Film, Visual Arts

State of Motion 2017: Through Stranger Eyes | Exhibition Tours

Organised by: Asian Film Archive
  • Date:
    14 - 22 Jan 2017
  • Time:
    Day Tours: 14, 15, 21 and 22 January 2017
    Between 11am - 7pm
    Night Tours: 20 and 21 January 2017
    Between 7:30pm - 11:30pm
    *Includes exclusive performance by The Observatory
  • Duration:
    3h
  • Venue:
    National Library Building, The Plaza
    National Library Building, The PlazaNational Library Building, The Plaza

Synopsis:

An exhibition expands its dialogue through a guided roving bus tour.

Within the duration of 3 hours, participants will be presented with a compilation of film clips and guided around Singapore from the Pavilion at National Library Building to five film locations of the featured films. A site-specific artwork in response to each film awaits their encounter.

Tour Capacity: 17 pax per bus
For participants 18 years and above only.

Day Tours: $15 per ticket
14, 15, 21 and 22 January 2017
Between 11am - 7pm

Night Tours: $18 per ticket
20 and 21 January 2017
Between 7:30pm - 11:30pm
*Includes exclusive performance by The Observatory

State of Motion 2017: Through Stranger Eyes
Cinema is rife with strange encounters where films serve as records of collisions between people and places.

The 2017 edition of State of Motion (SOM17) delves into the history of Singapore cinema to explore the many film locations and the city-state's mutability as an actor. Different Singapore(s), alien yet recognisable, are uncovered through a selection of films that were shot amidst a transforming post-independent nation.

Audiences are encouraged to not only look back, but to traverse through the many different imaginations of Singapore, as seen through stranger eyes.

Featured films:
In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Malaysia (1971, Shohei Imamura)
The Wild Eye (1967, Paolo Cavara)
Ring of Fury (1973, Tony Yeow and James Sebastian)
Ricochet (1984, Gerry Troyna)
Saint Jack (1979, Peter Bogdanovich)

Featuring works by Amanda Lee Koe, Ben Slater and Sherman Ong, Godwin Koay, Hilmi Johandi, Jeremy Sharma, Joo Choon Lin, Ming Wong, Randy Chan, The Observatory and Ujikaji.

Curated by Kent Chan
Supported by Singapore Film Locations Archive

State of Motion 2017: Through Stranger Eyes |  Exhibition Tours


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