Briefly share your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role playing a blind person? (200-300 words)

As a person who had been so dependent on the sense of sight, the idea of being in a pitch black place for an extended period of time was rather daunting. When Read more →

I had a very emotional experience at the dialogue in the dark. At first when I arrived, I didn’t really know what to expect or what we were going to do. We started out with the puzzle task and it was such a weird feeling trying to do the kids puzzle with the help from others and having such a Read more →

Briefly share your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role playing a blind person?

The room was pitch black. The last time I experienced darkness like that was in Batu Caves in Malaysia but that was with some light still. When I first entered the room of total Read more →

Briefly share your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role playing a blind person?

Dialogue in the Dark allows visitors to go through the world visually challenged. This helped us be more aware of different senses like texture, sounds, smells, and so on.

Before going into the exhibition, we Read more →

Briefly explain your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of your feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role-playing as a blind person? 

I’ve had to rely on my glasses ever since second grade. My vision progressively gets worse every year and it is always a lingering fear that I will lose my vision all together. This Read more →

Briefly share your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role playing a blind person?

At first I wasn’t very anxious since I had the walls to actually rely on, but I was a little worried when we had to let go of the wall and just rely on Read more →

Reflection

Briefly share your experiences going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, thoughts, challenges and insights gained while role-playing a blind person?

The Dialogue in the Dark experience was a really “eye-opening” and captivating experience for me.

It was my first time at Dialogue in the Dark and to be completely honest I did not quite believe Read more →

Briefly share your experience going through Dialogue in the Dark. What were some of the feelings, challenges, and insights gained while role playing a blind person?

Dialogue in the Dark is an experience that is really eye-opening to me as I really love participating in role-playing activities to further understand a situation better. Going into the exhibition, I knew that I Read more →

Here are just some of the few current issues I am interested in:

Racism

The most recent incident being the ‘brownface’ ad from broadcaster Mediacorp, featuring actor Dennis Chew as 4 characters. What sparked controversy is his skin being darkened to depict an Indian man and a Malay woman wearing a headscarf.

Sustainability

Recently the ban on plastic straws have grown into more of Read more →

Exploratory Research

Exploring the What, Why, Who, and How.

What are some of the current issues confronting our world today? Amongst them, what is of interest and a cause of concern to you?

Outrage of Modesty

The term “Outrage of modesty” is a formal term used to describe the act of molestation. Such acts can happen anywhere, at any time and to anyone.

Unfortunately, such Read more →