I have been working around the concept of Rock-a-Bye Baby for the Nursery Rhymes Resarch.

 

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop

When the wind blows, the cradle will rock

When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall

And down will come baby, cradle and all

 

 

 

I want toe explore the themes of declining birthrate in Singapore due to ‘paper chasing’ where people just want to further their careers and earn money for tangible possessions. I wanted to combine the nursery rhyme and this concept together as the rhyme revolves around a baby falling in the cradle ; Reflecting the falling birthrate in Singapore and I want to composite a money tree of sorts.

 

I want to show the grabbing of money with arms stretched out and neglecting the baby for material possessions. I would also like to continue to play with proportions.

 

 

Showing how having a baby = spending money

Idea of baby on a money tree. : Neglecting the idea of having a baby and go for money instead.

I also plan to incorporate materialistic objects into the tree. Such as branded bags, cars, jewellery and to show how the baby is so insignificant compared to the entire tree.

 

Also getting some inspiration from Buddhism using the tree-like posture of Guan Yin Ma to further portray my concept

 

 

Like Hannah Hoch’s work, I wanted to overlay and create new images that were whimsical, nonsensical but had a deeper meaning and concept at the same time..

 

Dismembering & reassembling is what I want to emulate from Hannah Hoch’s works.

 

Still in the midst of coming up with the final composition but I am currently working around the nursery rhyme ‘Rock-a-bye’ baby and also working on final concepts and will be updating!