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My Grandfather’s Road – Ten Year Series 2015–2025: Video Screenings
Relive the different staging of My Grandfather’s Road as presented from 2015 to 2019 through screenings of archival recordings.
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Fri, 23 May 2025
Sun, 31 Aug 2025
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Sat, 2 Aug 2025: 3 pm,4 pm
Sun, 3 Aug 2025: 3 pm
Sat, 9 Aug 2025: 3 pm
Sun, 10 Aug 2025: 3 pm
Sat, 16 Aug 2025: 3 pm
Sun, 17 Aug 2025: 3 pm
Jendela (Visual Arts Space)
Bjorn Lee Varella, Gary Tang, Tan Cher Kian, Karen Tan and Loong Seng Onn
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My Grandfather’s Road – Ten Year Series 2015–2025: Video Screenings

Bjorn Lee Varella, Gary Tang, Tan Cher Kian, Karen Tan and Loong Seng Onn (Singapore)
Visual ArtsVisual Arts
2 – 17 Aug 2025
Jendela (Visual Arts Space)
Free
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My Grandfather’s Road, Bjorn Lee Varella, 2015. Image courtesy of Cake.

Synopsis

My Grandfather’s Road – Ten Year Series 2015–2025 traces the decade-long evolution of this project through its various forms. Complementing the showcase are a series of video screenings from the archival recordings of the different stagings of My Grandfather’s Road from 2015 to 2019.

 

My Grandfather’s Road (2015)
Cast: Bjorn Lee Varella
Date & Time: 2 Aug, Sat, 3pm & 4pm.
Language: English
Duration: 30mins

 

The Vault: My Grandfather’s Road (2017)
Cast: Gary Tang & Tan Cher Kian
Date & Time: 3 Aug, Sun, 3pm 
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Duration: 76mins

 

My Grandfather’s Road (2018)
Date & Time: 9 Aug, Sat, 3pm 
Cast: Karen Tan
Language: English
Duration: 68mins

 

My Grandfather’s Road (2018)
Date & Time: 10 Aug, Sun, 3pm 
Cast: Gary Tang & Tan Cher Kian
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Duration: 62mins

 

My Grandfather’s Road (Rabbit Heart, Dragon Soul) (2019)
Date & Time: 16 Aug, Sat, 3pm 
Cast: Karen Tan & Loong Seng Onn
Language: English
Duration: 73mins

 

My Grandfather’s Road (Rabbit Heart, Dragon Soul) (2019)
Date & Time: 17 Aug, Sun, 3pm 
Cast: Gary Tang & Tan Cher Kian
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Duration: 60mins

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My Grandfather’s Road (2015) 

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My Grandfather’s Road (2015) 

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