Dua Tua Har Berat

How does one grapple with death, whether through a slow passing or sudden loss?

"Dua Tua Har Berat" brings together two contemporary practices that refuse to accept finality. Tua Har Berat, meaning “heavy mourning” in Baba Malay, refers to the three-year mourning period following a loved one’s passing.

As a creole language shaped by generations of cultural intermingling, Baba Malay carries histories of migration, adaptation and loss. Like endangered languages that fade over time, memory and craft traditions are equally vulnerable when intergenerational transmission is disrupted. Rather than approaching craft as static heritage preservation, the exhibition foregrounds process as a form of mourning and translation as a means of intergenerational dialogue, where healing can emerge through the collective acknowledgement of grief.

Here, process is activated as performance, allowing memory to surface through acts of making. Glass-cut beads and 3D printing filament become vessels through which memory is sustained, while repetitive…