10/11/2021
Here we provide you with an additional information regarding - Singapore Art Museum’s Imaginarium show for kids inspired by the sea.
Link: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/singapore-art-museums-imaginarium-show-for-kids-inspired-by-the-sea
From this article, we can see that more than 20,000 pieces of discarded plastic - from water bottles and drinking straws to cling film and plastic bags - have found their way into a gallery at the Singapore Art Museum.
The work, titled Plastic Ocean, is part of Imaginarium, the museum's annual contemporary art show for children.
Her work aims to get the audience to consider recycling and reducing waste, but already, the process of making the work has changed lives.
Its work for the exhibition, Suara Muara, was inspired by the history of Lasem, a once famous port town in Java, Indonesia, where hundreds of boats were deliberately sunk in the sea by its residents to prevent enemy forces from using the boats for attacks during World War II. The group's work often deals with sombre socio-political issues and its puppets have an aesthetic that is "Not cute and fluffy", says its director, Ms Maria Tri Sulistyani, 34.
"Most of our works are not aimed at children, but kids can enjoy it," she says.
Her husband and the theatre's artistic director, Mr Iwan Effendi, 36, says its work in Imaginarium "Is made for children, but there are many layers that the adults can experience and both adults and children can talk about together".
Ms Fam, 28, who echoes the sentiment, says: "The works may be more tactile, colourful and light-hearted to appeal to children, but they also introduce big ideas about recycling or forgotten histories, which we try to unpack through the presentation of the works."
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More than 20,000 pieces of discarded plastic - from water bottles and drinking straws to cling film and plastic bags - have found their way into a gallery at the Singapore Art Museum. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
