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53rd Venice Biennale
7 June - 22 November 2009

Venice / 2009 / Tour / Singapore

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Ming Wong

 
 

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

   
   

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