The Virtual Exhibition Tour
| Project | Lost Cities Series: The Kampong Port Cities Of Pre-Colonial Era |
| Size | Various |
| Brief | Exhibition, Workshops and Community Outreach in Singapore |
| Date | 2023 |
| Location | Fort Canning Centre, Singapore |
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In May, Oval Partnership's UK Resident Director, Jonathan Pile, and Dr. Chloe Lai, the founder of non-profit Urban Diary, conducted a joint photography and storytelling workshop for Oval Partnership colleagues and students from various Singapore universities. The trip was to Pulau Ubin and Lorong Buangkok — the two earliest settlements in Singapore, and now the last two surviving kampongs, currently at a crossroads between development and conservation. Stories, interviews and photographs from these explorations formed the raw material for our exhibition, 'Kampong Port Cities of the Pre-colonial Era', curated by Oval Partnership, shown at the Fort Canning Centre in Singapore in 2023, and culminating in a panel discussion with keynote speakers, including Dr. Barnabas Calder from Liverpool University, author of "Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency". https://www.ovalpartnership.com/en/project/kampong-port-cities-of-the-pre-colonial-era-exhibition |
"The Lost Cities Exhibition immerses you in the Kampong Cities of 14th-century Southeast Asia, where trees are valued above land and knowledge is the key to wealth. This pre-colonial, egalitarian society granted equal rights to women, and featured bustling marketplaces filled with treasures from around the world."
