A Botanical and Wildlife Survey
If the World Change - Singapore Biennale 2013/2014
Peranakan Museum, Singapore
26 October 2013 - 16 February 2014
A Botanical and Wildlife Survey, and the video accompaniment Various Foliage reflects on the theme of the Biennale – If the World Change, and is a speculative imagining of lost landscapes and nature in Singapore. The ‘artefacts’ of porcelain plates with blue inked flora and fauna are observed and drawn by a group of 120 school students, and placed in a collection that evokes the idea of archaeological findings of an imagined future.
Adding a lyrical narrative to the artefacts through a collation of forest sounds, sights and colours, Various Foliage is a homage to the natural landscapes that still exist today as much as it is a cautionary tale of what might be lost forever.
Click here for essay written by Dr. Peter Hill about the Singapore Biennale 2013
Drawings from MacRitchie Reservoir
Details of drawings on porcelain plates
Details of drawings on porcelain plates
Details of drawings on porcelain plates
Drawings from Sungei Buloh
Drawings from Labrador Park
Details of drawing on porcelain plates
Details of drawings on porcelain plates
Details of drawings on porcelain plates
Exhibition view of A Botanical and WIldlife Survey
Selected Students' sketches and journals
Various Foliage, Single channel video with sound, 10 min, 2013