Synopsis:

A Walked Line Can Never Be Erased features documentation of and artistic responses to the following events that Amanda Heng presented as part of M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Let's Walk.

Amanda embarked on the durational live performance I Walk from the South to the North in September 2017, which saw her travelling alone on foot from Clifford Pier to the Causeway checkpoint in Woodlands. This solo walk continued Amanda's interest in rituals, exchanges and their relationship with live performance in daily life.

Almost 20 years after the original Let's Walk in 1999, Amanda invited members of the public to join her in the participatory performance Let's Walk in January 2018, where participants walked backwards from The Substation to the Merlion Park on bare feet, guided by hand-held mirrors (and now, mobile phones in the camera selfie mode).

In addition, Amanda conducted a Walking Workshop from October 2017 with student-participants from art and design institutions, where they created their own works in response to the walks.

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Opening reception: 10 May 2018, 7pm
Panel discussion entitled Contemporary Art and the Everyday: 12 May 2018, 2–4pm

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Contemporary Art and the Everyday
Panel Discussion
12 May 2018, 2–4pm
Objectifs
Admission is free

Amanda Heng, Woon Tien Wei and Zaki Razak will discuss issues on contemporary art and the everyday, facilitated by curator Qinyi Lim. The art and design student-participants from the Walking Workshop will also be sharing their experiences and responses to Revisiting Let's Walk.

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About Amanda Heng
Amanda Heng began her practice in the late 1980s, an epochal moment in Singapore art history that saw the beginnings of contemporary art, where she worked in performance, installation and other multi-disciplinary projects. A lecturer and full-time art practitioner, Heng was also awarded the prestigious Cultural Medallion award in 2010.