writes personal essays and poetry that wander through questions of home, language, and identity. A third-culture kid at heart, her works have found homes in Singapore Unbound, Jom Magazine and at the European Cultural Centre.
Multilingualism here is banal, part of the fabric that holds daily life together. As Higgins and Coen remind us in Streets, Bedrooms and Patios, “as homo sapiens, we are all the same in terms of genetic structure and cognitive potentiality…
Penang’s Soka Gakkai Centre is a fitting site for Tan Chiang Kiong’s exhibition. The venue now houses 168 of his works, turning the space into both gallery and archive.