Doubleness: Photography of Chang Chien-Chi





Venue





Exhibition Gallery 1


Date





FRI 10 OCT 2008 - SUN 4 JAN 2009 10:00am - 6:00pm





Award-winning Magnum photographer, Chang Chien-Chi, will showcase a series of his most extensive photography works in this exhibition entitled Doubleness: Photography by Chang Chien-Chi.





The exhibition features 130 photographs, 3 videos and 2 video projections. The intense and realistic images not only highlight contemporary societal issues in Asia such as arranged marriages and immigrant culture, but also explore complex issues of love and alienation, hope and darkness as well as freedom and restriction.





It is the first time that all three works, The Chain, Double Happiness and China Town, will be exhibited together, and that Double Happiness and China Town will be edited and presented in the form of videos, along with the photographs.





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VOOM PORTRAITS Robert Wilson


Venue





Exhibition Gallery 2


Date





THU 30 OCT 2008 - SUN 4 JAN 2009 10:00am - 6:00pm





Brad Pitt, Zhang Huan and Princess Caroline of Monaco. What do a Hollywood Superstar, a Chinese artist and a Princess have in common?





Robert Wilson -- One of the world's foremost masters of drama and light.





Drawing inspiration from movies, art and history, along with design, dance and contemporary popular culture, Robert Wilson has collaborated with his varied subjects to produce a groundbreaking series of videos called VOOM PORTRAITS, to be exhibited for the first time in Asia.





Making its debut in Singapore, the video portraits are looped with no discernable beginning or end, running endlessly as a framed work of art, hence, resulting in the visitor mistaking them for still photographs. It is only through closer inspection that Wilson's heightened language of minimal movement, choreographed gesture and precise timing are revealed. VOOM PORTRAITS have been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles and Moscow.





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Spot & Shoot 2008: Feast on the Past! Winners' Showcase





With Participation from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Raffles Design Institute and Temasek Polytechnic


Venue





The Atelier, Free Admission


Date





FRI 28 NOV 2008 - SUN 1 FEB 2009 10:00am - 6:00pm





Held as part of the Museum's Season of Photography, Spot & Shoot 2008: Feast on the Past! was an opportunity for young people to discover lesser known aspects of Singapore's significant past. Most of the questions this year were related to local food heritage. On 18 October 2008, more than 150 youths spent 7 hours racing through the island to discover Singapore's rich history and food heritage. Answers were not written down, but were spotted, shot and presented in photographs.





The Winners' Showcase features selected photographs from the winning and participating teams of the competition. Incorporating the photographs are installation artworks by students from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts' Department of 3D Design, Raffles Design Institute's Visual Communication Department and Temasek Polytechnic's Design School - Visual Communication.