Stepping into Intersection exhibition, you will be immersed into an ink wash of vibrant colour, a lingering scent of incense and something magical, a map of poems, and the gentle twittering of birds at dawn. Launching as one of the first official Singapore Art Week events, this exhibition is worthy of a visit. An encounter between poetry and visual art, this show is a collaboration between poet Marc Nair (recipient of the 2016 Young Artist Award) and visual international artist Nicola Anthony (whose public artworks you will have spotted lighting up Marina Bay last year). The show maps an architecture of memory at the junction of three diverse cities: London, Singapore and Yangon. The exhibition has been three years in the making and both artists took time to journey to each city to engage in field research. Nicola’s artworks reflect and even embed Marc’s poems and, in turn, the poems evolve in response to Nicola’s artworks in a creative dialogue. The exhibition consists of drawings, paintings, poetry, kinetic and light sculptures, with installation works. An artist book, based on the exhibition, is also part of the project, launched on the opening night of the exhibition. It is printed as a [...]
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