PROGRAMMES /
The Plantation Plot

Film Series
26 & 27 July 2025
Co-curated by Lim Sheau Yun & Gogularajaan Rajendran
Talks, Tours & Conversations
Curatorial Tour by Lim Sheau Yun
26 April & 10 May 2025, 11:00am
A reading of the exhibition essay and a discussion of some of the major works in the exhibition, followed by a Q&A.
Colonialism, Class, and Caste in the Plantations
Talk by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, moderated by Ong Kar Jin
17 May 2025, 3:00pm
KS Jomo, a noted economist of Malaysia, will give a talk on the plantation’s structuring role in the Malaysian economy, historical to the present. He will also cover the ways in which other nations, especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America, have reacted to plantation economies by developing theories of Structuralism and dependency.
Artist Talk
Participating artist Cian Dayrit in conversation with curator Lim Sheau Yun
10 May 2025, 3:00PM
Artist Talk
with Chang Yoong Chia & Ming Wah
14 June 2025, 3:00PM
Chang Yoong Chia and Ming Wah speak about their recent research trip in Sarawak to follow the trail of British naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace.