Exhibition showcases young artists' take on May 13

May 13, 1969, is the biggest scar on the Malaysian psyche and there is a school of thought that says it should be left firmly in the distant past. However, as a society, we cannot learn if we do not face up to the dark chapters in our history.

The 'May We' exhibition sees a group of young people exploring the current generation's perspectives on May 13. Determined to go beyond a few facile sentences in history textbooks, they took it upon themselves to examine the incident from a variety of collated memories, artefacts and documents, culminating in an exhibition.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), curators Rebecca Yeoh and Azzad Diah had to improvise, and the exhibition was converted into an online one. The pair told Malaysiakini why the event is still a compelling story after so many years...