2014
At Home #3
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...lost in regard of a blemish or whorl in the flooring, in the way afternoon light falls on the side of a bookcase or through a fan blade, in the landscape of a bed sheet...
This set of tiles is one of several attempts to capture the atmosphere of my house on most afternoons, when my family is out and the rooms bear only traces of their passage. At these times the house is saturated with quiet. There are a lot of white, empty walls for light to play on, and it is both wonderful and suffocating, the spaces thick with my family's absence. At such times parts of the house begin to speak. |
Wander (Chinatown map collaboration with Bryan Lim)
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Watercolour illustrations, handwritten text, map design and layout by me.
Concept by Bryan Lim. www.hellagood.co |
Broken Tools series
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Broken things: I have always been drawn to bits of used, discarded commodity culture. As with people, I wonder why incomplete, flawed things have to be any less worthy than their complete counterparts.
What happens when an object no longer behaves the way it's supposed to? Here I have collected broken tools, then 'mended' them in absurd ways. They are now irreverent and gleefully disregarding of their original purposes. I examine, through them, the roles of perfection and brokenness in commodity culture. |
Dua Dio's Passing
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My uncle passed away in March, 2014.
He was a constant in my life - the loud-voiced, rail thin almost-grandfather who teased and scolded. His passing was a peaceful one, so while I mourn I am also glad for him and the family. I have attempted to make sense of the funeral on my own, of the materials, both banal and precious, that visitors come into contact with. My work is both a tribute to my uncle and a reflection of my inexperience and ambivalence towards the Chinese funeral tradition. Rest in peace, Dua Dio. |
Moult
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Trying to shed everyday banality and the clinging pervasiveness of consumer culture;
To look for meaning beyond the space I occupy; to fill a lack. |