State of Motion 2019: A Fear of Monsters investigates the histories and trajectories of Asian horror and focuses on the monsters at the intersections of art, popular culture and cinema.
From the multilingual Pontianak to the genre defining oily man who seeped his way across borders, monsters have entertained and united us through our fear. Audiences should be very afraid.
Curated by Kathleen Ditzig, State of Motion features artists Yason Banal, Heman Chong, Fyerool Darma, Ho Rui An, Ho Tzu Nyen, Viet Le, Lekker, Shubigi Rao, Sung Tieu and Yee I-Lann.
Programmes
Of Fear and Longing: Art Exhibition Tours
25 and 26 January, 1, 2, 8 and 9 February
7.30pm–1am
1.5 hours per tour | $8 per tour ticket
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NB: All tours are only allowed for ages 18 and above.
A Fear of Monsters: Artists in Conversation
26 January, 16 February
Various Timings
Free with registration | 11 Kampong Bugis
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Talk: First as Harimau, Then, as Harimeow? with speaker Dr Nazry Bahrawi
2 February, 5pm–6.30pm
Free with registration
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Talk: Monsters in Film and Architecture
Speaker: Joshua Comaroff (Lekker Architects)
9 February, 5pm–6.30pm
Free with registration
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A Conflation of Monsters from Hantu Hantu, AF Antony, 1955. Image courtesy of the artists