Here We Come @ HOM Art Trans
Stepping into the gallery, terms from a silly Form 5 subject cover the space, evoking one bitter memory of an impulsive naivete. Yau Sir Meng continues her critical commentary about the Malaysian education system, where prior works from this accomplished series, include manufactured certificates and blanked-out exercise sheets. Here, Pendidikan Moral textbooks are blended into papier mâché alphabets, then stuck onto walls as 36 values around a framed announcement. News of students protesting about a compulsory subject, amplifies the effects of one who has to go through such education, their lack of critical thinking a common complaint by employers nowadays. The absurdity of this realisation is compounded, when one questions the mandate to study moral values in secondary education, where ethical behaviour can supposedly be inculcated via memorising Bahasa words. Installation views of Yau Sir Meng - 36 Nilai Murni Moral (2014) The condemnation manifest in this sublime work ...