Found out about this from Tan Pin Pin‘s (of Singapore GaGa fame, DVD out on 30th Oct, btw) blog. In her words, “Photography doing what Films can’t because of the Films Act which prohibits ‘political films’…. A void deck never looked so good.”
I’ve reproduced the press blurb below. Mr Chiam will be present at the opening on Tuesday, 24 October (Hari Raya) at 3 p.m.
This exhibition titled 6ixth is a collection of images that followed Mr Chiam See Tong’s campaign to regain Potong Pasir for the sixth time. He is one of the most prominent and the most respected opposition leader in Singapore because of his humility, sincerity and steadfastness towards serving his ward. Mr Chaim’s tenacity and resolve to represent us in the government and maintain a multi-party democratic state will be challenged again at the coming elections.
In the 2001 General Elections, Mr Chiam only took back Potong Pasir by a mere 751 votes more than Mr Sitoh Yin Pin. How will he fare in 2006? A win or loss will both be a milestone in our nation’s political history. With the backing of Senior Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, to assist Mr Sitoh’s campaign, along with an offer of an eighty million dollar upgrading package. I present to you the good fight by Mr Chiam and his team, along with his people in Potong Pasir that earned his sixth consecutive seat in the Parliament.
Jeff Chouw presents the good fight by Mr Chiam and his team, along with his people in Potong Pasir that earned his sixth consecutive seat in the Parliament.
The Substation Gallery
45 Armenian Street
24-30 October 2006
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
UPDATE Tym reviews the opening of the exhibition:
I wish there were more images of things you don’t expect to see amidst an electoral campaign. Which is why for me the clear winner is the image used in exhibition publicity flyer: of Chiam, by himself, sitting at HDB block void deck while on the cell phone. Because I believe that whatever one might think of politics in Singapore, if ultimately one is an “opposition” politician rather than a member of the dominant People’s Action Party — well, then it comes down to one guy having the guts and the determination to see it through, night after night after night.
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