Hanging Heavy On My Eyes
Ang Song Nian
Hanging Heavy On My Eyes
Singapore, 2016
Self-published
Hardcover Hanging Heavy On My Eyes looks at the recurring situation in Singapore and its region of prolonged haze spells due to increased forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia contributing to severe air pollution conditions. Based on the artist’s collection of average recordings data of the particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), the exhibition recalls the artist’s experience with the discomfort and unease of reduced and affected visibility – a result of conditions in human’s continuous bid to control, intervene and manipulate landscapes and environment aligned to narrow-minded agendas.
Ang Song NianAng Song Nian (b. 1983, Singapore) graduated with an MA in Photography from the London College of Communications, University of the Arts London, London, UK in 2012 and a BA in Photography from the Camberwell College of the Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK in 2011. His solo exhibitions to date include Artificial Conditions: Something To Grow Into at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2019); As They Grow Older and Wiser at the Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand (2016); and A Tree With Too Many Branches at DECK, Singapore (2015). Ang was recently awarded the Grand Prize in the 41st edition of the New Cosmos of Photography award organized by Canon Inc., Japan (2019). He has undertaken residencies at NTU Center of Contemporary Art (2019), and Sunderland University, UK (2017) amongst others. Ang lives and works in Singapore.