THE VISUAL AUDITORY EXPERIMENT

Live, projected drawing, sonic art jam sesh with wyxmm, Un Escargot Vide? and unii @ Spore Art Salon 29th Edition.

Celebrating Women

I was invited to participate in Celebrating Women, a charity exhibition in which 80% of proceeds is donated to AWARE Singapore, in conjunction with International Women's Day 2013 and kindly sponsored by One East Asia and Cedele. These drawings were taken and inspired by my W.I.P. Psychobitch series.



Poster art by Izzyiana Suhaimi



Marriage, 2013
60 x 42 cm
Mixed Media on Paper

Marriage illustrates the transition from girlhood to womanhood- the process of meeting the expectations of a constitution that sometimes forever hides the woman of instinct, passion and impulse. This piece celebrates and honours every woman's primal self, free from societal expectations and doctrines. It also foretells the haunting by one's authentic self on the Doris Day wife-persona when desire is suppressed and unfulfilled.


Rat King, 2013
60 x 42cm
Mixed Media on Paper



Farmer's Wife, 2013
60 x 42cm
Mixed Media on Paper

The Rat King is a 19th century omen where rats are found entangled and collectively festering during the plague. Drawing parallels with unhealthy or abusive relationships that women sometimes find themselves imprisoned in, the symbolism of the woman cutting off the tails of the Rat King illustrates the individual, taking ownership of her life and relationships.









Avocado, 2009
49.5 x 59.5cm
Woodblock Print, In edition of 4

Avocado, from the Fruits Series is a study on the feminine form and body. By using Fruits to illustrate body parts and organs, Avocado portrays an interaction between the self and body, with poignant sensuality. It endorses the reclamation of the female body, often sexualised and coveted by media and the male gaze. Avocado shows a woman cradling herself, a metaphor for taking ownership of one's own physicality- an image of self love and confidence, independent of gender stereotype and stigma.

Showreel 2010 - 2012

Music credit: Caribou - Sun (Yppah Remix)

☼ Sharityland ♥

Campaign City: Life In Posters

From Sharity Elephant to Singa Lion, “Two is Enough” to “Clean & Green”, campaigns and their mascots are an idiosyncratic part of Singapore’s national heritage. The National Library of Singapore, in partnership with Salon Projects, explores this aspect of our heritage in the exhibition – Campaign City: Life In Posters. Supported by SMP, visitors to this exhibition will also be able to pen down their memories of past and present campaigns and contribute to the wall of memories for showcase.

We have invited 50 artists, leaders from the creative industry and students to design posters by tapping on their personal memories of campaigns. Their works are accompanied by a historical survey which features highlights from the Library’s campaign poster collection.

Since the late 80's, Sharity is Singapore's mascot for charity. Children are taught in school the virtue of generosity and compassion through this fable:

"Once upon a time, there was a little pink elephant called Sharity. He was kind and loving. But Sharity was very unhappy as he was often bullied by his peers because he was the only pink elephant. His parents took him away in search of a new home. They managed to find Sharityland, a land of caring and sharing where Sharity was accepted by everyone there. Whenever Sharity was happy, his heart grew and lifted him high into the blue sky…"

Sharity reminds us of the universality of giving and sharing, to date making public appearances at Roadshows.

There is an intrigue and element of fantasy in Sharity's story. I was interested in narrating this in the fashion of a vintage children's book illustration.

Sweet Golden Clime

La Sardina Wardrobe Exhibition Singapore

The world is your oyster, the pearl, memory's testament! Sweet Golden Clime instances life's climaxes and its sweet, slippery shadows.

W.I.P.

PsychoBitch Series

PsychoBitch #1: Rat King, 2012
60 x 42cm
Mixed Media on Paper


PsychoBitch #2: Marriage, 2012

Infinite Regress

A collaboration with Cain Lim (http://interceptingpoints.tumblr.com/) for performance art festival, FETTERFIELD 2012.




Infinite Regress is an investigation into the nature of truth and perception. As the performer interacts with herself over a series of projected layers, the work questions the relevance and existence of an authentic self, portraying its pursuit as one that is illusive, endless and regressive.


Photography by Clarence Aw.

Art Salon 281211 with wyxmm

Photo and review by WEFOUNDNOTHING.

Dr John Herbert Bowyer

Bowyer Block - A National Monument

SGH’s Bowyer Block has been designated a national monument for its historic and architectural value.  The original Bowyer Block was built in the neoclassical style with a portico and a clock tower by architect Major P. H Keys.

The building, first known as the Upper Block, was built together with the Middle and Lower Blocks as part of the General Hospital.  After the Second World War, the Upper Block was renamed after Dr John Herbert Bowyer, former Chief Medical Officer who died during the war.  Bowyer is the only block remaining out of the ensemble of buildings built in 1926. 

RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, announced the gazetting on Bowyer Block on 11 November at the National Museum of Singapore.  Bowyer Block joins the ranks of 60 other national monuments in Singapore.

RADM (NS) Lui said Singapore is committed to preserving its built heritage to leave a lasting legacy for future generations and celebrate the social memory of these places.

"We need to keep our history and heritage alive and relevant to our future," he said.

Today, Bowyer Block has been re-adapted for use as the SGH Museum.

Facial Reconstruction based on damaged photographs.
Graphite and Charcoal on A3-size paper.

Bedlam Lull, 2010

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