Hidden In The City, Yet In Clear View

For this assignment, I partnered with Zijie and we decided to film the reactions of the foreign workers trying local dishes, which includes popiah, curry puff, chicken rice and tau huey(bean curd). This is the final product! A. Write a narrative of how your idea developed. (Begin by giving some response to the 1st dance and games night) The idea came very naturally, as we know we all come from different cultures and one of the easiest ways to showcase […]

Night Scape

This is the photo that I decided to use for the nightscape. The lights create a beautiful contrast to the overall darkness of the photo and I think it adds a touch of “mysticism” as well. For the painting, I tried to use similar colours as the photo. I’m happy with how the lights in the water turned out as they have this smudgy look to them and not just a solid white colour, which I feel would be a […]

Lino Cut

The lino cut is inspired by Japanese folklore and mythology. Depicting a scene of a young kitsune(nine-tailed fox), gazing up at the moon where an adult fox hugs it. The night scene also shows stylised clouds, hitodama(will-o-wisps) as well as lanterns floating in the sky to emphasise on the Japanese style. Our young kitsune has finally grown up and become an all powerful being.

National Gallery

  #1 This painting shows a scene from the Japanese Occupation. From the painting, I can sense the fear from the prisoners as the Japanese soldier is about to hit them with his rifle. It would seem that they are being herded to a camp for holding prisoners-of-war, or worse, execution. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be living under such harsh conditions and seeing visual representation of the past gives us a better understanding […]

Black & White

A girl leaves for the club, ignoring her mother’s concern… 1st frame: The Girl is preparing for her night out; note that it is 10:30pm, which is quite late. 2nd frame: The Mother is naturally concerned that her daughter is going out so late at night and tries to call her back. The Girl ignores her mother’s words and leaves home. 3rd frame: The Girl rushes to catch a taxi she sees approaching.     4th & 5th frame: The […]