National Gallery Singapore has a brand new initiative that will focus on art films. The project will culminate in a month long film festival that focuses on movies and visual projects about art. The festival is a reorganization of an existing program that examined art films every month. Organizers at National Gallery Singapore said they hoped the longer annual festival would help host an extended conversation about art in film.
The festival, which will be held throughout the month of October, has an exciting lineup of art films on the docket. One of them will feature renowned actress Cate Blanchett in an experimental role, reciting pieces created by the views of different visionary artists. Another movie centers around performance artist Marina Abramovic and her trip to Brazil. Other films focus on dance troupes from around the world.
Singaporean artists and filmmakers will also be taking a turn in the spotlight. One of the films to be featured during the festival is a documentary about a Singaporean photographer created by a Singaporean filmmaker. Another Singaporean filmmaker will feature his short film about his grandmother’s funeral. The festival will be re showing a film commissioned by National Gallery Singapore about the museum’s collection of art. The film was originally shown last year.
One National Gallery Singapore official is particularly looking forward to a movie made about another nationally backed museum in the Netherlands. As the museum there is also funded by the government, like National Gallery Singapore, there are a lot of interesting comparisons to be made. In one segment of the film, the filmmaker documents disagreements among museum officials on what to display in the exhibit space and how to arrange it. Discussions like this are common among museum officials, and sheds a lot of light on how much work and thought go toward creating and curating successful museums.
There will be a number of films from around the world featured at the film festival. They will take on everything from censorship in film in Indonesia, propaganda art in North Korea, artists who paint counterfeit masterpieces in China, and much more. Visitors to the festival should be prepared to learn and see a lot, as each film offers a window to another world, culture, belief, or practice.
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To learn more about the creation of the new art film festival, go to http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/national-gallery-singapore-international-film-festival-art-9211390.