๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ
๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ
๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐
๐ฌ๐ฑ-๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฃ๐
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐
+๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต-๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฎ (๐ฆ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ: ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐)
Dear friends,
The evocative world of Past Lives and Distant Voices beckons: a photography exhibition that explores the concept of anemoia โlonging for a time one has never experienced firsthand. Through the lens of photographer Nirmala Karuppiah, one journeys through moments that blur the lines between past and present, reality and memory.
Guided by a red thread of emotion, Nirmalaโs photographs weave together disparate places, times, and sentiments, offering glimpses into a collective yearning for the unseen. Feelings of dรฉjร vu and sehnsucht will arise in the viewer through the exhibition, inviting reflection on their connections to the past and the echoes of histories within their souls.
The immersive power of nostalgia emanates from the haunting beauty of Past Lives and Distant Voices. Where every image shares a story of longing and introspection, inviting you to surrender to the profound sense of familiarity and yearning that lies within us all. This is that poignant journey through the realms of memory and imagination, where the past whispers and distant voices bring us home.
– Foo Chi Wei, exhibition curator

