Grieve Perspective

Singapore: our beautiful island nation smitten by fire, explosions and disaster, yet its populace carry on regardless. Unlike the average Western nation, Singapore has a guiltless relationship to change and destruction is the mother of all change. We are in a hurry and are not ashamed of it!

Singapore is a young self-made island state: an ongoing project of renowned perfection yet with a depth and complexity that the casual visitor might miss. Our relationship to the dead is a livid one, with one foot in the Chinese traditions of our ancestors where the dead are not to be disappointed. We live with our eyes pointing resolutely to the perfect future, yet a corner of our hearts set-aside for fear.

Count the years. Now count them backwards. Notice any difference?

Time passes, then time passes again. Its relentless workings make foolish our aspirations and we are left to feast upon the hopes that the dead have cast aside. Those who live, live off the dead.

Informed by Bruegel's 'Fall of Icarus', Pasar presents a quiet vision of impending doom. In the lower right hand corner of this very large print, corresponding the Icarus's point of fall, is a dark hole. This digital composite is set in Singapore's Orchard Road. The old Malay term for market is Pasar.