Museum of Post-Traditional 

The Museum of Post-Traditional is a fictitious museum based on an actual location in Singapore: The Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club. It is through here where the concept of ‘tradition’ is explored and communicated in the context of Peranakan culture. Issues of how and why the ‘kebaya sulam’ is seen as ‘traditional’ are highlighted through the conceptual zonings and art pieces. At the final space of the museum is an area inviting the audience to get together and reflect. Named The Celestial Reasoning Society, it encourages the audience to ponder their identity, such as a contemporary Peranakan in today’s post-traditional society.

WALK-THROUGH VIDEO    
A projection of the museum’s zoning including the art pieces, investigating how the kebaya is seen as ‘traditional’ today

PUBLICATION    
A book detailing ‘tradition’ in reflexive modernity and in the context of the kebaya 
An exhibition catalogue on the artworks exhibited, featuring mainly images and close-ups