Quarterly - Singapore Art Museum

Fridays, 4 & 11 May
You Are Here
Daniel Cockburn, 2010, Canada, 78 min, PG13 (Some Coarse Language)
An archivist tries to puzzle out the meaning of her self-created library of found documents. A crowd
called “Alan” tries to figure out the meaning of an inexplicable door. Pedestrians move around an
urban landscape, taking orders from a command centre that controls their movements. A man
locked in a room answers questions in Chinese without comprehending the language. The multiple
narrative threads are structured in a fractal way, each story possessing its own logic that dominates
the way they are combined together. Weaving in and out of one another in a contrapuntal rhythm,
they gradually reveal important shared symbols and events, building toward an understated payoff.
Daniel Cockburn is a Canadian video artist, director and writer whose work combines abstract
investigation with unusual narrative devices, and explore the borders between video art, film essays,
and cinematic fictions.
Open House at SAM
International Museum Day, 19 May
Children’s Season, 26 & 27 May
Celebrate International Museum Day and Children’s Season at SAM with free entry to all galleries
and a series of fun, hands-on activities for everyone in the family. SAM and SAM at 8Q will be open
from 10am.
Children’s Season 2012 is jointly presented by National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable.
Visit www.museums.com.sg in early May to find out more about the Children’s Season 2012 events
at participating museums.
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