ways of seeing

Silver Installation at the Asian Civilisations Museum

On a cool balmy January evening earlier this year, Loving Husband and I found ourselves along the Singapore River, one of our favourite evening run routes. To our delight, we encountered Ways of Seeing, a collaboration by Faye Lim, Finbarr Fallon, Fiona Tan & Randy Chan

Ways of Seeing (2021) is a larger than life ‘telescope’ positioned to face and pay homage to the Singapore River. An important site of exchange, the River serves as a silent witness to the progress, constant flux and evolution of Singapore’s past, present and future. Visitors are invited to peer in, walk into or rest under the structure to view their surroundings through new frames. In this unprecedented times of Covid-19 and safe distancing, the telescope motif takes on an additional layer of reading- the metaphorical act of viewing, observing and savouring of experiences from afar.”

Fiona Tan

This silver installation was commissioned and placed on the lawn of the Asian Civilisations Museum as part of the Light to Night Festival in January this year.

This post is my contribution to Life in Colour: Silver hosted by Jude at TravelWords