Chua Chye Teck
I will... comprising five images entitled newspapers, tape, mattress, soaps, sofa.
Photographic installation
ABOUT THE WORK
These images were taken from 2 Cavan Road, an empty building which comprised of both a ship repair warehouse and a residential floor above. The subjects were captured in their respective spaces, suspended in time as though waiting for the resumption of activity. In the original installation, the images were interspersed around the entire warehouse, beckoning viewers to pause, contemplate and discover distinct dialogues between spaces. They invite viewers to reflect on the current state of events, draw parallels between perception of values past and present, and much more.
Credit:
Additional text by Angeline Ng, Lydia Wong.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chua Chye Teck employs both photography and sculpture to execute his ideas. He draws inspiration from used objects, transforming them from their original purpose into a focal point of interest. Usually transient in nature, whether by being cast-offs, unwanted or surplus material, these objects have exhausted their use, but through carefully curated presentations, they take on a different context to become works of art. Chye Teck’s philosophy is in re-presenting rather than to alter the original form of the object. In 2009 he was awarded a one-year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien International studio programme. In 2014, Chye Teck was invited to participate in the South East Asia Platform of Art Stage whereby he showed a new direction in his photography, deconstructing elements in the environment into basic forms and shapes and showing the photographs in black and white. He recently launched his book “Beyond Wilderness”, produced as a grant recipient of the National Arts Council’s Creation Fund. Chye Teck has a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) in sculpture from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).