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    Singapore Biennale at Fort Canning

    February 12 in Singapore ☁️ 30 °C

    I stopped by Fort Canning to look at some of the Biennale art installations there. From Fort Canning MRT Station, I started up the hill to the Fort Gate. Within the Fort Gate was the first installation, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork's HNZF (Harsh Noise Zen Fountain), a sculpture made of scrap metal from WWII Military aircraft. I quite liked this installation.

    The next installation - Flowers for Africa: Rwanda by Kapwani Kiwanga - was a short distance away. Shaped in the form of an archway, this installation pays homage to structures that were built for Rwanda's proclamation of independence.

    My next stop was the Fort Canning Centre which housed several pieces. My favorite were a series of medieval-style tapestries with maps of contemporary agricultural landscapes sewn into them. These tapestries were called Feudal Fields and they were by Cian Dayrit of the Philippines. There were a few other installations in the Fort Canning Centre which I enjoyed, and others that were pretentious.

    There were a few other installations at other locations around Fort Canning, but I was running late for my dinner appointment, so I gave them a miss.    Read more