Lugas Syllabus, Puisi Ibu Pertiwi (Better Land for a Better Home), 2019-2020, 150 x 200 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Chan + Hori Contemporary.
When we were young, we were world-builders – an unlikely truth. For all that we conjured up could manifest in reality, ideas rendered in chalk scribbles turning into fluid spaces where time and dreams coalesced. Fuelled by the virtue of observation, colours, forms, textures and lines morphed into fantastical encounters, backdrops for discovery and adventure. As we got older, wishes morphed into wishful thinking, and experiences gave way to a sense of dread.
Yet, the child and adult are not mutually exclusive. For the capacity to feel and to be moved overwhelms us at unexpected times. Our dreams are sequenced images of memories and strange encounters – symbols and motifs tying us to universal myths and the human experience. Within poetic words and richly-layered artwork surfaces lie manifold stories and narratives filled with wonder, emotions and personal memories, as we so desire.
It is time to embrace a duality of sorts, the acknowledgment that sorrow is inseparable from joy and we are suspended between the two. That artworks, ultimately, should inspire feelings beyond hype and pomp. That in slowed-down moments of solitude and reflection, we re-discover parts of ourselves we thought were lost and move closer to being whole once more.
Artists: Lugas Syllabus, Loi Cai Xiang, Speak Cryptic, Masuri Mazlan, Yarno, Gerald Tay, Decki “Leos” Firmansah, Hayatuddin, Jay Ho, Ivan David Ng, Sheryo & Yok
Venue: Chan + Hori Contemporary, 6 Lock Road #02-09, Singapore 108934
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 11am- 7pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm- 7pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
When: 22 Feb - 22 Mar 2020,
