The Tyger and The Navigator star in a history-inspired art exhibition


Hand-cranked whirligigs add interactivity to Simon Soon's 'The Tyger And The Navigator' exhibition. Photo: The Star/Izzrafiq Alias

Art historian Simon Soon doesn’t just take us back in time in his first exhibition in Malaysia, he nudges us to tap into the power of imagination. He also taught himself how to compose a syair just for the occasion.

Using principally “found digital objects”, including songs, images, stories and poems that are available freely in the public domain, The Tyger And The Navigator (Sha’er Datok Keramat Dengan Sang Mualim) stages a historical epic on 18th century cultural encounters in the Malay world.

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