Foundation 4D 1 – G1

Inspired by how Singaporeans love food, I use myself to represent it in this work of mine. Using visual paradox, framing and juxtaposing, this work shows the story of ‘giant me’ discovering a hot steaming pool of floating salted egg Pau. And just trying to reach out for it despite being separated by the buildings and trees. That shows how Read more →

In this exercise,  we were told to create 1 original composition based on the theme paradox. The elements included should at least be distinctively local and include an image of us.

Ideation : 

I’ve decided to focus on a subject that almost every true blue Singaporean felt/went through when growing up in Singapore, that is education. Another purpose for me to create this piece Read more →

My project revolves around the Tourism industry in Singapore, precisely because of its prominence in our lives. This targets the common tourists’ perceptions towards sightseeing. The image consist the Gardens by the Bay structures burning and a mammoth Merlion breathing fire. However, tourists are still ignorant of the obvious danger, still focused on capturing their memories in a tourist hotspot. Read more →

Inspired from the idea of a dollhouse and the concept of play ( Child’s imagination and a child playing with toys).

Thus by using scale manipulation, I am able to show the contrasting effect in terms of size between the child and me. At the same time, the scaled down image of me in the kayak, make it looks as Read more →

Planning & Conceptualising 

Upon reading the brief requirements of having something “distinctively local”, I remembered the time that I had to dissect what it really meant to be local. Was it the HDBs, mama shops, or local food that we identified with, or the commodified “culture” & “society” that we were led to believe, such as the gentrified Read more →

My idea behind the artwork is to promote Health & Greenery at the same time by using “Garden By The Bay” as a local location. As Singapore are moving towards to clean and green enviroment, by building more parks and running tracks which encourages people to run while enjoying the scenery at the same time.