Ferial Affif and Nguyen Trinh Thi based much of their works on how linking the body and the memory can build new history, which mainly derives from the perspective of women. To create her work at the 2019 Jogja Biennale, Ferial traveled across East Sumatra to find narratives about female heroes who are not included in the mainstream discourse.
Meanwhile, Thinh Tri’s work also departs from the historical imagination of the Panduraga community. Both trace the memories of ordinary people as collective oral history.
