1009 Sirene

Type 

Mixed Media, Acrylic on watercolour paper and powder-coated mild steel, 87x122.5x4.5cm (104x149cm), 2016

Artist 

Melissa Tan (b.1989), Singapore

Location 

Nine Cairnhill Level 7, Singapore

Space objects, including asteroids, are deemed lost if their trajectories are no longer traceable, and so objects newly discovered may simply be a rediscovery of previously lost objects. Melissa Tan likens this to the inevitable unpredictability of human lives, despite efforts to chart a direction. The Arc of Uncertainties series was inspired by this connection: from the asteroid-shaped paper-relief artwork, seemingly familiar forms emerge, only to disappear, waiting to be rediscovered again.