National Library Creative Residency Sharing

An artistic research project under the National Library Creative Residency, We Thought We Knew Collectively Where We Were Going explores the relationship between happiness and the prevailing economic system at different points in time. Diving into individual, family and social narratives about happiness, the project investigates how they influence the values and sense of happiness for people from three different generations.

In this session, creators Han Xuemei, Myra Loke and Tan Wei Ting share their discoveries of how different generations relate to happiness through a work-in-progress installation and a dialogue session.

• This work-in-progress sharing is a free programme. The capacity is limited at 10 pax. Please register with consideration, and inform the organizer if you are unable to turn up a day before.
• The venue has no lift and requires climbing of steps.
• Removal of shoes will be required before entering the space.

Myra Loke is a director, puppeteer, designer and educator. She is part of the core team of The Finger Players, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies, specialising in puppetry. Myra led the company as co-Artistic Director from 2020 to 2023. Myra also co-founded The Wanderlings, engaging the neurodiverse community, from ages 0 and up.

Tan Wei Ting is a filmmaker and theatre practitioner. Her debut short film “CA$H” was in competition at the 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Her latest short “Love at Fifty” crossed half a million views on Our Grandfather Story. She was from the pioneer batch of ARTivate.

Han Xuemei is a theatre director, facilitator, educator, designer and Co-Artistic Director of theatre company Drama Box. She believes that theatre can inspire growth and creates works that engage audiences from all walks of life. Notable projects include Re: Assembly, FLOWERS, MISSING, IgnorLAND. She received the NAC Young Artist Award in 2021.