In celebration of the 28th SEA Games, I teamed up with Dawn Tam, community partner Artbeatz, to create a beautiful sculptural piece titled Future Youth Abound.

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This artwork was part of the Torch Up! Art Installation series, which involved local artists collaborating with different community groups to produce 30 sport-inspired structures that led up to the official opening of the Games.

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Future Youth Abound was part of the first batch of Torch Up! art installations that was launched on 7th March 2015 at the One TeamSG Rally event.

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Featuring a spunky youth, Future Youth Abound is a celebration of youth and our future as held in their hands. The youth’s face resembles a globe and on his head are kinetic figures bearing flags, suggesting that even as we celebrate the individual, progress and success is never achieved alone but always with a team. As Singaporeans, we celebrate our unique identity, and as global citizens, we pride in our partnership with friends in neighbouring countries as key to our next phase of growth.

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Future Youth Abound was created at Synergraphic comprising designers, engineers and skilled workers, over an intense period of a month. Artbeatz led the community engagement sessions with CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ Primary and Secondary School and My First Skool@ Marine Terrace, where approximately 90 students expressed their visions of sports and Singapore by painting on metal sheets which were then incorporated into the final artwork.