Pada 10–26 April, Asian Film Archive (AFA) bekerja sama dengan Forum Lenteng menyelenggarakan program film Prasasti / Inscriptions di Oldham Theatre, Singapura. Program ini menampilkan sejumlah film yang meninjau kembali objek, lanskap, dan arsip untuk mempertanyakan bagaimana sejarah dan narasi kebangsaan dibentuk, serta kisah-kisah siapa yang dipertahankan dan diwariskan.

Selain pemutaran film, program ini juga menghadirkan rangkaian diskusi dan tur malam yang memperluas pembacaan terhadap tema-tema arkeologi, memori, warisan budaya, dan representasi sejarah. Program ini didedikasikan untuk mengenang Yuki Aditya (1980–2026), anggota Forum Lenteng dan aktivis film transnasional.

Sebagai bagian dari Prasasti / Inscriptions, AFA mengundang Direktur Eksekutif Forum Lenteng sekaligus kurator program film, Luthfan Nur Rochman, bersama praktisi warisan budaya asal Singapura, Gerald Sim, untuk memandu dua tur bertema arkeologi di kawasan Civic District, Singapura. Melalui tur tersebut, peserta diajak menelaah berbagai situs arkeologi penting berdampingan dengan pembahasan mengenai film dan budaya visual.

Tur pertama, Archaeology Jalan-Jalan #1: Pictures! Pickaxes! Phantasmagoria! Palimpsests!, dipandu oleh Gerald Sim dan berlangsung pada 11 April. Tur kedua, Archaeology Jalan-Jalan #2: Naik Turun Fort Canning Hill, dipandu oleh Luthfan Nur Rochman dan Gerald Sim pada 17 April. Kedua kegiatan tersebut diperkenalkan oleh programmer AFA, Natalie Khoo.Program Prasasti / Inscriptions merupakan hasil komisi bersama Singapore Art Museum sebagai bagian dari Singapore Biennale, sekaligus menjadi ruang dialog lintas disiplin yang mempertemukan praktik film, arkeologi, dan kajian sejarah dalam konteks Asia Tenggara.

Prasasti/Inscriptions

Asian Film Archive × Forum Lenteng

From 10–26 April, the Asian Film Archive (AFA), in collaboration with Forum Lenteng, presented Prasasti / Inscriptions at Oldham Theatre, Singapore. The programme featured a selection of films that revisited objects, landscapes, and archives to question how histories and national narratives are constructed, and whose stories are allowed to endure and be remembered.

Alongside the film screenings, the programme included a series of talks and night tours that expanded discussions around archaeology, memory, cultural heritage, and historical representation. The programme was dedicated to the memory of Yuki Aditya (1980–2026), a member of Forum Lenteng and a transnational film activist.

As part of Prasasti / Inscriptions, AFA invited Forum Lenteng’s Executive Director and film programme curator, Luthfan Nur Rochman, together with Singaporean heritage professional Gerald Sim, to lead two archaeology-themed walking tours in Singapore’s Civic District. Through these tours, participants were encouraged to examine key archaeological sites alongside discussions on film and visual culture.

The first tour, Archaeology Jalan-Jalan #1: Pictures! Pickaxes! Phantasmagoria! Palimpsests!, was led by Gerald Sim and took place on 11 April. The second tour, Archaeology Jalan-Jalan #2: Naik Turun Fort Canning Hill, was led by Luthfan Nur Rochman and Gerald Sim on 17 April. Both events were introduced by AFA programmer Natalie Khoo.Prasasti / Inscriptions was co-commissioned by the Singapore Art Museum as part of the Singapore Biennale. The programme served as an interdisciplinary platform that brought together film, archaeology, and historical inquiry, fostering critical reflections on memory, heritage, and the construction of historical narratives in Southeast Asia.