SEA-ME-WE 3
Film 2K DCP – color – stereo sound – 27 min
Singapore – SEA-ME-WE 3 pictures a series of characters linked with the philanthropic activities of Singtel telecom company, a control instrument of the City-State. The choral film tells the parallel stories of a Tamil worker employed to lay fiber optic cables and a precarious art critic who devotes herself to the blockchain-boosted art market. A ferocious satire breaks through, exposing neoliberal Newspeak and the total commercial exploitation of art.
Exhibition
Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain, group show, cur. Céline Kopp & Etienne Bernard, Rennes, France.
Screenings
2020 Prospectif Cinéma, cur. Laure Chauvelot, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2019 FID Marseille 30th edition, Marseille, France.
2019 SEA-ME-WE series, special screening, cur. Caterina Riva & Melanie Pocock, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore - LASALLE, Singapore.
Credits
Production: Virgile Fraisse
Co-executive producer: Triangle France
Line Producer: Dan Koh
Written by: Virgile Fraisse & Dan Koh
Cast: Noorlinah Mohamed, Gabriel Nantha, Joanne-Marie Sim, Karthik Jayaram, Kayli Lum, Jocelyn Low
Assistant Director: Laavania Krishna
Location Manager: Dan Koh
Production Manager: Sophia Sim
Casting Manager / Assistant Production Manager: Png Hui Min
Production Assistants: Vicki Yang, Elton Low
Director of Photography: Victor Zébo
1st Camera Assistant / Focus Puller: Choo Weiming
2nd Camera Assistant / Focus Puller: Sam Quen Dean
Gaffer: Muhammad Alfian
Grips: Zachary Tang, Ong Soon Lai
Key Grip (Vehicle Rig): Elton Lim
Key Grip (Crane): Miguel Nerva
Assistant Crane Grip: Eric Darmandi
Data Wrangler: Pocholo dela Cruz
Technical Assistant: Andrea Lee
Location Sound / Boom Operator: Ismail bin Ishak
Art Director: Phoebe Zoe Ho
Art Assistant: Dylon Goh
Key Make-up Artist / Hairstylist: Jeffrey Linus Lee
Senior Assistant Make-up Artist / Hairstylist: Kwan CY
Assistant Make-up Artist / Hairstylist: Bella
Extras: Pipe District waiter, Salim Hossen, Rifat Khan, Shohel MD, Khan Momen, MD Mamun, Muhammad Hakim, Wong Yunjie, Nisha Siripurapu, Vincent Lim, Donna Garcia, Louis, Jerlya, Natalie Wong
Editor: Félix Rehm
Music: Abi Tariq, I Putu Gede Sujaryana
Sound editor: François-Xavier Delaby
Mixing: Arno Ledoux, François-Xavier Delaby
Mixing studio: Sonosapiens
Calibration room: Le Fresnoy
Color grading: Baptiste Evrard
DCP: Vidéo de poche
Special Thanks: Céline Kopp, Etienne Bernard, Akanga Film Asia, Caterina Riva, Chris Yeo, Duncan Horne, Fran Borgia, Frankie Yat, Goh Choo Keat, Judith Tong, Kathleen Elizabeth Tan, Luca Lum, Kin Chui, Lim Hong Wei, Lisa Horikawa, Nicole Ho, Qinyi Lim, Seha Saifuddin, Charles Lim, Wee Lilin, Ming Wong, Sumeshwar Sharma
Location sponsors: Telok Blangah CC & Archery Club, National Gallery Singapore.
SEA-ME-WE 3 received support from FNAGP, CNC-DICRéAM, CNAP, Mécènes du Sud, Ateliers 2018 Quel Amour and Ateliers de Rennes - contemporary art biennial.
SEA-ME-WE 3 © Virgile Fraisse 2018