Set in the subterranean corridors of Singapore’s historic Battlebox, In Flux reimagines this WWII-era bunker as a nexus of time where past, present, and future converge. A projector dynamically casts images along the corridor walls, blending scenes of British colonial officers at the brink of surrender, present-day visitors captured by motion-tracking sensors, and predictions of future movements derived from real-time data.
In Flux uses light to blur the boundaries between history and imagined futures, turning the corridor into a compression of time-space. The imposing wax figure of a soldier acts as a signal, marking the entrance to this time warp, symbolising the lingering and shadowy impact of the past. The layered projections actively blend and distort images in time to show how memories and possibilities are always evolving. The work creates a visual encounter that demonstrates how the past changes how we see the present, and our understanding of the present changes how we interpret the past and predict the future.
As part of Global Cultural Alliance’s Portals Exhibition at Battle Box (Singapore).
Curated by Shireen Marican and Jonathan Liu.
