Easy to spot - but how to distinguish between magic sticks, walking sticks, talking sticks, pointing sticks, tickling sticks, poking sticks, and selfie sticks?
Well, as part of my residency at L'Observatoire in Singapore, I collected sticks in the nearby forest and made my own collection of survival gear for forest fantasies and other forestic affairs 🌳
The false arm has followed me from a previous project years ago, always good to have an extra arm.
Opening of my work "Gallery Open 画廊开, #foundforest", made while I was artist in residence at Untitled Space in Jinze, Shanghai, China.
Midsummer night encounters with strange strangers in the Scandinavian forests.
This is a short version of the video shown as part of an installation at Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore.
My journeys into MacRitchie, Singapore's wild forest, became a journey into my own perception of nature - and the deeper into the wild I went, the stranger everything became.
In an attempt to adapt to the forest and the strange strangers I encountered on my way, I designed new clothes, and soon I became a stranger to myself.
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