We cordially invite you to the ‘Doghole’ film screening and discussion with producer Mr. Wong Hoy Cheong as follows:
Date : 25 February 2015, Wednesday
Time : 8:00 pm
Venue : Rumah Gerakbudaya, No 2, Jalan Bukit 11/2, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Co-Organisers : Pusat Sejarah Rakyat, SIRD & Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy.
Doghole (2010) is Wong’s short film which has been acquired for the Guggenheim’s collection, an international renowned art museum in New York. It is a nuanced exploration of the occupation of pre-independent Malaysia by the Japanese during and following World War II. This analyzes the titular 1942 massacre through stories of terror and trauma related by survivors, and by the families of young Chinese who were detained by the Kempeitai (Imperial Japanese Army).
Doghole portrays the same historical event but concentrates on the single account of Wong Kum Peng, one of very few survivors of the detention cells. In this video, the artist delves deeper into the psychological effects of war, suggesting that its conditions of great stress and uncertainty tend to elicit equally extreme and ambiguous responses, including fantasies of escape and complicity, as well as unexpected acts of empathy and compassion.
Wong Hoy Cheong received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts in 1986. As well as maintaining a practice, he also teaches art. During his five years teaching at the Malaysian Institute of Art in Kuala Lumpur, he developed courses in Alternative/Third World Aesthetics, Installation, Performance and Video Art. He was the artist-in-residence at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, in 1992. In search of faraway places was included in ‘The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1996.
Enquiry： contact Mr. Ng at 012-2658448
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《狗洞》电影放映会及讨论会
适逢日据时期马新大屠杀73周年，人民历史中心、策略资讯研究中心与赵明福民主基金会将于2月25日星期三于文运企业联合举办《狗洞》电影放映会及讨论会，纪念于1942-1945年日剧时期殉难的近30万名马新人民。
《狗洞》是著名艺术家黄海昌于2010年制作的短片。短片通过日本屠杀幸存者黄锦平诉说经历拍摄而成，导演黄海昌通过真人拍摄和动画特效，记载了日本宪兵队的残暴、扣留所内非人道待遇及死里逃生的过程。目前此片已收藏在著名的纽约古根汉艺术博物馆中。
马新大屠杀是马来西亚和新加坡历史上最大规模的屠杀，被逮捕和处决的多是支持抗日的各地筹赈会成员。除了殉难者，遭受日军暴力虐待、被逼成为慰安妇者及建筑死亡铁路劳工者不计其数，日军的战争罪行罄竹难书，严重侵犯人权及违反战争条约。
黃海昌曾留學美國，於1980年回國。本身是藝術家、教育家、也是社會運動者。曾榮獲洛克菲勒基金會Bellagio創意藝術獎（RockefellerFoundation Bellagio Creative Fellowship）。2000年，國際新聞周刊〈Newsweek〉評選他為亞洲十大先鋒。1999年，〈Asiaweek〉評選他為下一個千年的文化領導者。他的作品廣受好評，於國際重要報章媒體上皆曾報導過他的故事和專訪。曾參與第五十屆威尼斯雙年展、2004年利物浦雙年展、2008台北雙年展等。
他是馬來西亞人權組織「人民之聲」創始的成員之一（SUARAM）。作為行動藝術家，在2010年與當地政府（雪蘭莪）發起目前還在持續中的都市更新計畫，2012年參與地方政府上住房開發案的實施計畫。
此放映会以广东语及英语进行。入场免费，查询请联络黄先生012-2658448
人民历史中心
策略资讯研究中心
赵明福民主基金会
