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Fort of Leaves (2018)
Intending to mimic the forts we all tried to build as children, this piece was made with yarn, hand-spun with a spindle out of the leaves of familiar calendars recognisable in many Singaporean households (produced by Maha Yu Yi bookstore), which were left to be discarded when unsold once the new year began. The act of tearing the calendar as each day passes is symbolic of time passing, and using this representation of ‘time’ to create the fort in brittle paper yarn makes one feel its fragility, like a passing moment in time.
Artist: Kelly Limerick