Singapore
Palazzo Michiel del Brusa, Cannaregio. Artist: Ming Wong. Curator: Tang Fu Kuen.
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Life of Imitation. 2009
Video installation
Based on "Imitation of Life" (Douglas Sirk, 1959), it features three actors from the three main ethnic groups in Singapore (Chinese, Malay, Indian) taking turns to play a black mother and her 'white' daughter in a scene where the latter vehemently denies her roots.
© Stills: Ming Wong
Photo: Haupt & Binder
Palazzo Michiel del Brusa, Cannaregio. Artist: Ming Wong. Curator: Tang Fu Kuen.