Progress for Progress’s sake

Progress for Progress’s sake

2014
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable 

“No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors”

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Through a reflection of experiences gathered from the Singapore Education System, the practice, process, and consequences of segregation are questioned. Success and progress through education is a lofty ideal, whereas isolation through discrimination and fear of association with failure is ever present.

This is an immersive art experience; visitors are welcome to complete the artwork by sitting on the student’s chair.