16 January 2026 – 28 February 2026 at aNERDGallery in Singapore
The Cloth Remembers highlights story cloths as powerful visual languages that preserve memory, identity, and resilience. From Hmong “flower cloths” depicting displacement, to Indonesian Batik Kompeni narrating colonial conflict and Chin weavings recalling everyday life, these textiles became archives of resistance, survival and hope. Artists will critically respond to these narratives, juxtaposing traditional textiles with contemporary practices, creating new dialogues on displacement, cultural identity and the collective power of storytelling through cloth.
The exhibition ‘The Cloth Remembers’ brings together traditional story cloths from across Asia and contemporary artistic responses, exploring textiles as living archives of memory, movement and resilience. Often encountered as decorative objects, these cloths carry layered histories of migration, conflict and cultural survival-stories stitched, painted and preserved through generations.
The Cloth Remembers at Anerdgallery in Singapore
16 January 2026 – 28 February 2026
Opening hours: Wed – Sat 12 – 7 PM, Sun – Tue By appointment only
Artists:
HAFI (Hafizah Jainal) (SG)
Mee Cha (LA)
Sabine Bolk (NL)
Saul Chan Htoo Sang (MM)
The Cloth Remembers brings traditions into dialogue with contemporary artists and researchers who respond through their own experiences of movement and identity. Together, these works invite viewers to look beyond decoration and encounter textiles as living archives—quiet, tactile and deeply human.
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The exhibition ‘The Cloth Remembers‘ at aNERDgallery is part of Singapore Art Week
My travel to Singapore is made possible by the Mondriaan Fonds International Voucher