Under the guise of surface (2014)
Archival inkjet prints, framed, 30 x 21cm

A worker in white coveralls is seen painting over weather-worn or abandoned public structures. What appears as an effort to maintain these overlooked sites and objects is also a gesture that reactivates and catapults them back into public imagination through the act of photography. I wanted to respond to a range of items, namely graffiti laws, maintenance labour as well as Singapore's image as a thoroughly clean and perpetually brand-new city. As the country continues to develop, public space and land become more limited and contested than ever. It is timely that attitudes and levels of freedom towards these spaces and objects be reflected on and responded to. 

Featured in the following exhibitions:
2015 | Singapore Survey 2015: HARD CHOICES, Helutrans, Singapore, curated by Valentine Willie
2015 | Destruction and Rebith: Demolition @ The Mill, Singapore
2014 | Tell me something I don't know, Grey Projects, Singapore, curated by Jason Wee