Lucy Raven, 3-3-19: Debris flow erosion, wet cement on dry cement and sand-L, 2019, cement and sand on silk, 214 x 133 cm, process documentation. Courtesy the artist.

Screenings by Filipino human-right activist, artist, and filmmaker Kiri Dalena and by American artist Lucy Raven will be followed by a conversation with both artists. Based on the true story of the drowning of a young activist, Dalena’s film From The Dark Depths (2017) opens with a beautiful and surreal sequence underwater in which a woman dances slowly brandishing a red flag. Around her, many red flags are planted in the seabed. This hypnotic and captivating dream is shuttered by sequences with authentic 16mm, analog and digital video footage from the artist’s own archive with documentation of political unrest spanning for two decades, and an ominous long-track of a police car at night prompting the citizens to respect the curfew—a gloomy reminder of a lost freedom. Lucy Raven will screen materials connected to a new film-in-progress, alongside several recent short videos.

Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

When: 14 May 2019, 7pm - 8.30pm

By: NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore)