Here, Here and Here
Here, Here, and Here is an evolving body of work that traces my shifting sense of belonging through the places that I have called home. The project begins with a hand-drawn map of Singapore, outlined from memory and marked with the specific areas where I have lived. The city's border is delicately embroidered by hand, transforming an official line into a fluid, intimate boundary.
A self-portrait, taken during the act of drawing, sits beside the map initiating a quiet dialogue. This juxtaposition invites viewers to see how a place lives within the body yet remains apart; a space that both holds us and eludes us.
Extending from this pairing is a series of eight hand-drawn maps of Singapore created through community participation, each sketched from memory. Distorted and fragmented, they reveal how recollection resists the precision of geography. Embroidered threads anchor these fleeting impressions, while century-old poems, written when Singapore was not yet an independent nation, glance quietly beneath the maps, reminding us of the transient and confining nature of borders. Together, they scatter the map's fixed boundaries into multiple points of remembering, forming a fragile, personal atlas of "here".







