Johor - Singapore Causeway
2011 | Digital Print on Fine Art Paper | 112 x 168cm | Edition of 5 + 1 AP
 
 

artist statement
1. PHOTOGRAPHS :
The two photographs (Johor-Singapore Causeway & Tanjong Pagar Railway Station) are part of a new series of artworks called An Exile Revisits The City.

The series features a fictional political exile who returns to his homeland (Singapore) after a long absence from it. These photographs act as a travelogue of the exile’s journey around the city and examine the relationship between landscape and history. 

The photographs employ German Romantic painter, Caspar David
Friedrich’s Rückenfigur approach to art and features the exile with his back to the viewer in contemplation of the landscape or architecture of modern Singapore.

Through the iconic structures of the Railway Station and the Causeway in these 2 photographs, the viewer is asked to contemplate the relationship between Malaysia and Singapore from the past to the present.

2. TIME CAPSULE : OPEN AFTER REUNIFICATION
Time Capsule: Dibuka Selepas Penyatuan Semula (Open After Reunification) is a catalyst for the viewer to examine the relationship between Malaysia and Singapore. It invites the viewer to imagine a future when Singapore and Malaysia reunite, and to question what should be included/excluded in the process of separation/reunification of these two countries.
 
GREEN ZENG
artist profile
Green Zeng is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work encompasses visual arts, theatre and film. Green's current practice explores concerns related to Singapore's history and national identity. He was a member of the performance art group, Metabolic Theatre Laboratory, and performed with the company in Singapore and Japan.

He is currently the Creative Director of Singapore film production company, Mirtillo Films. He has directed many films that have been selected for various international film festivals such as the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. His film, Passenger, was also awarded the Encouragement Prize at the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition in Tokyo 2006. In 2011, he held two solo exhibitions, Malayan Exchange, at the Arts House and An Exile Revisits The City at The Substation.