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Sin Wai Kin - New Work Preview (12*) + ScreenTalk with Sin Wai Kin and Lotte Johnson

Jarman Award 2024

Sin War Kai stands below a beautiful blue sky.

An evening introducing three new interconnected works by Sin Wai Kin premiering in 2024 on themes of time, reality and human nature. 

This event offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a selection of innovative and thought-provoking films that push the boundaries of contemporary storytelling.

Sin Wai Kin, renowned for their boundary-defying approach and multidisciplinary artistry, invites you to experience a series of fresh works that challenge conventions and explore the intersections of identity, technology, and human experience. With a distinctive style that blends visual aesthetics, narrative experimentation, and emotional depth, Sin Wai Kin’s films are a testament to the evolving landscape of modern cinema.

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£10.40

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Film Programme

The Fortress, a single channel film following Wai King and introducing a new character, The Mask. Shot in Lahore, Pakistan across Alfalah Theatre and Lahore Fort, co-commissioned by Lahore Biennale Foundation and Forma, supported by The British Council and Shane Akeroyd, premiering at The Lahore Biennale in 2024, with its UK launch in 2025, as well as touring as part of the Artists Film International. 

 

The Time of Our Lives, a science fiction sitcom featuring Wai King, V Sin and The Storyteller.  A two-channel video installation featuring a 'live' studio audience which plays with relative time as a metaphor for constructed realities.  Initiated by Accelerator and co-produced with Kunsthall Trondheim, Canal Projects and Blindspot Gallery, and supported by Vince Guo. The work premiered at Accelerator, Stockholm and is touring to Kunsthall Trondheim in Trondheim, Canal Projects in New York, and Blindspot gallery in Hong Kong next year. 

Essence (Digital Display), a three-channel video advertisement featuring Wai King on a journey to find what is intrinsic to his nature, part of a campaign for a conceptual men's cologne. Essence was first exhibited at the artist’s solo exhibition of the same title at Soft Opening in Los Angeles in 2024.

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