Can a photograph show what is absent what has been erased? Through this illuminating series of images we get to "see" Singapore's forgotten Little Japan a once-flourishing enclave with a red-light district featuring "karayuki-san"
- right where Bugis Junction stands today Mute is a uniquely moving collection of photographs Photographer Chua Aik Beng gives a highly personal take on Little Japan's forgotten history prompting us to ask " Why do we not know?" The book also documents the responses of over 80 viewers from all walks of life Their opinions recollections & musings triggered by the photos offer us a fascinating multifaceted look at memory progress & the nature of time