Sightseeing Sculpture

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Lead Artist: Yang Jie

Associate Artist: Casey Chen, Xin Xiao Chang, Yeo Chee Kiong, Artists Caravan (Joey Soh & Ong Xiao Yun), Yellow Thatchery (Yang Jie & Syamil Dasuki).

Located within the premises of Sculpture 2052, on top of the GrassLand next to the Shoebox Sculpture Landscape, the tour session promises a “break” from the hectic schedule of SAW activities, taking form as a leisurely PICNIC/HIGH TEA SERVICE. 

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tours invites you, the sightseers, to experience sculpture like you have never before. Artist-docents enact the role of a Tour Guides, and more than 100 miniature sculptures as key landmarks - directing sightseers on a journey through the nuances behind the making, the techniques used to realise these sculptures, and also the history of key public sculptures in Singapore. Covering a wide variety of the sculptural practices of artists based in Singapore, the tour hopes to provide insight into the varied and disparate field of sculpture in Singapore.

These tours are part tea time snack service (from licensed kitchen); part performance; and part guided tour of the artworks at the Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023. 

Menu A - Picnic: 6th Jan (Fri)  / 8th Jan (Sun) / 14th Jan (Sat) 

Menu B - High Tea: 7th Jan (Sat) / 13th Jan (Fri) / 15th Jan (Sun)

Duration: 2 pm - 3 pm (60 mins) 

Participation fees: $41

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Prepared & Presented by Artists Caravan

What makes one city different from the other? According to Edward T. McMahon in The Distinctive City, “A sense of place is a unique collection of qualities and characteristics – visual, cultural, social, and environmental – that provide meaning to a location. Sense of place is what makes one city or town different from another, but sense of place is also what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.” As such, besides strategic urban planning, site-specific public art are punctuations that bestow diverse points of access into the site’s history and vision. This guided sculpture tour offers a narrative of the site, information about the sculpture and its site-specificity in an interactive and engaging stroll.

These guided sculpture tours will stroll through two CBD areas in the city. Participants will get to experience the site-specific sculptures and the environmental context that embraces it. After the tour, participants will gain a wider appreciation of public sculptures in Singapore’s urban landscape. Participants will also be gifted a trail map , a cartographic design with limited edition of 30 per trail, by two local artists, @Superduperd4n for Morning Trail and Long Yinghan for Afternoon Trail, as a token to revisit and share stories of these trails with their near and dear. 

• Pencils and paper will be available for taking notes or just doing frottages! 
• Participants can share their thoughts and sensory experience with us online such as but not limited to, -  doodles, sound, images, texts, and so on through the QR code on the map. 
• Participants are encouraged to contribute to a collective cloud map of their experiences. The online map in itself becomes a layering expression of what we, collectively, consider important in our city. These will culminate in collective memories of these Sightseeing Sculpture Guides 2023. 

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Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour Morning Trail 

Tour will be guided by Artists Caravan. 

Meeting place: National Museum Singapore entrance

Map illustrated by: Dan @Superduperd4n

Date: 7th Jan & 14th Jan 2023
Time: 10am to 12pm

Participation Fee: $24 per pax.

*Group of max. 10

*Please bring water, poncho/umbrella, sunscreen, headgear/shades, mosquito/insect repellent.
*Please wear comfortable walking cloths, and footwear.

*Join our online conversations and impart to our collective memories with these hashtags: #SightseeingSculptureTour2023 #Sculpture2052 #ACtrailwalks 

*The online application form for Sightseeing Tours will be uploaded soon!

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Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour Afternoon Trail 

Tour will be guided by Artists Caravan. 

Meeting point: Raffles Place Exit A, greens before The Providore Cafe

Map illustrated by: Long Yinghan

Date: 7th Jan & 14th Jan 2023
Time: 4 pm to 6 pm

Participation Fee: $24 per pax.

*Group of max. 10

*Please bring water, poncho/umbrella, sunscreen, headgear/shades, mosquito/insect repellent.
*Please wear comfortable walking cloths, and footwear.

*Join our online conversations and impart to our collective memories with these hashtags: #SightseeingSculptureTour2023 #Sculpture2052 #ACtrailwalks 

*The online Registration form for Sightseeing Tours will be uploaded soon!

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Prepared by Artist Caravan & YCK

Lead Artist: Artists Caravan

Associate Artist: Leslie Sim, Xin Xiao Chang, Yeo Chee Kiong.

The Sand That Was Once A Mountain: 

One day, the mountain thought to itself, "I wish I could see the world." Shortly, a piece of its formation broken off and begins to tumble and rumble down the face of the mountain body. And finally, the formation reached the foot of the mountain. It was now smaller, and had a few of itselves. Some decided to stay close to the mountain, some decided it wanted to see more. So off they went, tumbling and rumbling to different parts of the world.

Many years passed since, now as a grain of sand, cradle in 1 man's palm, it told the tale of the world it has seen.

A mobile, sculptural, bigger than life-size periscope installation. 

It could be pushed around and approach various sections of ‘The Sky, The Land, 

and The Sea’ during the show period.