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Mystic and Momok by Russell Morton. Film Screening (on loop) HD video (16:9), stereo, 18min 10sec, 2021 Rating: PG Saturday, 18 September 2021, 1:00 – 7:00pm The Screening Room Block 38 Malan Road, #01-06Completed during the residency, Russell…

In this episode, we venture into the mysterious and mobile mindscape of our Artist-in-Residence, Russell Morton. During the residency, Russell has been deeply immersed in the development of his most ambitious project to date, his first feature film.…

NTU CCA Singapore Artist-in-Residence Russell Morton talks about his filmic practice steeped in folklore, mythologies, and rituals. During his residency, Morton completed Mystic and Momok - in collaboration with fellow artist Bani Haykal - a short…

Concerned with locating the intersections between history, mythology, and the literary, artist-in-residence Fyerool Darma talks about the material experimentations play on objects, symbols, texts, and images to retrace contested histories of…

19 Aug 2015, Wed 7:30pm - 10:30pm The Seminar Room Living with Myths, a core endeavour of Project 50/100, is a monthly seminar series organised by local historians and takes place at different venues with the aim of exploring the myths that shape the…

Research interests: - Botanical studies and urban planning - Regional folklore, ghost myths, animistic practices - Alternative historiographies Inspired by the recent felling of Khaya senegalensis (a tree species native to West Africa) in one of Ho…

Therianthropy, the mythological ability of humans to metamorphose into other animals through shapeshifting, has marked myth and folklore across cultures and times, remaining one of the most common tropes in magical and otherworldly narratives.…