TWENTYFIFTEEN Book – ROOTS by Sim Chi Yin
It started with a photograph: the tanned man with a high forehead and thick lips, who carried a twin-lens camera around his neck. This was my paternal grandfather, Shen Huansheng (沈焕盛), the only other photographer and journalist in the family, whom none of my relatives had spoken about since his death in 1949. He was executed by the Kuomintang and is buried in our ancestral home village in Meixian, east Guangdong. In 2011, I travelled to Meixian to piece together his story. It is also the story of our family, whose fate turned on his death, and of the Hakkas in the Chinese diaspora.”
The founders of Platform – Tay Kay Chin, Darren Soh, Ernest Goh and Leonard Goh – initiated TWENTYFIFTEEN to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence. 20 photographers have been chosen to create 15 images each, with a folio published for each photographer in the months leading up to August 9, 2015.
WATCH LOCAL 2017: SINGAPORE TELEMOVIES
7 to 11 Feb 2017 Chapel Gallery, Objectifs Admission: Entry by donation Register via Peatix: watchlocal2017.peatix.com
Watch Local is back! This year, Objectifs’ annual series dedicated to showcasing Singapore …
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Other Highlights From 2017
NOV-DEC 2017 AS THEY GROW OLDER AND WISER Chapel Gallery As They Grow Older and Wiser is a photographic series and installation work by Singaporean artist Ang Song Nian, presented …
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FANTASY ISLANDS
Curated by Kin Chui and Mitha Budhyarto Chapel Gallery, Objectifs 11 to 26 January 2017 Tue to Sat, 12pm to 7pm / Sun, 12pm to 4pm Admission: Free …
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WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2016
Chapel Gallery, Objectifs 20 Oct to 20 Nov 2016 Tue to Sat, 12pm to 7pm / Sun, 12pm to 4pm Opening Reception: 19 Oct (Wed), 7pm Artist Talk: 20 Oct (Thu), …
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Editing for Documentary and Fiction
Objectifs’ Women in Film 2016 programme highlights the career of acclaimed film editor Mary Stephen. As part of this special focus, Stephen gave a free seminar on Editing …
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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
Objectifs Centre Ltd (“Objectifs”) takes its responsibilities stipulated under the Personal Data Protection Act, 2012, Singapore (“PDPA”) seriously. We would like to take this opportunity to state that we recognise …
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REFLECT/REFRACT – Essays on Photography in Singapore by Charmaine Toh
Reflect / Refract: Essays On Photography In Singapore features eight essays by writers and curators Lee Weng Choy, Justin Loke, Charmaine Toh, Yeo Wei Wei and Bridget Tracy Tan among others. The series aims to compile and put forward writings on photography over a range of concerns, such as the politics of representation, visual performativity and fiction, documentation and documentary.
Almost Famous
In this four-part documentary series, sixteen different personalities from four Asian countries share how they challenge conventional norms through their lifestyles and alternative forms of self-expression. In Thailand, three ladyboys depict the tough lives that the country’s marginalised transgendered population leads, while young Taiwanese are moving away from the genteel listening habits of earlier generations, embracing corpse paint, black leather and metal music. In India, young women are expressing themselves by making documentaries about their lives, while in Japan, a new generation of enthusiastic comic book fans are changing the face of stoic Japanese society through outrageous Cosplay.
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