da lama dah
1 Mar 2025 - 25 May 2025
A solo exhibition by Ain
Email Exchange between Ain and Hung Duong: Download Here
Exhibition Guide: Download Here
Artwork List: Download Here
Between Memory and Material: A Dialogue on Artistic Process
15 Mar 2025 | Sat
2pm – 3.30pm
Limited space, registration required.
Join artist Ain and writer Hung in a conversation exploring memory, material and artistic process. Drawing from Ain’s artworks as a starting point, they will discuss how objects can hold both tangible and intangible memories, and how the act of creating can translate personal experiences into art. Ain and Hung will also share insights from their email exchanges throughout the exhibition’s development, reflecting on the evolution of the project and how these conversations informed the building of the exhibition itself.
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Clay Workshop with Ain
02 Mar 2025 | Sun (FULL)
19 Apr 2025 | Sat
2pm – 3.30pm
Limited space and material, registration required.
Join Ain for a clay workshop to create small ceramics that represent your idea of ‘home.’ Inspired by old family photographs or your own experiences, you will create pieces that connect your personal memories with the artwork, which will be displayed alongside Ain‘s works in the exhibition, contributing to a collective archive of memories. The workshop offers an opportunity to learn about Ain’s artistic process and engage in a deeply personal, creative experience. At the end of the exhibition, you may choose to take your creation home or leave it behind for Ain to keep.
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“da lama dah” (“it’s been too long”) is a
quiet whisper,
about bygone times that linger within a single touch.
A l o n g sigh at the depth of night, when you lie awake and start wandering into the labyrinth of memories.
Factual accounts begin to smear into ashes, as you conjure faces and images of those whom you thought have long departed.
Crafting fragile yet emotive artworks from materials both tangible (clay, ashes, and paper) and untouchable (stories, memories), artist Ain (Nurul Ain Binti Nor Halim) has gently laid out the intimate fragments of her own family and arranged them into a make-shift living room, with time-worn, wooden furniture that stands as silent witness to her family’s history.
Walking through Ain’s exhibition, thus, feels like committing a slight mischief, as we become privy to her innermost thoughts and journey with her back through time. Here, in this realm of past ponderance, viewers are invited to gaze upon ephemeral portraits, study earthy-toned printed images on ceramics, and watch how photographs (and memories) crumble
like
dust
at the flip of a page. How much of us, and those whom we hold dear, can we actually hold onto?
Or perhaps how long.
As we walk through the curtain, crossing from one realm to another, does the act of passing remind us of the inevitability of time? Or maybe a memory of childhood innocence, in our old home, mapping out its body with tables, chairs, and family albums? Ain’s works invite us to spend time with them, feel their palpating beat, and connect their stories to our own. In a time when political whirlwind, economic crisis, and eco-disasters seem like norms, “da lama dah” offers a chance to retreat from the onslaught of global news, and carve out a private corner to remember who we are, what we have lost, and what remains still in our palm.