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// Creative Works
Present -
becominglaurel.com
Taken from a line in Rilke’s poem Make the Change (“And Daphne, becoming a laurel, dares you to become the wind”), this is a space to archive and organise my thoughts into words. Therefore, an invitation to disclosure.
Taken from a line in Rilke’s poem Make the Change (“And Daphne, becoming a laurel, dares you to become the wind”), this is a space to archive and organise my thoughts into words. Therefore, an invitation to disclosure.
All the days of the earth shall not cease (what we burn for: an anthology)
This is a short story submitted for the what we burn for anthology published by Atelier Arcadia, an indie publisher, in collaboration with the Singaporean-based Singlitstation (Writing the City). Physical copies will be sold at bookstores such as Kinokuinya at the end of 2024/early 2025.
2024 -
Aftermath and A Retelling (Parts:Whole Anthology)
Parts:Whole Anthology is a collaborative anthology edited by writer and designer Leslie Kay Lim. This two-part poem was submitted as part of the Volume 4 Anthology: Myth, under the theme of Conflict.
2022 -
At Home - Meditations on Love
Presented as part of the Singapore Night Festival 2022, this is an intimate, immersive installation created by artist Mariel Chee that invites audiences to reflect on their relationships in the setting of a home in the midst of a pandemic. What has living in such close proximity to each other taught us about ourselves and the nature of love?
I contributed several poetry and prose pieces that were presented in the installation as prompts for reflection.
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Presented as part of the Singapore Night Festival 2022, this is an intimate, immersive installation created by artist Mariel Chee that invites audiences to reflect on their relationships in the setting of a home in the midst of a pandemic. What has living in such close proximity to each other taught us about ourselves and the nature of love?
I contributed several poetry and prose pieces that were presented in the installation as prompts for reflection.
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/// Art & Film Writing
2018 -
Art & Market
Intersections Gallery champions Burmese artists in Singapore
‘Burmese Vignettes’ charts a lesser known path to democracy
Karsten Greve presents Qiu Shihua, a Study in White
This year marks his second exhibition with the gallery
2017 -
Cinémathèque Quarterly Vol. 2: April-June 2017 Young Critic’s Pick — Review of Kelvin Tong's Grandma Positioning System
2015 -
Tembusu Treehouse - The Singapore Love Story
This article attempts to deconstruct the concept of national identity posited by the film, To Singapore with Love by Tan Pin Pin. By drawing out the language of love used to articulate a longing for Singapore, the film goes beyond its veneer of political agendas (accentuated by its censorship by the IMDA) and expresses what it really means to be Singaporean.
Mortality in Photography: Examining the Death of Susan Sontag
This piece was written originally as an essay on Annie Leibovitz’s work that reflects her relationship with Susan Sontag, under the guidance of artist, publisher and philologist Dr Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei. It won an award for Best Junior Seminar Essay in Tembusu College in 2015, and was published subsequently in the College journal, Tembusu Treehouse.
This piece was written originally as an essay on Annie Leibovitz’s work that reflects her relationship with Susan Sontag, under the guidance of artist, publisher and philologist Dr Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei. It won an award for Best Junior Seminar Essay in Tembusu College in 2015, and was published subsequently in the College journal, Tembusu Treehouse.