Construction Site (Esplanade Concourse) 2016

Collaboration with Milenko Prvacki

This installation is a dressed-up stage combining both artists’ notable styles of work. Inspired by the landscape of change in Singapore’s geographical and economic development over the past five decades, the two artists use a wide array of contrasting and complementing construction materials to create a metaphorical and theatrical stage of an island that has been through rapid changes, akin to those undergone by a colourful stage production. Situated within the heart of the Esplanade performing arts centre, it is an allegorical representation of life in a fast-developing country, where people must find a balance between preserving their natural surroundings and the needs of urban life — and where life is theatre and theatre mimics life. (Excerpt from exhibition catalog commissioned by The Esplanade. Curated by Jezlyn Tan)