I Summon You is an autobiographical expression of the artist’s journey, and how it intertwines with the memory and influence of her late mother, performer and arts educator Christina Sergeant. Liz’s current practice is based in the contemporary expression of classical Indian Odissi, and in the film, danced to the music of The Observatory.
Grappling with yearning, she searches for echoes in familiar childhood locales—her family’s old plant nursery, and in Cairnhill Arts Centre, where Sergeant had her mime studio. Seeing her mother in the long graceful arms of rain trees, she tries to pull memory into being through movement. Overwhelmed by a world that moves too fast, she copes with grounding and gliding steps. In these places, she uses the embodied geometry of her dance to embrace being present—while yearning, like many do, for halcyon days gone past.
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This film was made as part of *SCAPE MOV:MENT Lab incubation programme, and was exhibited at *SCAPE from 13 to 28 January as part of comma Creative Arts festival during Singapore Art Week 2024.
It was curated by the Asian Film Archive for Singapore Shorts ’25 and screened at Oldham Theatre.
Directed by: Liz Sergeant Tan and Jeremy Ho
Produced by: Liz Sergeant Tan, Jeremy Ho, Nathan Hartono
First Assistant Director: Kathleen Bu
Choreographer/Dancer: Liz Sergeant Tan
Cinematographer: Jeremy Ho
First Camera Assistants: Justin Faith Ng, Hein Htut
Art Director: Syahmi Hashim
Art Assistants: Elden Zachery, Tan Wei Ying
Wardrobe Stylist: Randolph Tan
Hair & Makeup Artist: Zirah Ziqi
Production Assistant: Jasmine Liu
Editor: Jeremy Ho
Music Supervisor: Nathan Hartono
Music Courtesy of: The Observatory
Stills:
JEREMY HO 