Expanding on the interconnected themes of the exhibition and film programme State of Motion 2020: Rushes of Time, the Asian Film Archive presents a publication of over 13 essays and interviews – including artwork plates and archival images not seen in the exhibition.
The publication is co-edited by Cheng Jia Yun, Cheong Kah Kit, Guo-Liang Tan and Selene Yap, includes contributions by the following artists, filmmakers, guest writers and scholars: Liyana Ali, Cheng Jia Yun, Nick Deocampo, Arnika Fuhrmann, Rajendra Gour, Tada Hengsapkul, May Adadol Ingawanij, Koh Nguang How, Sonya Lacey, Philippa Lovatt, Russell Morton, Nguyễn Trinh Thi, Sriwhana Spong, Adele Tan, Lumi Tan, Kenneth Tay, Toh Hun Ping, Pat Toh, and Wong Bing Hao.
Responding to the conceptual potential of the filmic archive in four sections, the State of Motion 2020: Rushes of Time publication acts not only as visual documentation but makes an extended enquiry into ideas of time, bodies of memory, and the moving image.
About the Asian Film Archive
The Asian Film Archive (AFA) aspires to be a hub for the Asian film community, contributing to culture, scholarship and industry through organised screenings, educational and cultural programmes that open and enrich new intellectual, educational and creative spaces, to promote a wider critical appreciation of this art form.
AFA holds Singapore’s first collection of films (AFA Cathay-Keris Malay Classics) inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Register, a listing of significant documentary heritage that are a legacy for the world’s community. It has a collection available for public reference at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library.
Founded in 2005 as a non-profit organisation to preserve the rich film heritage of Asian Cinema, AFA is a charity based in Singapore and an Institution of Public Character. AFA won the New Non-Profit Initiative Award at the 2007 National Volunteers and Philanthropy Awards (Singapore) for original, sustainable, impactful and best practices. In January 2014, AFA became a subsidiary of the National Library Board.
AFA is an affiliate of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), an institutional member of the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).