Jurong Rock Sculpture for JTC CleanTech Eco Garden
Project
With
Baet Yeok Kuan, Chua Boon Kee, Lim Soo Ngee, Yeo Chee Kiong
The design
starts with the idea of using the original Jurong Rock that was unearthed from
Jurong
island as a
carving material. Through polishing its unique texture and color, and carving
it into the shape of rain-droplet, it can finally be installed as “rain
droplets in a park”. This echoes the clean technology. The symbolic transformation of materializing
an abstract idea of 'rain' through processing a raw stone artistically; we
cherish our belief in creating a green living environment through clean
technology.
This is the
first time we work together as a team. It is quite an extraodinary
collaboration different from many common sculpture practices in Singapore.
We created an
art sculpture that is very different from other works because it is created by
a natural resource that is found in Singapore. And every rain droplet in the
sculpture is unique.
The Jurong rock
is very fragile and it breaks into smaller pieces easily. It is very
challenging to solve this problem in order to turn it into a perfect sculpture.
