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In 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺, four women working in Singapore’s cultural landscape–dance artists Bernice Lee and Nirmala Seshadri and producers Fezhah Maznan and Mok Cui Yin–are invited to host private reading circles for family, friends and members of the public. Drawing on and from text(s) selected by the guest presenters, each session will aim to hold space and create entry points for how discourses and spaces of the domestic may be expanded–and its potential for transformative feminist praxis rooted in care and support.>>>>>>>>>𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗲Thursday 10 June | 3pm–4.30pm | Online on ZoomShort selection of texts from:𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘴 by Maggie Nelson;𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘺 by Kate Manne;𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 by Nancy F. Cott;𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘈 𝘍𝘶𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦 by Kiley Reid.Bernice Lee began to dance domestically in 2019 as a way of remaking her roles as “wife” and “working artist”.IG: @bleellyWeb: bernicelee.xyzConducted in English and recommended for woman-identifying participants. Limited capacity for six participants.The artist Jereh Leung intends to make an audio recording of this session, which will subsequently be used to produce a podcast for public dissemination. If you wish to participate, the artist seeks your consent to conduct the recording and utilise it as such. Your feedback and approval will be sought before the podcast is released.The chosen texts by Bernice Lee will be shared with participants prior to the session.>>>>>>>>>𝗠𝗼𝗸 𝗖𝘂𝗶 𝗬𝗶𝗻Thursday 24 June | 8.30pm–10pm | Online on ZoomIn 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 by Balli Kaur Jaswal, ten-year-old Pin is repeatedly told that she must not become like her mother, but nobody will tell her why. She seeks clues in her Ma’s cooking when she’s not fighting other battles—being a bursary girl at an elite school and facing racial taunts from the bus uncle. Then her grandmother moves in, installing a portrait of a watchful Sikh guru and a new set of house rules. Old secrets begin to surface but can Pin handle learning the truth?With this book as a starting point, we'll chat and explore our own memories of shared domestic spaces, household and caregiving duties, and the ways we learnt the different languages of care from food, sacrifice, and secret-keeping, and the ways we want–or don't want–to become like our parent(s) or elders.The e-book is available for loan from NLB Libby, or you can purchase a copy from Epigram Books, BooksActually and Books Kinokuniya. Participants will not have to finish reading the book in order to join in the session.Cui (she/her) is an in(ter)dependent arts producer and community organiser. She is interested in the spaces between anthropology, arts, and advocacy.IG: @tsuei.coConducted in English. Limited capacity for six participants.The artist Jereh Leung intends to make an audio recording of this session, which will subsequently be used to produce a podcast for public dissemination. If you wish to participate, the artist seeks your consent to conduct the recording and utilise it as such. Your feedback and approval will be sought before the podcast is released.>>>>>>>>>>>>𝗡𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶Saturday 26 June | 8pm–9.30pm | Online on ZoomParticipants will watch a short film, picked by the artist, followed by a discussion centred on the issues of caste, privilege, patriarchy and sexuality.Dance artist and researcher Nirmala Seshadri's social justice and feminist perspectives lead her to use the body and performance space to interrogate existing inequalities, problematising boundaries of time, place, gender, and caste, among other social constructs. fb.com/nirmala.seshadri.3Recommended for woman-identifying participants. The film is in Hindi with English subtitles. The discussion will be in English. Limited capacity for ten participants.The artist Jereh Leung intends to make an audio recording of this session, which will subsequently be used to produce a transcript for public dissemination. If you wish to participate, the artist seeks your consent to conduct the recording and utilise it as such. Your feedback and approval will be sought before the transcript is released.>>>>>>>>>>>>𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 is a programme under 𝗢, an interdisciplinary project initiated by artist Jereh Leung. The project aims to explore the performance of femininity within the spatial context of domesticity, and how it is mediated and influenced by East Asian media culture. 𝗢 is inspired by the artist’s childhood experiences and his baby-boomer mother, and invites the audience to ruminate on how our conception of domesticity and womanhood have shape-shifted across time and generations.𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼FB: https://www.facebook.com/owhatmakeso/ IG: @owhatmakeso