In 1991, Vision 2020 was launched to transform Malaysia into a high-income, first world nation-state by 2020. In 2017, Transformasi Nasional 2050 was announced, with the aim of turning Malaysia into a Top 20 nation by 2050.
Caught between these visions and dis/continuities, five performers suggest alternative versions of Malaysia’s futures. By leaping between times (from 1991 to 2018), Version 2020 excavates and combines the personal and the documentary with the fictional and the speculative - presenting differing Malaysias through the lenses of the past and future.
Version 2020 is part of The Complete Futures of Malaysia, a generative series of projects in multiple chapters and formats initiated by Mark Teh and collaborators. These projects include:
- Headlines, 1991-2020, at Wawasan 2020: Townhall, 31 December 2020-10 January 2021, at Tun Perak Co-op, Kuala Lumpur.
- The Complete Futures of Malaysia (Chapter 4), 24-25 March 2018, at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA Seoul), Korea.
- Coming Soon, at Mode of Liaisons, 31 March-2 July 2017, at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand.
- The Complete Futures of Malaysia (Chapter 1), at Escape from the SEA, 24 February-23 April 2017, at APW Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
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