Comma Space is pleased to present “Off Shore On Tide” (潮 · 汐) by artist Wang Ruobing. “Off Shore On Tide” is an embracive kinetic installation inspired by the movement of tide – the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational pull of the moon and sun. Tides are very long-period waves that move through the oceans. When we allow trash to fall from our hands to land then to sea, we allow them to travel around the world on ocean currents by which no beach is untouchable no matter how remote it is. Being an island city-state, Singapore is especially vulnerable in the marine-ecosystem when the ocean is being trashed globally.
Simulating the movement of the tide, “Off Shore On Tide” brings attention to the issue of traveling trash, for which we are the problem and also the solution. The installation uses mostly recycled materials, and marine debris collected from the coastlines of Singapore, including East Coast, Sembawang, Changi, Pasir Ris Park, Kranji, Sungei Pandan, Seletar North Link, Lim Chu Kang and Pulau Ubin. Compositing these found pollutants with visual and sound, the installation takes on the continuous action of On and Off, highlighting the circular trajectory – a notion of totality – forming the ecosystem in which we are all a part of.
Venue: Comma Space, 51 Jalan Pemimpin, #04-02 Singapore 577206
When: 17 - 25 Apr 2021, by appointment
By: Comma Space
