“SG60: To Build a Swing” features works by Akai Chew, Joanna Maneckji and Wan Kyn Chan. As Singapore’s 60th anniversary approaches, the three artists are deep in the process of shaping their contributions. These are works not only bold in concept and material, but deeply personal. Drawing from memories, architectural histories, walking paths and inner landscapes, each artist offers a unique vision of what it means to belong, to remember and dream forward. Their works are meditations on hope, concern, ambition and care, for a place they call home.
Together, the artworks are united by their focus on Singapore’s evolving physical, emotional and cultural topography. Whether looking back at what’s lost, mapping the present in motion, or imagining the sacred in everyday life, the artists offer their own tools: data, texture, narrative, vision. Just as Hafez’s poem urges us to gather “golden saws, silver hammers… strong silk rope,” these artists contribute their own materials and invitations to help us build—and rebuild—the swing. The future is not pre-written. It is a structure we’re all part of shaping.
Venue: LOY Contemporary Art Gallery, Tudor Court, 133-135 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247926
When: 15 Aug - 30 Sep 2025, 11am - 6.30pm, Tuesday-Saturday
By: LOY Contemporary Art Gallery
