Artist: Irene Ang
Location: Raffles City Level 3
Description:
Nothing reminds me of home more than our local lingo, Singlish. To me, Singlish is inseparable from our national identity. It is so distinctive that we can easily identify a fellow Singaporean in foreign countries as soon as they start speaking and instantly feel a sense of familiarity and warmth. My piece is decorated by Singlish words formed by various magazine cutouts which signifies how our local lingo is formed by snippets adopted from different mother tongues spoken in Singapore. The magazine cutouts glued together to decorate mickey is symbolism of the unification of various races and cultures in Singapore.