between leaving and arriving
(2019)
88 A3 (29.7×42.0cm) archival pigment prints
Dimensions of print grid: 327x336cm
between leaving and arriving (2019) is a photographic reproduction and enlargement of one un-annotated Ektachrome slide. It depicts an aerial view of an unknown place taken from an airplane, somewhere during the journey of my parents between Australia to Singapore. The full slide image is created with a grid of 88 A3 sized prints, coming together systematically to form the image of the photographic object. The once small object, easily held in one’s hand, is scaled to a size that reaches from floor to ceiling, confronting the viewer with its materiality, history, and eroded representation.
Additional reading:
Kenneth Tay. “A Slow Descent: Through the Photographic Surfaces of Wei Leng Tay, Vandy Rattana and Poklong Anadang,” Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia, National Gallery Singapore, 2022, pp. 360-365
Installation views of exhibition at National Gallery Singapore, Living Pictures: Photography from Southeast Asia, 2022-23 (images 1-3), and at NTU CCA Singapore Residencies OPEN x Art After Dark, 20 September 2019. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore (images 4-6)











