Brightly colored billboards, draped curtains and theater seats have transformed the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, into a cinematic space. But there are no feature films being screened here — this is Singaporean artist Ming Wong's first solo show in Japan.

"Life of Imitation" — Wong's group of world-cinema-inspired video installations and Polaroid photographs — won the Special Jury Mention Award at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. It has since had successful showings (with additional exhibits) in Singapore, Seattle and Tasmania.

At the Hara Museum, the show is complemented by the museum's early modern 1930s architecture. Large canvas billboards — designed by Wong and painted by cinema billboard artist Neo Chon Tek — hang on the walls, and film memorabilia lent to the show by private collector Wong Han Min, along with documentaries by Sherman Ong, provide additional context to Wong's creations.