Sally Hong // Yusoff Ishak Secondary School // Digital Print // 21cm by 30cm – 42cm by 60cm This work questions the value and meaning of play to our children. How much do they play? Do they play freely without any inhibitions of time, purpose and calculated outcomes? This video invites viewers to step into the […]
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Shen Jia Qi // Pierce Secondary School // Oil On Canvas // 92cm By 92cm As a student, the lingering sense of uncertainty hung over every lesson together with the hopeful promise of a satisfying future. This series of work questions the exchange of compliance for prestige, and the lost of one’s imagination. Through the […]
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Tay Zhiyong // Coral Secondary School // Watercolour // 80cm by 42cm North Bridge Road in 1975. The days when life was simpler, more organic and arguably better. A long line of buses fill the left lane, led by a super sports car…? What do we carry from our pasts to move ourselves forward? Lesson […]
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Teh Ting Ting // CHIJ Toa Payoh Secondary School // In Collaboration with, Yeoh Gim Yeok // Mixed Media // 30 A6 Postcards He has lived in the village / forest for each months. With each drawing, she attempts to discover more about the place of arrival. This work archives the communication between two individuals, […]
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‘What’s behind?’ She pondered. With eyes fixated at the sight before her, a momentary pause led to a surge of eclectic ideas that flooded her mind. A daunting presence, or a pining heart? An anticipatory future, or a forgotten past… A surprise, a void, or a challenge to deal? A reason to rejoice, or an […]
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Teo Lay Peng Lynn // Fajar Secondary School // Photography // 100 cm by 80 cm This work represents myself in a state of transition, after returning from Tasmania. We are faced with choices in life and there is always a right or wrong choice. After a choice is made, there should not be regrets. […]
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Tham Yoke Theng // Hong Kah Secondary School // Mixed Media // 15 cm by 15 cm The work is a response to local poet and educator Chen Wei Biao’s debut poetry collection “The Sea Diary” 《航海纪事》Chen teaches Chinese Literature at Nan Chiau High School. Each poem encapsulates a memory of a place travelled. The […]
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Tok Wei Yuan // Fajar Secondary School // Sculpture // 2.6m by 1m by 1m Inspired by totems, the artist is interested in creating forms and encounters that manifests his personal experiences as a teacher and artist. ‘In Progress’ is part of his ‘Memorial Totems’ series, where he condenses his feelings into physical forms that […]
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In Awake and Unafraid, the artist allowed herself to be guided by feelings, expression, and intuition (internal mental sense). This free-form triggered a creative process that encouraged the brain to problem-solve. Problem-solving requires imagination, which leads to that moment of inspiration. This creates unusual combinations, a blend of unique and bizarre items, thus conceiving what […]
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Familial relationships and daily activities are the two strongest driving forces in the artist’s works over the years. She is currently investigating questions such as the reliability of memories, unspoken tensions, grieves and daily failures through making paintings on used fabric, soft sculptures, and ceramics. This childlike approach and ambiguity often mask the heavier themes […]
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This project sets out to document and slow down time. If you are too impatient to see the development, you don’t deserve to see the beauty of the outcome. To view Slowly but Surely, visit us! By: Xie Shangyi
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Xie Shangyi // Nanyang Girls High School // Digital Manipulation Will there be a day when education become as addictive as games? This artwork adopts an 8-bit aesthetics of classic arcade games. The nostalgic ‘Space Invader’ game parallels the structured learning environment of a classroom, while the ‘Snake’ game resembles the constant pursuit of a […]
Read more "Continue?"The thrid of four featured interviews covering different aedge 2018 artists, this post will reveal more insights into Angie’s thoughts and processes whilst making Memories. Artist’s Write-up “Life brings tears, smiles, and memories. The tears dry, the smiles fade, but the memories last forever.” Memories. Bad memories, deep dark corner. To be forgotten. Good memories, […]
Read more "FEATURED: Interview with Artist behind Memories"The last of four featured interviews covering different aedge 2018 artists, this post will reveal more insights into Nurhidayu and Jaliza’s thoughts and processes whilst making Analog. Artist’s Write-up Experimenting with altering the conditions of developing negatives from Analog Cameras, Analog (2017) is a depiction of this art-making process. Encapsulating the entire process in the […]
Read more "FEATURED: Interview with the Artists behind Analog"Slowly But Surely “If you are not patient enough, you don’t deserve to see the beauty.” My proposed artwork is a series of painting that changes with time, depicting the slow morphing process of teaching and learning. Mimicking the hourglass that measure the passage of time, framed coloured sand panels are stacked on top of […]
Read more "Slowly but Surely"Infinity “Having a bad day? You can’t have it worse than this guy.” Infinity is the final short of the artists’ dream series trilogy. “First you laugh. Then you wonder why. This is the one-two punch of humour in art today, where laughter is nervous but never cheap, and comic turns are but the gateway to […]
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