Postcards from Southeast Asia

POSTCARDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA

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POSTCARDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA

Co-curated by Kristian Agustin, Yen Ooi & Martin Vidanes

The novelty of postcards at the turn of the 19^th Century added a new dimension to the widening circulation, collection, and curation of visual culture across the world’s continents. Paving the way for a more affordable and lightweight exchange of distant images and imagery, these evocative mementos offer glimpses into exotic cultures, faraway lands, and grand sights. Hence, in some ways, this visual rhetoric of postcards contributed to the Western imagination of Southeast Asia — best encapsulated as a lush, tropical scenery of a beach at sunset. If only you were there _{x …} The beholder’s gaze is, therefore, not only rendered visible but also made tangible. For something as flimsy as postcards, who would’ve thought that there’s so much baggage to unpack?

In POSTCARDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA, curators Kristian Jeff Agustin (Philippines), Yen Ooi (UK & Malaysia), and Martin Vidanes (Philippines) invite the public to reciprocate, reclaim, and represent the uncountable ways Southeast Asia — not to mention every country within the region — has been subjected to the so-called other’s ‘gaze’. More than just souvenirs, postcards represent our individual and shared practices of show-and-tell.

What do we imagine about Southeast Asia?

How else must we look at it?

What else can we see?

Who else meets our vision?

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