On 25 January 2016, we went on a class visit to Singapore Arts Museum.

Below are two installations which really caught my attention.

HEMAN CHONG

Calendars (2020-2096)

2004-2010

1001 offset prints with matte lamination

30 x 30 cm (each), installation dimensions variable

Singapore Art Museum Collection

This installation had a very big space and at first sight, I was attracted to the brightly coloured photographs. I Read more →

For this exercise, we have to use our mobile phone to create a sequence dance steps to introduce myself. It should have a 3 act structure (beginning, middle and end).

In the first part, I want to show that I am cool and I like keeping up with trends. I like K-pop too.

As for the second part, I want to show Read more →

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the darkness, greater than light more often than not. the silence, so loud and clear every moment, every day.

i struggle to speak, my mind yet my mouth speaks words not of my mind but that of foreign words.

embraces never felt every time i try to reach emptiness is all i grasp your shadows lingering.

Lounge Room Tribalism

Graham Fletcher

2010

3x Oil on Canvas

My first impressions of this work were how in the midst of a modern-looking living room, tribal-looking masks, weapons and items had both a aesthetic synergy with the painting, yet were distinct enough that they contrasted with the rest of the images as much as they added character to them.

The images also seemed slightly Read more →

SALEH HUSEIN – ARABIAN PARTY (2013)

I never really quite liked visiting museums as I find them to be boring. However, when I first saw this piece of work, it sort of changed my opinion about museums partially. I really do love the medium used (acrylic) and this medium allows myself to be more relatable(?) to the work Read more →

A Travel Without Visual Experience: Malaysia

Tozer Park

2008

Room installation with travel photographs

My initial impression of the artwork was that it wanted to put the audience into the mind and perspective of the artist; The photos on the wall were taken using a camera flash, which was similar to the way the audience had to use their camera flash to see the Read more →

  On a rainy Friday afternoon, I left ADM and arrived at Singapore Art Museum, aka SAM. Among the numerous pieces in the 3 exhibitions, there were 2 in particular I found fascinating.

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Heman Chong

Calendars (2020-2096)

1001 offset prints with matte lamination

1001 picture calendars are put up in a grid form which covers the walls of the entire gallery space. The pictures on the calendars are old pictures of existing places in Singapore. However, the dates on the calendars are dates Read more →

卷土重来: 记忆的投影 (Homeward Swirls: A Projection of Memory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFFjmDBWZM

Digital Video and Stopmotion, 04:55mins, 1280 x 720 pixels

躺在地上，对着风扇，试想如果风不再吹？伸出手，却捕捉不了它。追，不禁跃入想象的汹涌，记忆的涟漪。也许，也许这一切只是一种投影。影片播完了，离席去向何处？忙得晕头转向，才了解到有多时没真正回家里走走。卷土重来吧，我这归来的孩子。

When the swirls of imagination and memory coincide in incandescent flashes, will I still know every inch of home? I embark on a homeward swirl in a projection of memory to a most familiar yet unfamiliar version of my house. Have I awoke Read more →

Saw “realm of reverberations” by Chen Chieh jen. The short film chronicles the lives of those who were once part of the Losheng Sanatorium.

I don’t know if i can ever categorize this as a documentary or a film. What you see is what you get, Read more →