Migrant Voices Exhibition

In my time here, I've had the privilege of meeting some very artistic, socially aware people. People who have been challenging the norms of society, voicing the issues of injustice in the governing system in place. It's opened my eyes to what social activists actually do to change the face of society. I don't know if I'll ever learn to attain that kind of guts and influence, but I am motivated to be more involved and concern about the world on the social front.

I visited the exhibition they held in Little India - talking about the lives of different migrant workers and what they faced during their time in our country. There was installation art, poetry, videos etc. really good exhibition. Insightful and intimate.

Story of a girl

One of the installation pieces

Poetry by Xu Yue Ming, read by a doctor friend of ours

Short write-up about it from HS newsletter:
HealthServe’s Chinese migrant friends were part of arts group Migrant Voices’ Migrant Tales: Life Stories of Migrant Workers In Contemporary Singapore, an exhibition featuring installation art, photos and audio interviews done with male migrant workers from India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand, and female migrant workers from Indonesia and the Philippines. Migrant Tales, which opened on Dec 11 and had a 10-day run, was held in line with International Migrants’ Day on December 18.

Some of the displayed works include Yuan Yixin’s photos, each with a story to tell of the various stages of his life and Xu Yue Ming’s self-penned poem about his work and life in Singapore. ~Jacqueline Tan~