Travel Patterns

Travel Patterns  plays  on the transformation of forms, motifs and symbols to relate and relay a sense of travel. One theme of the work is the metamorphosis of a peculiar object, draped with a patchwork of umbrella skins,  found on a street in New York City. Another concurrent theme is that of batik prints and its historical, social, and cultural evolution; in this painted installation the pattern and colour palette of a faux (or tourist souvenir version of the) Singapore Airlines uniform print is abstracted and acts as a backdrop in the work.  The two themes intersect,  shifting figure and ground relationships in terms of dimension, material and scale. Travel patterns is further activated by the  positions and movements of the audience who views and travels through the space. The thinking behind these objects and installation of the work draw parallels to the collection of travel souvenirs/motifs; considering their function and placement in our homes and our cultural consciousness.