Serving Sayang
Group Show, SG - C U TONIGHT




Serving Sayang reflects on the fundamental concern of life in the tropics: heat, and the act of fanning as the most immediate gesture of car. The work presents three formats of the fan: the handheld fan, the extended stick fan, and the punkah — historically operated by enslaved individuals who pulled its pulleys from outside the room to provide both cooling and privacy to the occupants. Through these forms, Serving Sayang invites viewers to consider the layered intersections of care, labour, climate and comfort in the tropical contexts, as well as the evolving relationships between those who give and receive care.