Art project: The Tree Project

Now exhibited at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. 11 October - 31 October 2021.

This fine art photography series explores human-nature relationships through portraits that match human with tree subjects. Conceptualised in black and white, the images prompt the discussion of different ways in which human and tree subjects meet on the same plane of being in the world.

The project seeks to offer conservation storytelling perspectives on Southeast Asian and Singaporean landscapes in the context of a shared global economy and growing society, following categories of tree species that are primeval forest, native and cultivated symbols of the tropics. Inspired by the perception that we live on a green planet, THE TREE PROJECT is a practice-as-research project asking about coexistence, communication across places and living organisms, and the dimensions of timelines that interconnect in the presence of each photograph. The Artist has invited local and locally based cultural practitioners and artists from various backgrounds to participate in the project. They all connected to ‘their tree’ in different and surprising ways and the images are moments in time of the thoughts, the feelings, and the wonder from the shared time in the Botanic Gardens and reflect interactions with topography of place, time, and bio-diverse identity.

The project has been produced in close collaboration with NParks as well as in partnership with equipment sponsor Fujifilm Singapore.

The exhibition consists of 30 photographs across a total of 34 exhibits that are accompanied by environmental storytelling writing.
Find a preview of the Artist’s solo show below and please feel free to reach out to inquire on further details.

I would like to give special thanks to all my human and nature subjects for their time, space, and sharing!

I am grateful for the ongoing support of NParks and the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Fujifilm Singapore, the Photographic Society of Singapore, especially the executive board members, as well as Jayaprakash Bojan, Vincent Liew, Jeannie Ho, Tan Ngiap Heng, Eric Kerr, and the poetry heritage of global nature writers and photographers who pursue the conservation and education of our only and very much shared world.