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[Talk] Moth-Eaten Futures: Scheming with Household Casebearers by Tan Zi Hao | Peatix
[Talk] Moth-Eaten Futures: Scheming with Household Casebearers by Tan Zi Hao | Peatix
[Talk] Moth-Eaten Futures: Scheming with Household CasebearersSun, 29 Mar 20261.30–2... powered by Peatix : More than a ticket.
Unexpectedly Sacred: Islamic Conversion Narratives as Sacred Historiography in West Java
Unexpectedly Sacred: Islamic Conversion Narratives as Sacred Historiography in West Java
In the traditional historiography of Islamic South East Asia, conversion to Islam is portrayed not merely as a shift in belief but as a paradigmatic turning point heralding a new mode of being. If ...
The Impossible Self-Portrait: Translation, Transmogrification, Transmediality
The Impossible Self-Portrait: Translation, Transmogrification, Transmediality
"These tiny bugs are in most of our homes. I can't unsee them" by Kerrie O'Brien
"These tiny bugs are in most of our homes. I can't unsee them" by Kerrie O'Brien
As part of a celebration of art, a new work invites us to take a closer look at a polarising creature – and think more deeply about what we can learn from it.
PUBLICATIONS
The Forest Withdrawn: A Historiographical Trope for Mediating Change in Cirebonese Chronicles
The Forest Withdrawn: A Historiographical Trope for Mediating Change in Cirebonese Chronicles
The 'R' of Terror: The Alphabet Malaysia Fears
The 'R' of Terror: The Alphabet Malaysia Fears
Amid the force and farce of Malaysia’s political culture, a particular Roman alphabet has periodically come to the fore demanding public attention. By a confluence of chances, three disparate subjects, which so happen to share the initial ‘R,’ have become susceptible to ideological abuse. They are the diabolical trio of race, religion, and royalty, collectively […]
Bags of Stories: Thinking with Household Casebearers in the Anthropocene
Bags of Stories: Thinking with Household Casebearers in the Anthropocene
The Fall of Singapura: The Necessity of Unjust Violence in the Sejarah Melayu
The Fall of Singapura: The Necessity of Unjust Violence in the Sejarah Melayu
The fall of Singapura: The necessity of unjust violence in the Sejarah Melayu - Volume 54 Issue 3
The Chimeric Trace: The Makara and Other Connections to Come
The Chimeric Trace: The Makara and Other Connections to Come
The makara is a chimeric creature composed of parts from an elephant, a crocodile, a fish, and others. As an iconography derived from early Indian traditions, the makara has traversed the Indian Oc...
In the Trail of Fragrance and Tigers: Sensing a Pre-Islamic Fugitive King in the Islamic Present
In the Trail of Fragrance and Tigers: Sensing a Pre-Islamic Fugitive King in the Islamic Present
PDF | On Apr 5, 2022, Tan Zi Hao published In the Trail of Fragrance and Tigers: Sensing a Pre-Islamic Fugitive King in the Islamic Present | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Xenophobic Malaysia, Truly Asia: Metonym for the Invisible
Xenophobic Malaysia, Truly Asia: Metonym for the Invisible
Published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (Vol. 21, No. 4, 2020)
ARTWORKS
tanzihao.com
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Tan Zi Hao is an artist, writer, researcher, and educator based in Malaysia.
EXHIBITIONS
Singapore Biennale 2025
Singapore Biennale 2025
The Tongue Has No Bones, A+ Works of Art
The Tongue Has No Bones, A+ Works of Art
A+ is excited to announce Tan Zi Hao's second solo exhibition "The Tongue Has No Bones ", opening this Saturday at A+ Works of Art! Every now and then, the perennial subject of language rouses Malaysia from slumber. Disputes over Malay proficiency, the constitutionality of vernacular schools, and the public...
Not Just In Black and White, GDP Campus
Not Just In Black and White, GDP Campus
PRESS
"Tan Zi Hao: Lost (and Found) in Translation" by Adeline Chia
"Tan Zi Hao: Lost (and Found) in Translation" by Adeline Chia
"Tan Zi Hao's 'The Tongue Has No Bones'" Alfonse Chiu
"Tan Zi Hao's 'The Tongue Has No Bones'" Alfonse Chiu
<p><b>Tan Zi Hao<br><i>The Tongue Has No Bones</i><br><i></i>A+ Works of Art<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>July 6–27</b></p><p>The tongue is a peculiar
"Art-ist/Art-is: In Conversation with Tan Zi Hao" by Thaqif Aris
"Art-ist/Art-is: In Conversation with Tan Zi Hao" by Thaqif Aris
"解读老招牌:看见马来西亚独特的字体美学" by Tan Xing Tong
"解读老招牌:看见马来西亚独特的字体美学" by Tan Xing Tong
吉隆坡茨厂街招牌导览结束后,邀请字体探究组织huruf成员接受访问,没有了先前穿梭老店大厦的兴奋,少了招牌字体的“护身”下,他们略显紧张。一群对字体有着痴爱的人,这样形容huruf成员或许再合适不过了。从最初的Typokaki到现在的huruf,元老级成员陈姝利和陈子豪谈起最终目标,即在日常的街道风景中,从字体开始发掘专属马来西亚的特色。商家创意的手写招牌。“这个招牌真的很‘hiao’(姣)!”——huruf全员字体研究组织huruf于2017年成立,说起huruf的故事,还得从创始人...
"Of Culture, Creation, and Casebearers: An Interview with Tan Zi Hao" by Komal Keshran
"Of Culture, Creation, and Casebearers: An Interview with Tan Zi Hao" by Komal Keshran
"Translation is a method of listening and a mode of care." by S.E.A. Focus
"Translation is a method of listening and a mode of care." by S.E.A. Focus
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
Huruf
Huruf
Pulau Something
Pulau Something
Students in Resistance
Students in Resistance
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