SUPERB MUSEUM TRIP!

hi hi!! i went to the National Museum of Singapore.
and its really amazinggggg except for the "Singapore history" part. a major part of my disdain was due to the (excessive in my opinion) info-loaded "COMPANION" in the Singapore History Gallery.

but nonetheless i was thrilled today by the exhibits (external)!

1) The Chain of Chang Chien-Chi struck me emotionally.
the concept of human beings chained up for their everyday life (especially those of lower mental capability) isn't going to be appealing to anyone anytime soon. but as quoted "where the more lucid one drag the other around. through meals, and daily.. the treatment by XXX temple proved to be effective" i don't know seriously. is this going to work out? i leave you as a judge.

2) Double Happiness of Chang Chien-Chi struck me deeply about the process where foreign brides leave everything behind and marry to a stranger.
The delight of brides. The sourness of brides. The sorrow of abandonment. The "lusty" eyes of the groom. Somehow Chang managed to play up a feeling of forlorn and victimhood in me in some of the brides featured. The process, the acquiring and the marriage - beyond is unbelievably depressing and lonely for some brides.

3) China Town of Chang Chien-Chi reminded me of the hardships that immigrants have to face. and just not so long ago, our forefathers - grandfathers had to dock at a new land "Nanyang-Singapore" to begin a new life in a stranger land. just as these illegal labourers have to set foot in US anew and without kin. As quoted i think that Chang's quote entirely represent the immigrants feelings. Although this weren't his entire words, the meaning conveyed is roughly equal. "Between the colour (photos) and the black and white is interminable waiting - sometimes neither party know when it has stopped."

4) VOOM Potraits by Robert Wilson is highly entertaining.
As a "still-photo" Wilson has entirely opened up my mind to perceiving.
" i do not interpret my work. Interpretation is for others. To fix a meaning to a work limits its poetry and the possibility of other ideas. They are personal, poetic statements of different personalities."

With this, i'm going to attempt to detail my observation and musing for each artpiece in my first try at photoblogging. haha.. please enjoy.