THE POSTNORMAL TIMES MADANI EXHIBITION

26 May - 10 November 2024

The Postnormal Times MADANI Exhibition is a collaborative effort between the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the CPPFS. The audience will set off on an experiential and pedagogical journey exploring the ways our contemporary world is changing and what might lie ahead for us all. The aim of the exhibition is to spread awareness of the postnormal times we find ourselves in and demonstrate how Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim combined his political experience and desire for reform with the insights of futures studies and postnormal times theory to develop the MADANI approach – a principled and ethical framework that will help us navigate the tempestuous waters ahead towards brighter futures for all of Malaysia.

"To tackle the struggles of our times will take new ways of thinking. Where better to start than a place where we already have different ways of reasoning, seeing, and living."   YAB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia

To give new insight into the future of Malaysia, this exhibition features the works of six local Malaysian artists who have taken on and interpreted one of the six ethical drivers MADANI Malaysia: Sustainability, Care and Compassion, Respect, Innovation, Prosperity, and Trust (forming the English acronym SCRIPT).

Real world examples blend with creative presentations of potential future scenarios to illustrate that as the world changes, our notion of change itself is also changing. This exhibition provokes questions about recent issues and developments and offers a better way to navigate all our futures. 

How to visit

Level 10 (West Wing)
Berjaya Times Square
No. 1 Jalan Imbi
55100, Kuala Lumpur

Free Admission

Open Daily 10am-7pm

*The Postnormal Times MADANI Exhibition will be closed on Saturday, 19 July out of respect for the Coronation of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia. We will be open again on Sunday, 20 July. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

Berjaya Times Square address on a map

Further Information

Brochure (ENG)

Brochure (BM)     

Timeline

I think therefore I am
I progress therefore I am
I shop therefore I am
I share therefore I am
Defined
Monolithic
Relative
Contradictory
I am tradition and culture
I am science and technology
I am what I buy
I am online
Simple, Closed
Complicated, Closed
Complex, Open
Open, Interconnected, Chaotic
Conquest, Supremacy, Progress
Progress, Efficiency, Modernization
Relativism, Plurality, Individuality
Complexity, Chaos, Contradictions
Spanish Flu (1918-1920)
HIV/AIDS
Zika Virus, MERS, SARS
COVID-19
Monogamy
Serial Monogamy
Serial, Multiple Monogamy
Hetero, Homo, Trans, Serial, Plural
Feral, To be Tamed, and Exploited
Under Control, but Limits to Growth
Social Construction of Nature
Mass extinction, Climate Change
Pursuit of Reasoned Inquiry
Scientific Progress and Development
Socially Constructed and Relative
Complex, Uncertainties, Ignorances
Science makes work easier
Ideologically driven for "progress"
Biotechnology & Genome Sequencing
AI, Human-Machine Synthesis
Male, Female
Male, Female, (Closet Gays)
Male, Female, LGBTQ+
Undefined