A parallel to previous methods of compositing images, Choo manipulates and reconfigures elusive moments between consciousness, document and space.

Formerly a plantation land in Singapore, the area of Emerald Hill was subdivided for wealthy th
Chinese and Straits-Chinese merchants at the turn of the 20​ Century for their place of abode. A space where families were seen to interact frequently with one another, dwellings were built as terrace houses of a variety of architectural styles ranging from Transitional, Late to Art-Deco; with most independent mansions having been demolished today. Now a conservation site, Emerald Hill houses new businesses ranging from restaurants, bars to small firms.

Towards the end of a stretch of shophouses, ​156 Emerald Hill stands and remains as a residential block housing various individuals. This artwork presents a digital composite of documented moments, recorded during the Circuit Break in Singapore as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. ​Hovering on the border between objective and subjective, public and private; the image presented is a culmination of momentary openings, pockets in between. A transitory site, ​156 Emerald Hill sets the stage in depicting ignored seams and forgotten vistas, promising a site from which either/or of utopian and apocalyptic.

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