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
Read more "Slowly but Surely"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 […]
Read more "∞"Self-conscious I started a series of sculptures exploring the fragmented body as a metaphor of self-consciousness in 1996. When I was 22 years old, I struggled with the act of letting go perspectives of me as a beginning teacher and artist. Now at 45 years of age, I realized that some of the insecurities towards […]
Read more "Self-conscious"Wonders of Her World My 3-year old child’s naive yet surprisingly honest observations of her surroundings have extended the way I look at the people and things around me. Her ability to observe without imposing preconceptions, make connections and express uninhibited thoughts has opened up a new world of wonderment for me. In her […]
Read more "Wonders of Her World"Artist Blocks Artist Blocks is a series of brick-shaped forms containing what we commonly witness as ‘debris,’ produced by students during their art-making process. These leftovers, which include pencil shavings, charcoal dust, dried acrylic paint and stained glass pieces, are usually discarded or left unnoticed in comparison to final works. Artist Blocks attempts to bring […]
Read more "Artist Blocks"Memories Memories are essential to our lives. There are some memories that we cherish deeply, reminiscing them countless times, while others that we reject, hoping not to be reminded of them again. In this installation, memories that represent an educator’s journey are encapsulated within each bottle. Every bottle is representative of an individual’s reflections. The […]
Read more "Memories"In this installation, participants were encouraged to choose a target and aim at the bullseye by leaving a mark, thereby becoming joint creators in the work. Target Setting What is your ultimate goal in life? What is the most important? “Target Setting” explores our priorities, hopes, and desires through child’s play. A metaphorical and […]
Read more "Target Setting"Working Spaces Working Spaces presents an imaginary space which we hold close to our heart, laced with the animal instincts of being territorial, filling it with the clutter in our minds. It is the most honest depiction of the working man as he considers the desk a nonliving object and does not guard against it. […]
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