Pera Film takes the audience on a cinematographic journey to discover the insights of the territory featured in Pera Museum’s Singapore Unseen exhibition.
Dreaming Singapore presents: a poignant yet darkly humorous story which follows the lives of six individuals as they navigate the rapidly changing conditions experienced in today’s modern South-East Asian citiesin Singapore Dreaming; the growing pains of Tan Boon Huat, the middle son of a pawn farmer in an island town in Becoming Royston; described as “a small gem” by Screen Daily magazine and the first Singaporean feature film to win at the Cannes Film Festival in Ilo Ilo; how the breaking of a man on the brisk of bankruptcy leads to a major international crisis in Unlucky Plaza; uncovering the processes and motivations behind internationally renowned photographers from Singapore through interviews in Image Makers; the new life of Siva, who has nobody to welcome him at home after he gets released from prison after serving eight years for smuggling in A Yellow Bird; the story of a correctional officer whose ethical notion about promotion is disrupted after he gets transferred to a maximum security prison in Apprentice; and director Kirsten Tan takes full advantage of the beautiful scenery and a charismatic elephant to tell a story about our drift from fundamental human needs and values in Pop Aye.
Free admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
May 4
19:00 Singapore Dreaming
May 5
14:00 Becoming Royston
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 6
14:00 Pop Aye
16:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
18:00 Apprentice
May 9
19:00 Ilo Ilo
May 11
21:00 Pop Aye
May 13
16:00 Singapore Dreaming
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 17
19:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
May 19
18:00 Ilo Ilo
May 20
14:00 Apprentice
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Becoming Royston
May 4
19:00 Singapore Dreaming
May 5
14:00 Becoming Royston
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 6
14:00 Pop Aye
16:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
18:00 Apprentice
May 9
19:00 Ilo Ilo
May 11
21:00 Pop Aye
May 13
16:00 Singapore Dreaming
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 17
19:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
May 19
18:00 Ilo Ilo
May 20
14:00 Apprentice
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Becoming Royston
Program Trailer
Organized in collaboration with the Giacometti Foundation, Paris, the exhibition explores Giacometti’s prolific life, most of which the artist led in his studio in Montparnasse, through the works of his early period as well his late work, including one unfinished piece. Devoted to Giacometti’s early works, the first part of the exhibition demonstrates the influence of Giovanni Giacometti, the father of the artist and a Swiss Post-Impressionist painter himself, on Giacometti’s output during these years and his role in his son’s development.
He had imagined the court room as a big place. It wasn’t. It was about the size of his living room, with an elevation at one end, with a dais on it. The judges and the attorneys sat there. Below it was an old wooden rail, worn out in some places. That was his place. There was another seat for his lawyer. At the back, about 20 or 30 chairs were stowed out for the non-existent crowd.
Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
