A Piece of Memory

Who am I?

Which part of me is me?

As I maneuver through the images of memories,

I am forming my own memories.

The Chinese goddesses and the temples are part of my life,

And yet Mary, Jesus and the cross are part of my identity too.
As I move, I see colors and colorless,

I see memories captured, memories forming,

And memories fading…

I turn,

Take a glance at the gallery.

I see visitors frantically trying to retain their memories

By searching through the many images

For the one they can bring home.

And I too, bring back one

Of me,

Of who I am.

"Fade… is an installation of a thousand iPhone images, representing the intimate, personal memories of photographer Tan Ngiap Heng. The images are hung in space like a cloud, like the memories suspended in our heads. Audience members are encouraged to take away and keep images that they like for themselves. This process of the installation disappearing is a meditation on how we lose our memories as we age."

- M1 Singapore Fringe Festival's write-up on Fade...

Fade... by Tan Ngiap Heng

(M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2015)

14 – 25 January 2015, 10am – 8pm

The Platform, Level 2

National Museum of Singapore

Free Admission