My Mother Says is a community engagement workshop that invites the community to collaborate and share valuable sayings and words of wisdom from their elders. Through this collaboration, participants can uncover and preserve the treasured memories of their loved ones, and immortalised them into enchanting light installations. Embracing the language of art, we become co-creators in this immersive experience, where each installation becomes living tapestries, weaving threads of intergenerational dialogue. and strengthening connections between participants. The light installations metamorphose into storytelling conduits, inspiring reflections on the timeless wisdom encapsulated in our elders' words. This fosters understanding and kinship between diverse communities, creating a shared collective human experience. My Mother Says not only preserves the pearls of wisdom but also stands as a testament to the power of art to spark conversations that transcend time.

My Mother Says is supported by SAW x PAssionArts.


Image courtesy of Stellah Lim.

Curators & Artists: Stellah Lim, Victor Emmanuel, Marcel Gaspar, Zhang Runhan