Absence (2008)

Still from Absence (2008)

Single-channel video with sound, 7m 34s

A housing block sits quietly on Banda Street in Chinatown, remarkably untouched by the redevelopment projects at its doorstep. A silent visitor arrives to explore its corridors and walkways – to observe, to compare, and to document the spaces she wandered through as a child. In her attempt to make a record, and recall what is already absent, she anticipates the loss that is to come.

Exhibition / Screening

24 Apr to 19 May 2015
Vernacula_
Organised by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

11 July to 30 Sep 2008
Digital Homelands
Presented by National Museum of Singapore

Features / Mentions

  • Cinemovement. “Curator’s Pick: Tang Fu Kuen”. Cinemoth. 2021.