Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History]]> Archival Practice]]> Fiction]]> Supernatural]]> Mythology]]> Politics]]> Ghosts and Spectres — Shadows of History features video installations and films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore), Nguyen Trinh Thi (Vietnam), and Park Chan-kyong (South Korea). The artists’ research into their own cultural and historical backgrounds gain shape through allegories that re-evaluate the social and political reforms in Post-War and Cold-War Asia. The cinematic works in the exhibition combine fact and fiction. They not only allude to rarely discussed subject-matters but also raise crucial questions about power and authority, construction of narratives, repression of identities, and collective trauma.

Embedded in the vernacular, ghosts, myths, and rituals present systems of knowledge that enable the expression of unknown worlds. Ghosts and Spectres — Shadows of History brings to light clouded histories at times not officially recounted but those that remain a lingering presence in collective memories through local mythologies, ghostly figures, and traditions. The works create their own language and systems of reference, reflecting current efforts of exposing written historical accounts and contemporary situations that subvert mainstream narratives.

In parallel, The Lab, NTU CCA Singapore’s platform for research in-progress, will be featuring projects by siren eun young jung (South Korea) and Choy Ka Fai (Singapore/Germany), both recent NTU CCA Singapore artists-in-residence. While jung focuses on Yeoseong Gukgeuk, a vanishing form of traditional Korean theatre featuring only female performers, Choy brings up his long-time research into Butoh dance, also called “dance of darkness,” and looks at its evolution and influence through one of the Butoh founders, Tatsumi Hijikata.

Ghosts and Spectres—Shadows of History is curated by Ute Meta Bauer, Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore, and Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU, and Khim Ong, Deputy Director, Curatorial Programmes.]]>
Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]> Ho Tzu Nyen]]> Nguyen Trinh Thi]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> siren eun young jung]]> Choy Ka Fai]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Khim Ong ]]> Video]]> Multimedia Installation]]> Film]]> Southeast Asia]]> Asia]]>
Fiction]]> Mythology]]> Politics]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> Asia]]> Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History Exhibition Guide]]> Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History Exhibition Guide]]> Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]> Ho Tzu Nyen]]> Nguyen Trinh Thi]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> siren eun young jung]]> Choy Ka Fai]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Khim Ong ]]> Asia]]> History]]> Politics]]> Geopolitics]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> May Adadol Ingawanij]]> June Yap]]> Nguyen Trinh Thi]]> Ho Tzu Nyen]]> Roger Nelson]]> Khim Ong]]> Hyunjin Kim]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> Clare Veal]]> David Teh]]> Kenneth Dean]]> Southeast Asia]]> Supernatural]]> Ritual]]> 12 Feb 2016, Fri 7:30pm - 10:00pm
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Night Fishing, 2011, 33 min, Korean with English subtitles
In Night Fishing a man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water’s edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman. While he tries to disentangle himself from the fishing lines, she comes alive. The scene changes and the woman is now a shaman priestess in a funeral ritual for a man who drowned in a river. He speaks through her to his relatives, asking for forgiveness.

Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits, 2013, 104 min, Korean with English subtitles
Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits is a documentary telling the story of a woman who — shunned for being possessed by spirits as a girl and oppressed for following superstitions as an adult — grew up to be Korea’s greatest shaman, and is now honoured as a national treasure.

This screening is part of the Education and Public Programme of Joan Jonas: They Come to Us without a Word.]]>
Park Chan-kyong]]> Park Chan-wook]]> Asia]]>
Nature]]> Supernatural]]> 13 Feb 2016, Sat 1:00pm - 4:00pm
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Selected works are chosen and discussed by artist and filmmaker Park Chan-kyong which engage with topics of the spiritual aspects of nature.

This workshop and screening is part of the Education and Public Programme of Joan Jonas: They Come to Us without a Word.]]>
Park Chan-Kyong]]> Asia]]>
Symposium: Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History

Session II: Ghosts and Spectres
Presentation: “Colonial Unheimlich” by Park Chan-kyong, artist

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Mythology]]> Supernatural]]> Race]]> 28 Oct 2017, Sat 03:15 - 03:35 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

"...if a critique of Orientalism avoids the object of its criticism it is also unsound. Criticising Orientalism is fine, but a more flexible approach within the structure of Orientalism itself should be entailed in the criticism. Criticism of Orientalism should be better than Orientalism itself or contain certain surpassing elements within it. The criticism and the exceeder may conflict with each other. Even the critical reflection of 'what is not Orientalism?' may be derived from the outer, especially Western perspectives. This is imperative: what we can do in between escaping Orientalist structure and demystifying it may even include intentional use of Orientalism..." (From The Phantom of "Minjok Art" by Park Chan-kyong)
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Park Chan-kyong]]> Asia]]>
Symposium: Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History

Session II: Ghosts and Spectres
In Conversation: Dr David Teh with Hyunjin Kim, Park Chan-kyong and Dr Clare Veal]]>
Mythology]]> Supernatural]]> 28 Oct 2017, Sat 04:05 AM - 04:30 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road
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David Teh]]> Hyunjin Kim]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> Clare Veal]]> Asia]]>
Mythology]]> Supernatural]]> History]]>
On the occasion of the exhibition Ghost and Spectres – Shadows of History curated by Professor Ute Meta Bauer and Khim Ong, and the 4th anniversary of NTU CCA Singapore

SESSION II: GHOSTS AND SPECTRES 2.30 – 4.30pm Presentation: “Colonial Unheimlich” Artist Park Chan-kyong


"...if a critique of Orientalism avoids the object of its criticism it is also unsound. Criticising Orientalism is fine, but a more flexible approach within the structure of Orientalism itself should be entailed in the criticism. Criticism of Orientalism should be better than Orientalism itself or contain certain surpassing elements within it. The criticism and the exceeder may conflict with each other. Even the critical reflection of 'what is not Orientalism' my be derived from the outer, especially Western perspectives. This is imperative: what we can do in between escaping the Orientalist structure and demystifying it may even include intentional use of Orientalism..." (From The Phantom of "Minjok Art"  by Park Chan-kyong)]]>
Park Chan-kyong]]> Video]]> Asia]]>
Supernatural]]> Mythology]]> History]]> Identity]]>
On the occasion of the exhibition Ghost and Spectres – Shadows of History curated by Professor Ute Meta Bauer and Khim Ong, and the 4th anniversary of NTU CCA Singapore

SESSION II: GHOSTS AND SPECTRES 2.30 – 4.30pm
In Conversation: Dr David Teh with Hyunjin Kim, Park Chan-kyong, and Dr Clare Veal

Alluding to the works of Park Chan-kyong and Apichatpong Weerasethaku, this session deals with notiios of ghosts and spectres as allegories of historicalmoments and dreamlike realities. Embedded in myths and folklore, what roles do they play in constructing and understanding of the past and in reflecting socio-political circumstances? How do cinematic works engage their medium specificity in a play of historical phantoms and repressed collective memories, to create a language for portraying trauma, loss, dreams, and nightmares?]]>
Hyunjin Kim]]> Park Chan-kyong]]> Clare Veal]]> Video]]> Asia]]> Southeast Asia]]>