Our Call
Artwork 1 - Yesterday: "Honk Honk!" "Honk Honk!" Artwork 2 - Today: "Where's The Food!" Artwork 3 - Tomorrow: Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
What prompted me to create these 3 pieces was my encounter with the white-bellied eagle. Though classified as "Common" in Singapore by Nature Society some years back and "least concern" by IUCN but rarer in Thailand and some other parts of SEA, I was like recalling what I fondly remember about these eagles. They are always soaring up high in the sky and wishful thinking of seeing them right up close. And then not too long ago, I did see one right up close in the most unlikely of places. Between two skyscrapers in CBD area. Now that I can see them right up close, I wonder it is a good thing.
The 1st piece on the left is Yesterday: "Honk honk! Honk honk!" It's the call sound of this eagle. In my childhood days I could always see tiny little specks circling high up in the sky and wished I could see these birds of prey up closer. So this 1st piece depicts the eagles soaring and gliding up high in the sky and honking away.
The 2nd piece in the centre is Today: "Where's The Food!" Childhood wish comes true. Oh yes, the eagle didn't have to pay toll fee to enter CBD area but what business does it have to be in a densely populated and densely buildup area. It goes to tell me that these eagles' natural habitat have been encroached and they are displaced and looking for their meal at whatever places they could find. The title "Where's The Food!" takes another meaning of "WTF!"....you know where I am coming from.
The 3rd piece on the right is Tomorrow: "Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!" The harsh cry call sound of cranes. This piece suggests that in the future we have cranes soaring into the sky and no more white-bellied eagles in sight and empty sky. Clang as in the clanging sound of metallic cranes piercing into the sky. Our society is entrenched into building taller and taller buildings and in the process robbing our animals of their land which in this series the eagles are the ones at the losing end.
This is a triptych of sort. I titled it as "Our Call". It's our call to reach out to their calls.
Artwork 1 - Yesterday: "Honk Honk!" "Honk Honk!" Artwork 2 - Today: "Where's The Food!" Artwork 3 - Tomorrow: Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
What prompted me to create these 3 pieces was my encounter with the white-bellied eagle. Though classified as "Common" in Singapore by Nature Society some years back and "least concern" by IUCN but rarer in Thailand and some other parts of SEA, I was like recalling what I fondly remember about these eagles. They are always soaring up high in the sky and wishful thinking of seeing them right up close. And then not too long ago, I did see one right up close in the most unlikely of places. Between two skyscrapers in CBD area. Now that I can see them right up close, I wonder it is a good thing.
The 1st piece on the left is Yesterday: "Honk honk! Honk honk!" It's the call sound of this eagle. In my childhood days I could always see tiny little specks circling high up in the sky and wished I could see these birds of prey up closer. So this 1st piece depicts the eagles soaring and gliding up high in the sky and honking away.
The 2nd piece in the centre is Today: "Where's The Food!" Childhood wish comes true. Oh yes, the eagle didn't have to pay toll fee to enter CBD area but what business does it have to be in a densely populated and densely buildup area. It goes to tell me that these eagles' natural habitat have been encroached and they are displaced and looking for their meal at whatever places they could find. The title "Where's The Food!" takes another meaning of "WTF!"....you know where I am coming from.
The 3rd piece on the right is Tomorrow: "Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!" The harsh cry call sound of cranes. This piece suggests that in the future we have cranes soaring into the sky and no more white-bellied eagles in sight and empty sky. Clang as in the clanging sound of metallic cranes piercing into the sky. Our society is entrenched into building taller and taller buildings and in the process robbing our animals of their land which in this series the eagles are the ones at the losing end.
This is a triptych of sort. I titled it as "Our Call". It's our call to reach out to their calls.