MOVEMENT MATTERS DANCE FILM SERIES: ?!%$&*#@$^*()}!@#|%>? by Clare Chong & Sonia Kwek (Singapore)
Still from ?!%$&*#@$^*()}!@#|%>?, image courtesy Clare Chong.
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This week we premier the Movement Matters Bridge Dance Film & Video Series, a new occasional feature at Bridge Audio. As an art form with unique capacities to respond to music, sound and other types of audio art, the dance film series will showcase works that respond to, emerge from and at times expand definitions of sound as a medium for art-making. New featured dance films presented here will showcase the work of dance, performance and movement artists selected as a category of the Bridge Video micro-streaming service, and as specially-curated works presented by the Bridge artistic collective from an international roster of artists. New occasional dance film, video and dance for camera works will be showcased occasionally throughout the season.
DANCE FILM:
?!%$&*#@$^*()}!@#|%>? By Clare Chong
Description
Two bodies emerge, one of flesh and one of metal. Both are cautious of, yet compelled towards each other. This evolves into a game of hide and seek.
“Can you see me now?”
“Can you see you now?”
Can friendship truly form, or will we always be stuck in a limbo of a human vs machine narrative? ?!%$&*#@$^*()}!@#|%>? is a cry to connect, to be seen by each other, to come together.
Runtime: 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Best Viewed: Cinema Presentation
Director Biography - Clare Chong
Clare Chong (b. 1996, Singapore) works with undertones of the mundane. She is concerned with issues prevalent in ordinary life; the wink of an eye, the slight curl of the lips, a twitch in the ears. Her subjects are quiet outcasts of society we don’t pay attention to, and her works challenges means of gazing and observing - To what extent do we impose our preconceived notions, judgements, and opinions onto an image?
Chong completed her International Baccalaureate Diploma at SOTA School Of The Arts, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Film at Lasalle College Of The Arts. She works as a film director with works ranging across short films, music videos, documentaries, commercials, experimental films, video art and installation pieces.
Chong’s works have been showcased at various film festivals, art galleries, events, and talks, but all these are secondary to her wish of making her works accessible to anyone, anywhere. She believes that every film must be created in celebration of a space, of a period in time, and of someone. Every piece is always a letter written to a distant lover.
Credits:
Completion Date: November 24, 2022
Production Budget: 5,200 USD
Country of Origin: Singapore
Country of Filming: Malaysia
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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