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1st Singapore Biennale
4 September - 12 November 2006

Singapore / 2006 / Biennale Tour / Maghain Aboth Synagoge

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Jennifer Wen Ma

 

 

 

 

Alms. 2006
Video installation

Three similar videos are screened at three different locations: in a tent in front of the Synagogue, at St. Joseph's Church and the Masjid Sultan (the Sultan's Mosque). The videos show an outstretched hand, slowly opening and closing and each time holding one glass ball more, until the cycle begins again - a metaphor of constant give and take (hence the title "Alms"). The video sound was recorded at the same Friday in those three religious sites.

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Singapore / 2006 / Biennale Tour / Maghain Aboth Synagoge