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Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film
Sat, 31 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm (GMT+08:00)
Objectifs - Centre For Photography & Film
155 Middle Rd, Singapore 188977, Singapore, Singapore
Date: Wed 4 Jun 2025 7.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Objectifs’ Workshop Space
Taking place in conjunction with a kind of magic an exhibition by Juliana Tan
Free admission please RSVP: https://objectifsfilmclub-jun2025.peatix.com/
As this event will be taking place in conjunction with a kind of magic we highly recommend arriving before 7pm to have a chance to view the exhibition before attending the Film Club.
How do physical and geographical relocations of self lead to internal shifts that affect one’s emotions and memories? And can the personal or singular narrative be just as powerful when used to explore wider issues and concerns that affect us all? Where does the imagination insert itself in our attempts to make sense of our identities histories and personal experiences especially amidst wider forces that shape them beyond our control?
Join us at our upcoming Film Club event taking place in conjunction with Juliana Tan’s exhibition a kind of magic where we will be exploring these topics and more. The session will kickstart with a screening of Polen Ly’s ‘Further and Further Away‘ followed by a conversation between Juliana academic and researcher Amillin Hussain as well as audience members about the similarities in issues that both film and exhibition bring to light.
About ‘Further and Further Away‘ by Polen Ly
A young indigenous Bunong woman and her older brother spend one last day in their rural village in northeastern Cambodia before an impending move to the capital city in search of a more prosperous life. While her brother is excited for the move she senses a quiet desire to return to their long-gone village that was lost to the development of a nearby hydroelectric dam a few years earlier.
About the speakers
Juliana Tan is a photographer whose work is rooted in the ephemeral. Her instinct is underscored by her rapt yet gentle observation of the world around her. Juliana’s sensitivity to shifting lights hues and timing deftly informs her images as an intimate yet infinite dialogue—a single moment in time captured within the process of becoming. Her first monograph A Kind of Magic was published by Jordan jordan Édition in 2025. Her work Clear Mandate in collaboration with Khoo Guo Jie was shown at Angkor Photo Festival 2020.
Nurul Amillin Hussain is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Amillin’s research looks at sustainable and smart infrastructures in high-rise housing estates focusing on Singapore. She received her BA in Sociology from NTU an MPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Geography from the University of Oxford. In her free time she takes walks enjoys creative writing and volunteers with The Codette Project.
About the Objectifs Film Library
The Objectifs Film Library is an initiative by Objectifs that aims to be a resource for film lovers in Singapore and the region. Currently the collection is focused on short films from Southeast Asia.
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