Consigned (2016)
What does it mean to reproduce an object or place that has been destroyed?
The artist recreated Chiam See Tong’s iconic table from Blk 108’s Meet the People Session, which many Potong Pasir residents have real memories of. Yet, the artist also recreated Alkaff Gardens in miniature, a bite sized souvenir to be consumed in SG50’s wake of nostalgia that most of us have no relationship with. How do we treat memory in Singapore? Do we commercialise it till nostalgia becomes meaningless souvenirs?
The artist recreated Chiam See Tong’s iconic table from Blk 108’s Meet the People Session, which many Potong Pasir residents have real memories of. Yet, the artist also recreated Alkaff Gardens in miniature, a bite sized souvenir to be consumed in SG50’s wake of nostalgia that most of us have no relationship with. How do we treat memory in Singapore? Do we commercialise it till nostalgia becomes meaningless souvenirs?
Artist:
Tan Wee Lit
Tan Wee Lit