walk walk (film)

walk walk 走走 (2023) is a 27-minute film and one part of the site-specific public art installation by Tan Pin Pin, commissioned by the Singapore Art Museum for The Everyday Museum. The video is on view daily in the installation sited at the Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal from 2023-2027.

Through a blend of interviews, archival clips, and documentation footage, the film profiles several Singaporean women for whom walking is far more than a mundane daily necessity. The documentary explores the act of walking as a profound practice of contemplation, camaraderie, and resistance. One subject describes walking as a rare opportunity to "hear herself think" within a dense urban environment, while a group of homemakers discusses the activity as a vital social ritual for friendship. The film also features performance artist Amanda Heng, who reflects on walking backwards with a shoe in her mouth—a striking gesture used to expand her artistic practice and challenge societal norms.

The installation was unveiled on 29 April 2023. It closed in July 2026. It world premiered at the Women Make Waves film festival, Taiwan, Oct 2023.

Screening Information
Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal
11A Spooner Road Singapore 168795
(public parking is available)

Admission is free to the micro-cinema.
Screening times: 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, and 6:00 PM. 7 days a week


2023, documentary, 27 min, stereo, 16:9, in Mandarin, English, Teochew dialect. Subtitles available in English & Mandarin

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