"CROSSING SHORES"
EAST COAST PARK, 2019
For Singapore Bicentennial Public Art Commission
Multiple faces of different ethnicities and origins are clustered together to form a single figure, emerging from the water and bound for Singaporean land. They are reminiscent of an unending quest for prosperity, viewing at the land as a source of business and prosperity, having journeyed from afar by boat across the seas. They are wrapped in a garment with patterns derived from the Malay Archipelago, the region which Singapore- or Tumasik- was part of before being a Crown Colony. Upon closer examination, their clothes are contemporary- speaking to the constant drift of migration we experience today.
EAST COAST PARK, 2019
For Singapore Bicentennial Public Art Commission
Multiple faces of different ethnicities and origins are clustered together to form a single figure, emerging from the water and bound for Singaporean land. They are reminiscent of an unending quest for prosperity, viewing at the land as a source of business and prosperity, having journeyed from afar by boat across the seas. They are wrapped in a garment with patterns derived from the Malay Archipelago, the region which Singapore- or Tumasik- was part of before being a Crown Colony. Upon closer examination, their clothes are contemporary- speaking to the constant drift of migration we experience today.
