SPECIAL EVENT

Goddess Opening Symposium

Goddess Opening Symposium explores the screen goddess as a complex archetype that transcends gender binaries and continues to evolve.

Organised in conjunction with the launch of Goddess: Brave. Bold. Beautiful. at ArtScience Museum, the programme engages with curators, archivists and artists to consider developing debates and inclusive narratives in gender, media and culture. It also spotlights the articulate, powerful and generous vision of women directors in Singapore, bringing them into a conversation on redefining representation in filmmaking.

Speakers include Bethan Johnson (Curator at ACMI), Russel Wong (Photographer), Sufiyanto Amat Sopingi (Fashion Designer and Couturier), Viknesh Kobinathan (Film Programmer at Asian Film Archive), Tan Pin Pin (Film Director), Eva Tang (Film Director), Li Lin Wee (Film Director), Wong Chen-Hsi (Filmmaker and Educator), Olivia Griselda (Film Director and Photographer), Deborah Lim (Curator of Exhibitions at ArtScience Museum), Keith Soh (Assistant Producer of Event and Exhibitions at ArtScience Museum) and Rafi Bin Abdullah (Curator at ArtScience Museum).

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
2pm – 2.05pm	Welcome and introduction
2.05pm – 2.15pm	Opening remarks by Honor Harger (Vice President of Attractions and ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands)
2.15pm – 2.35pm	Bethan Johnson (Curator at ACMI) on the curatorial development of Goddess for the launching iteration at ACMI in Melbourne, Australia
2.35pm – 3pm	Deborah Lim (Curator of Exhibitions at ArtScience Museum), Keith Soh (Assistant Producer of Event and Exhibitions at ArtScience Museum) and Rafi Bin Abdullah (Curator at ArtScience Museum) on the adaptation of the exhibition and its evolved narratives for the Singapore iteration of Goddess
3pm – 3.20pm	Russel Wong (Photographer) on framing icons and his body of photographic work on Asian cinema and Hollywood
3.20pm – 3.35pm	Sufiyanto Amat Sopingi (Fashion Designer and Couturier) on the evolution and significance of the kebaya in screen culture, fashion and modernity
3.35pm – 3.50pm	Viknesh Kobinathan (Film Programmer at Asian Film Archive) on on women in cinema and the film archive in transforming the gaze
3.50pm – 4.10pm	Panel Q&A with Bethan Johnson, Deborah Lim, Russel Wong, Sufiyanto Amat Sopingi and Viknesh Kobinathan
4.10pm – 5.10pm	Filmmakers in Focus: Roundtable with Tan Pin Pin (Film Director), Eva Tang (Film Director), Li Lin Wee (Film Director), Wong Chen-Hsi (Filmmaker and Educator), Olivia Griselda (Film Director and Photographer), moderated by Zhang Baoxin (Curator of Public Programmes at ArtScience Museum)
5.10pm – 5.15pm	Closing and thank you