The Colony – Archive purports to be an archive of picture postcards depicting a single botanical garden. In actuality, these are botanical gardens established in the colony of the former British Empire, created to study plants and more importantly cultivate viable crops to be grown in colonial plantations. Many were started by the British East India Company and influenced by the English landscape garden movement, and thus share similar aesthetics despite being scattered across the globe.

Venue: Figment – Boutique Coliving Homes, 11 Lor 24A Geylang, Singapore 398535

When: 16 Oct - 26 Nov 2026,

By: Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF)