The Island at the End is an interactive, multi-sensory installation that has “risen” from the ground, whisking you away to a 14th-century medical hall and apothecary, perfumed by the raw materials and resins used in incense-making.
Its placement here is no mere coincidence. Singapore's first botanic garden, established back in 1822, was dedicated to cultivating economically significant plants and spices. By resurrecting and reinventing a fragment of the past, the artist hopes to spark curiosity about the natural and historical wonders hidden beneath the earth’s surface and in plain sight amidst our surroundings.
About Wong Lip Chin
Wong Lip Chin is an interdisciplinary artist and the creative director of the Chinese and East Asian historical research lab CHITO. His worlds collide in paintings, installations and performances that breathe new life into traditional practices, fronted by his signature characters, Lilou and Oomoo. In his hands, histories of the Sinophere get contemporary makeovers, at one point culminating in an unlikely (but happy) marriage of pop art and classical Chinese ink paintings.
Free Admission
18 Aug to 26 Aug | 7.30pm - 12am
In front of SMU's Yong Pung How School of Law building
