Journey through Melaka s past in these 12 historic places of the Malaysian district theindependent.sg - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theindependent.sg Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A close-up of the sculpture of Enrique de Malacca, which was part of Ahmad Fuad Osman s exhibition At The End Of The Day Even Art Is Not Important at the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur in late 2019. Photo: The Star/Kamarul Ariffin
Contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman shares his thoughts and long journeys behind his
Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project in an online panel session tonight (June 26), which is part of
Fuad’s
Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project (EDM) is an ongoing research-based work. It was shown at the Singapore Biennale in 2016, the Sharjah Biennial in 2019 and also at Fuad s mid-career survey show
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 16 2021 (IPS) – Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade, but also of intolerance, exploitation, slavery, violence, aggression and genocide.
Sculpture of Enrique de Malacca ahmadfuadosman.com
Magalhães, conquistador
The Philippines today struggles with this history. Some Filipinos highlight the warm native reception extended to Magellan’s fleet and the first Catholic mass, reminiscent of American Thanksgiving mythology. For others, native resistance to conquistador aggression, captured by Danilo Madrid Gerona’s biography of Magellan, is more memorable.