Screening: MONOLOGUE and Funeral by Vandy Rattana

Singapore Biennale 2019 artist Vandy Rattana presents his moving image works MONOLOGUE and Funeral, set in Cambodia and centred around Khmer people, that show a deeply personal side to the themes of loss, trauma, death and the afterlife.

Uncover the story behind MONOLOGUE, through Vandy’s documentation of a small plot of unmarked land where his sister and grandmother were discarded and buried, alongside five thousand others during the Khmer Rouge regime in 1978.

As a follow-up to the themes explored in MONOLOGUE, the screening of Funeral looks at the paradoxes of civilisation through a fictional narrative that will leave you thinking about the metaphors of life, death and rebirth.

A conversation with Vandy, and SAM Curator, Andrea Fam will follow this screening.