"THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH"
Arts House Lawn, 2022
Arts House Lawn, 2022
As part of Singapore Art Week / Light To Night Festival 2022
14 January 2022 - 6th February 2022
14 January 2022 - 6th February 2022
STATEMENT
The sea is a massive body of water that exudes a quiet yet powerful force that propels us forward and draws us back simultaneously. The metaphorical push and pull of the water represent the positive and negative consequences of our relationship with it. Strong tidal waves can bring us across the ocean to foreign lands where we are met with new beginnings and boundless opportunities, just like how our forefathers arrived on our shores from different parts of the world. As the silent tides rise and fall in the vast ocean on full moon and new moon cycles, our emotions and delicate bodies react involuntarily to the strong gravitational draw from its powers.
Inspired by stories of the migrants and seafarers who made their way to Singapore many decades ago in search of a better life, this large-scale installation ponders upon the subject of migration; pertaining to the physical movement of the body when one is travelling. The Same Side of the Moon Always Faces Earth is a visual representation of the ups and downs, tugs and pushes, that the tidal waves bring us in life–a rhythmic and romantic angle on more sombre issues relating to human-nature relationship and the challenges brought about by migration.
Having a true north is not only significant when we become lost at sea while making journeys into unfamiliar land, it also symbolises the determination at achieving the goals that we set forth in our lives as well as the constant re-alignment to the cultural identity and roots that define who we are.
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The sea is a massive body of water that exudes a quiet yet powerful force that propels us forward and draws us back simultaneously. The metaphorical push and pull of the water represent the positive and negative consequences of our relationship with it. Strong tidal waves can bring us across the ocean to foreign lands where we are met with new beginnings and boundless opportunities, just like how our forefathers arrived on our shores from different parts of the world. As the silent tides rise and fall in the vast ocean on full moon and new moon cycles, our emotions and delicate bodies react involuntarily to the strong gravitational draw from its powers.
Inspired by stories of the migrants and seafarers who made their way to Singapore many decades ago in search of a better life, this large-scale installation ponders upon the subject of migration; pertaining to the physical movement of the body when one is travelling. The Same Side of the Moon Always Faces Earth is a visual representation of the ups and downs, tugs and pushes, that the tidal waves bring us in life–a rhythmic and romantic angle on more sombre issues relating to human-nature relationship and the challenges brought about by migration.
Having a true north is not only significant when we become lost at sea while making journeys into unfamiliar land, it also symbolises the determination at achieving the goals that we set forth in our lives as well as the constant re-alignment to the cultural identity and roots that define who we are.
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Curated by Jezlyn Tan (@circus_projects on instagram)
Built by the Made Agency (@themadeagency on instagram)