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Tickle Art.


If the environmentalists saw this, they ain't gonna be too happy. So many plastic bags hanging on the wall, especially with the Less Plastic Bag Campaign going on right now. heh heh.

I came across this installation art last week along the underpass of Citylink Mall and the Esplanade. Went back yesterday to get some photos of it. I think it is really creative. Made of only plastic bags and compact discs, this work is entitled "The Many Emotions of Mr. Singapore". It is by Robert Ern-Yuan Guth and Chang Jin Chao who did the faces. The description of this work says, "This is a simple material-based work that relies the resemblance of shopping bags to the human form. The purpose of the work is to encourage the viewer to look at the everyday with fresh eyes and enjoy the world around them. Hopefully it makes them smile. The most noticeable difference is that the faces have been hand drawn not printed on the CDs, which is intention for the final work."


A close look at one of the faces.


Beside the Mr. Singapore, are these drawings on the glass. I did not get the name of the work, but its real interesting too. I think these are drawings of the HDB housing drawn using markers.


The drawings depicts what can be found behind the brick walls of the HDB dwellers.


Something like play SimCity? Heh heh. I remember I usedta doodle things like that when I was young, drawing the futuristic tower which I dream to own one day. Complete with the subway passing underneath the tower. =)


And, right beside these marker drawings, are the displays of the works from the winners of the "Garden Fairy" Design Competition. I think its design for the mug and the box with the theme of "Garden Fairy" or something... Enjoy the pictures, in no particular order of prizes.

Works by Teo Kai Loon Windy and Chiho Akiyama.


Works by Sam Aik Ming Shi and Julie Lee.


Works by Tricia and Ang Chien Tee.


Works by Carine Ma Fat and Yan Wei Bin, this is the First prize!


Works by Tiun Yin Ying and Esther Goh Yu Shi.


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