Despite not being able to attend the opening of Project Dreamcatchers - Take Me Places,
nothing stopped me from visiting the exhibition the very next day. Pushing aside that I am an art student, even as a being.. the exhibition really left me speechless with admiration. And no, I am not just saying this for the sake of it but, it felt genuinely relatable and like a wake-up call. No, I don't live/suffer from chronic illness but, I do have relatives that have to go through living it in their childhood. At that point, I could never really understand or felt an inch of their hardship.What do they actually feel? How is life like for them?
Well, I can kind of say that after my visit, it gave me a clearer perspective of their everyday tribulations they've faced. I've realised that we people trouble over the littlest things and it becomes a habit till we forgot about the bigger picture of life. Some of us, our life story accentuate positivity + happiness, while some with sadness + dissension. I realise how fortunate we are and how life is really so fragile that we don't put it to care.
These works that have been displayed.. it.. it really is an acknowledgement given to them based on their strengths instead of their weaknesses and, how we choose to view it does affect their curated depiction of their daily struggles. My personal favourite has got to be the Ticking Time Bomb [Life Withing Transcends the Ticking Time Bomb] - made out of pill foils and medication/hospitalisation bills formed as a huge bomb that could approximately fit 2 or 3 people in. Go figure.
There were flower installations surrounding the bomb which signifies the happier environment and It stood out to me because it was straight-forward. The ticking time bomb constitutes on how life has a duration. Everyone will die. But we never know exactly when. To these patients, most are given that answer. Imagine both the fear and gratitude they feel given another chance to live again yet we take it for granted.
A closer look of the bomb on in video
As I looked into each work, I stumbled upon another favourite of mine. It was actually an audio box covered with tracing paper stamped along with a silhouette of the wheel-chaired patient. Nevertheless, I was surprised when a girl came up to me and we started conversing about it. It took me quite awhile to notice the resemblance between her and the work and I finally got the picture. The girl was actually her! She explained to me,
"If you look at the problem just by the eyes, you won't understand. Sometimes, it takes more than just sight to understand things."
It hit me really hard when she said that, and so I took a step closer to give it a listen.
Overall, I did not regret taking time to pay a visit because honestly, this was the first time that I've ever really went at my own pace to try and understand interpreting my own perspective of other works. I think when any work that relates in the theory of ones needs e.g. physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem and self actualisation reflects upon the artist themselves as a person.
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