Trinh T. Minh-ha’s approach to film has addressed a wide field of discussions – reaching from the ethics of representation in ethnographic film, to aspects of migration, debates on global socio-political developments, and different layers of feminist discourse. Her films are investigations into the question of the voice as well as into the relationship between the visible and audible. This programme will present a selection of films that echo some of these discussions negotiated by Trinh in her filmic works as well as in her writings, and create a dialogue with other filmmakers and scholars.
17 – 30 October 2020
the time is now. (I+II), Heidrun Holzfeind, 2019
Colour, sound, 48 min
31 October – 13 November 2020
Heaven’s Crossroad, Kimi Takesue, 2002
Video, colour, sound, 35 min
14 – 27 November 2020
Naked Spaces—Living is Round, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1985
16mm transferred to digital file, colour, sound, 135 min
28 November – 11 December 2020
A Song of Ceylon, Laleen Jayamanne, 1985
16mm film, colour, sound, 51 min
12 – 25 December 2020
Surname Viet Given Name Nam, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1989
16mm film transferred to digital, colour, sound, 108 min
26 December 2020 – 15 January 2021
Nervous Translation, Shireen Seno, 2018
Colour, sound, 90 min
16 – 29 January 2021
Reassemblage, Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1982
16mm film transferred to digital, colour, sound, 40 min
30 January – 14 February 2021
The Human Pyramid, Jean Rouch, 1961
DCP, colour, sound, 93 min
15 – 28 February 2021
95 and 6 to Go, Kimi Takesue, 2016
Digital, colour, sound, 85 min
Venue: NTU CCA Singapore
When: 17 Oct 2020 - 28 Feb 2021,
By: NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore)