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Rosanna Chim
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Overlooked History in Tom Trumble’s ‘Survival in Singapore’
Trumble’s latest historical narrative takes us back to Japanese occupied Singapore. Structured like a crime thriller, he brings momentum and empathy with stories from the everyday civilian. By Rosanna Chim — Published in Honi Soit 25th of September, 2025 It’s 2025 and the history section in bookstores is still dominated by Eurocentric accounts of World War 2. Tom Trumble’s Survival in Singapore sits in contrast: it brings the Japanese occupation vividly to life through a
Rosanna Chim
Dec 14, 20253 min read


Dual Opening of ‘Germinate/Propagate/Bloom’, and ‘Last Call’
4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art — Published in Honi Soit June 15th 2025 By Rosanna Chim “Like diaspora, pollen needs to be scattered to different places to survive and grow” — Eddie Ma It’s not often we’re able to connect house plants with diasporic memory and spirituality; an 80’s Hong Kong-styled blow-out, that leads the conversation towards subverting the objective gaze upon Asian women. Entwined in the soft blurring light of an Xbox Kinect sensor, film projectors
Rosanna Chim
Jun 15, 20253 min read
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