Installation:
Lustre Digital C Type Print, framed.
1270mm by 890mm (WxH)
Singapo-ren Love explores Jay Lim's identity as a gay Singaporean man, tracing his experiences of love, intimacy, and belonging through a lens of reflection and resistance. The series sees Lim photograph and re-photograph the various intimate moments he shares between his family and ex-lovers to navigate tensions within these relationships.
Though the settings in which the images were taken may depict scenes familiar to any Singaporean, such as cafe dates, travelling, and family gatherings, Lim specifically chose these environments as aesthetic choices that function as camouflage while making his queer lived experiences within Singaporean society present. This photographic archive of quiet queer life points to ways of articulating experiences that exist beyond what is conventionally thought possible in a controlled, censored space.
project gallery
photobook flip-through
Handmade Swiss–bound hardcover book. 132 Pages, 200mm by 250mm (WxH), First Edition of 9.