Personal Project

Mom

“Grandma exercising to keep her spirit alive”

[ 16 MAR 2015 ]

While I took time-off to deal with issues at work and to rest, the responsibility to continue the documentation of mom rested squarely on the shoulders of my nephew Boon Yi. His images are instinctive and yet reflective. He told me he was trying to imagine what his ah ma was seeing when she was lying down most of the time. Consciously and subconsciously, he also captured his own memories growing up with his grandmother.

All pictures by Quah Boon Yi.

[ 17 MAR 2015 ]

Boon Yi’s attempt to make a movie about his grandma. I doubt that he realized at that time he shot this that when animated, this may the only ‘moving picture’ of her.

[ 17 & 20 MAR 2015 ]

Real people and virtual visitors.

[ 17 & 16 MAR 2015 ]

A world turned upside down.

[ 17 MAR 2015 ]

Boon Yi also made a series of self-portraits, perhaps to express his ‘fatigue’.