Embryo (2006)

Original Title: EMBRYO
Country of Production: SINGAPORE
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 6 min 30 sec
Language: No Dialogue
Subtitles: None
Shooting Format: MiniDV
Screening Format: MiniDV / DVD

Director: Loo Zihan

Credits:
Performer – Ruby Pan

Synopsis:
Jack and Jill went up a hill to get a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, Jill broke out in laughter.

Director’s Statement:
EMBRYO was devised with its performer, Ruby Pan. We drew on a process of stream-of-conciousness association and working with the space on location. Ruby provided a piece of text and talked about an initial performance she staged as part of her course in university. I was interested in capturing that performance and giving it an alternative intepretation, EMBRYO was a result of this process.

Screening History:
- “Painkiller for my Foreign Body” – a showcase of Singapore Film and Video curated by Asian Film Archive, London, March 2007

- 4th Singapore Short Cuts – curated by the National Museum Cinematheque, National Museum, 1st Sept 2007

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