Photo projects on home, by young photographers
SHOOTING HOME YOUTH AWARDS CLASS OF 2021 Exhibition
Featuring works by the participants of SHYA 2021
9 Feb to 6 Mar 2022
Opening: Wed 9 Feb, 12pm to 7pm
Objectifs Lower Gallery and Courtyard
Online Artist Talks (Held via Zoom):
Session 1: Thu, 17 Feb | 8pm – 9.30pm (SGT)
Featuring participants Chu Meng Hong (Marc), Janel Teo Wee Teng, Muhammad Rusydan bin Md Norr, Ng Xin Lui, Seow Wei-Ming Luke, and Tay Yiling in conversation.
Session 2: Thu, 24 Feb | 8pm – 9.30pm (SGT)
Featuring participants Joseph Tasman, Lee Tze Yee Sarah, Michael Heng Lip Khiang, Tan Si Ying Kevia, Tan Shu Tsi Elisa, and Xu MeiCheng in conversation.
The Shooting Home Youth Awards (SHYA) is a platform for students aged 15 to 23 years old to develop their photographic skills and ambitions. The programme has been running since 2011, and has mentored more than 90 students to date.
Themed around the idea of home, the programme encourages participants to draw inspiration from their surroundings and the issues most important to them. As such the photographs address a variety of subjects that are close to the photographers’ hearts such as their families and friends.
The Shooting Home Youth Awards gives students the opportunity to build a strong portfolio, exhibit their work publicly, and network with industry professionals. Many of the participants have continued to pursue photography through their studies and on a professional basis.
This exhibition presents works by the 13 participants of SHYA 2021, who were mentored by Ng Hui Hsien, Juria Toramae, Lenne Chai and Marvin Tang. They took part in the programme from Dec 2021 – Jan 2022.
Read about their works here:
Tan Shu Tsi Elisa | “dead leaf echo” is a collage of several self-portraits with words from Elisa’s journals in an attempt to illustrate the process and aftermath of personal trauma.
Janel Teo Wee Teng | “INTERLAPSES” portrays the passing of time through images of the everyday. It highlights the impermanence of all things, and is a search for something more within the space of what is and is to be.
Joseph Tasman | “Jauh (Far Away)” is an ongoing project that began from wanting to express emotions about being away from home.
Tan Si Ying, Kevia | “Covid-19 Robbed Our Youth” portrays the pandemic’s impact on youths today. Through documentary and metaphorical approaches, it hopes to illustrate the sense of loss endured by Generation Covid.
Seow Wei-Ming Luke | “Before Breakfast” attempts to convey the often unseen labour which goes into the hawker food enjoyed by Singaporeans daily.
Chu Meng Hong (Marc) | “Night Verse” is an ongoing series that explores and documents the night, where the rhythms of life stand in stark contrast to that of the day. Embarking on a journey into an inner world, audiences are invited to find beauty in darkness and peace in solitude.
Michael Heng Lip Khiang | “Liberating Steps”: We all feel the suffocating grip of expectations at times. What if we could slowly liberate ourselves from it, step by step?
Muhammad Rusydan bin Md Norr | “Simulation of a Closed Loop” is a performative intervention that hopes to prompt alternative and green approaches to the normative functions of our public spaces.
Ng Xin Lui | “Subtle Bloom” is a series that captures the unspoken and unseen tenderness found in sibling relationships and delves into the ambiguous future and impermanence of human lives.
Lee Tze Yee, Sarah | “black water” is an exploration of the feelings of inadequacy and helplessness brought about by an inability to meet and conform to the expectations of others—and the resultant longing for freedom.
Tan Yan Sheng Shawnn | “When the leaves fall”: Living a fast-paced life under the weight of self-imposed demands, I frequently go for runs after hours at my neighbourhood park connector to clear my head. In the last months of 2021, I went on long walks alone in the park at night and ventured off the beaten path. As I began to slow down, I wondered if I really know where I am going. With each step I take, it feels as if I am learning how to walk again; a longing to forge a deeper and honest connection with the world around me. The streetlights fade behind me, and my emotional barriers become more apparent under the moonlight. My body gradually feels lighter with each image I stop to carefully take.
Tay Yiling | “A Little Life” is an attempt to reconcile beauty and inner struggle. Photography becomes an intimate means of charting the world and expressing what is unspoken; every image a fragment of the subconscious, embedded into corners of lived-in landscapes. Through visual ruminations, this series hopes to make sense of the world in all its elemental, fragile beauty.
Xu MeiCheng | Grief is a journey”: In mourning for a loved one, MeiCheng decided to document a personal ritual to process her emotions. It is her attempt to feel connected to a loved one whom she did not get to say goodbye to.
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About the artists:
Tan Shu Tsi Elisa (b. 2004) is an aspiring local photographer who has been shooting since 2019. She is studying while interning at TwoGather Pictures.
Janel Teo Wee Teng is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts, specialising in Photography and Digital Imaging with a minor in Art History at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University.
Joseph Tasman (b. 2003) is an Indonesian student currently undertaking the Diploma in Design Communication & Experiences program at LASALLE College of the Arts.
Tan Si Ying, Kevia is a Singaporean photographer studying at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University.
Seow Wei-Ming Luke (b. 2000) is a Singaporean photographer born and raised in Hong Kong. He is a sophomore at Yale-NUS College and enjoys playing sports, travelling and good food.
Chu Meng Hong (Marc) is a passionate young photographer and a coffee lover. He uses photography as a way to reimagine reality and spaces.
Michael Heng Lip Khiang (b. 2004) is a student at the School of the Arts, Singapore. He has been taking photographs since he was 14 years old and has an interest in performance and portrait photography.
Muhammad Rusydan bin Md Norr is a visual artist whose interest extends across the various interrelations of humans and the natural world. He is an alumnus of LASALLE College of the Arts.
Ng Xin Lui uses images as a form of navigation. Intrigued by the evanescence of mortality and nature, her work delves into the impermanent beauty of everyday sights.
Lee Tze Yee, Sarah is a recent graduate of Tanjong Katong Girls’ School and a member of the SPH Student Correspondents’ Club.
Tan Yan Sheng Shawnn uses images as a tool to investigate the relationships with his surroundings. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration with a specialisation in finance and minor in art history at the National University of Singapore.
Tay Yiling (she/her) is an aspiring artist and writer. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Photography at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design and Media.
Xu MeiCheng (b.1999) is currently a Year 3 student in Nanyang Technological University, majoring in Photography and Digital Imaging. Her works deal with ideas of time and materials.