OH! presents The distance between us, a unique point-and-click game featuring art and stories. DESKTOP ONLY EXPERIENCE / LIMITED TIME ONLY!
About this Event
Season 2: The distance between us
The distance between us is the second season of OH!’s three-part digital art walk on the effects of COVID-19 on Singapore. The season investigates how we now experience ‘distance’ has changed, for example how we maintain and find new relationships in a pandemic. Seven local artists respond to the way distance manifests in our current reality.
In this experience, audiences will continue to explore the story in the Sleeping Man (first shown in Season 1)’s bedroom over four episodes. Each episode will feature new objects in the Sleeping Man’s bedroom that reveal new artworks and narratives. Each episode will also be available only for a week at certain times to enhance the viewing experience.
DESKTOP ONLY EXPERIENCE. Available from 6PM, Friday, 19 February 2021 onwards at ohopenhouse.online.
Episode Release Schedule (SG time, GMT +8)
E1: Reality & Rest
19 Feb - 25 Feb, 6pm - 12am (all time zones) daily
Features works from Denise Yap and Lynn Lu
Estimated experience length is 2 hours
In this episode, the Sleeping Man is faced with a sobering reality. This pandemic is just one of many in human history. He escapes this reality by playing video games.
E2: Home Alone
26 Feb - 4 Mar, 12pm - 6pm daily
Features work from Ezzam Rahman
Estimated experience length is 1 hour
The Sleeping Man ruminates on how his home feels bigger but lonelier during such times. A text message from a friend sharing an artwork relieves some of the loneliness.
E3: Distance Kept, Distance Bridged
5 Mar - 11 Mar, 6am - 12pm daily
Featuring work from Berny Tan and a collaborative work from Churen Li, Hell Low, Subhas Nair, Tim De Cotta, and Weish
Estimated experience length is 2 hours
The Sleeping Man negotiates where he draws the line in such times. He stresses on keeping physical distance, but continues to reach out virtually to find love and companionship.
E4: Working Do, Making Through
12 Mar - 18 Mar, 12am - 6am daily
Featuring a collaborative work from Bailey Wait, Lim Shi-An, Robert Wait, Tan Kheng Hua and a work from Yen Phang
Estimated experience length is 2 hours
The Sleeping Man discovers that relationships are held together by various rituals people perform. And that maybe, that’s how he can overcome the pandemic.
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Days — and counting
Days — and counting is an on-going portrait of COVID-19 that captures the surreal and strange times we live in through the lens of art and artists. The programme unfolds in three seasons each taking the form of an immersive digital experience that explores our new reality under the pandemic.
The digital art walk takes the metaphor of a dream. The seasons mirror Singapore slowly awakening and having to adapt to new measures and an inescapable reality. These experiences unpack the effects of COVID-19 on a personal and collective level.
