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Title:  A Study of the Human Face  Image #01 of 5 Archival ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  2010 (A work-in-progress Project)  In this series of photographs, Shi Wei seeks to challenge the traditions of documentary photography. Through the use of detailed analysis of the physical qualities of the human face, and coupled with objective facts of her subjects, Shi Wei seeks to reveal the truth behind one’s face.  She sought to deepen her consciousness through looking at the lives of others.  To view more of this photo series, please refer to : A Study of the Human Face Permalink Title:  A Study of the Human Face  Image #01 of 5 Archival ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  2010 (A work-in-progress Project)  In this series of photographs, Shi Wei seeks to challenge the traditions of documentary photography. Through the use of detailed analysis of the physical qualities of the human face, and coupled with objective facts of her subjects, Shi Wei seeks to reveal the truth behind one’s face.  She sought to deepen her consciousness through looking at the lives of others.  To view more of this photo series, please refer to : A Study of the Human Face Permalink
Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink Seeing the Champion, Joy  Images #01-06 of 13  A documentary of Aphidet Joy Chaithet, 2011 (A work-in-progress Project) A scar is a memory from yesteryear. It was the doings and happenings that made Aphidet Joy Chaithet (Joy) the man he is now. Born into a family of fighters from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, he was made for fighting. Joy’s father who is an ex-fighter had taught him the ropes of Muay Thai, with him winning his first fight at a tender age of 10.  Thereafter, the wins were uncountable however, life was never that straightforward. In the early years, at age 12, Joy left home to pursue his studies and in hope for a brighter future. He had studied and worked as a lighting assistant in a company that handles world concerts in Bangkok for almost 2 years. That was where he found a job opportunity to work in Singapore as an electrician. Though an electrician job was poles apart from his background as a Muay Thai fighter, Joy continued working in the electric company for another 2 years as he felt that it was his pathway to independence. Through pure coincidence he chanced upon the first Muay Thai gym in Singapore while he was jogging for leisure after work. It was then his fate with Muay Thai continued.  Similarly like all teenagers, Joy was also susceptible to peer influences. Fights, drugs, and women were part of his life. It was the fights outside of the Muay Thai ring that left him the deepest memories, imprinted as scars on his body.  Life was all about fun with little consideration of the consequences, which ironically had brought him the greatest gift of his life, a daughter. However with age, Joy is no longer the playful man he used to be. His girlfriend and daughters are now priorities. Joy is a simple man, he had never dreamed to be someone remarkable or famous. He only wants to mould great fighters, and someday to return home to the village with his loved ones.  Joy was a champion in the ring but now, he is a champion in crafting the future of Singapore’s Muay Thai. To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : Seeing the Champion, Joy Permalink
路 (An illusionist’s path) Path #01/12 道可道，非常道. (道德经) - An illusionist’s path  Life is transitory. We are always in search of a path, an answer. However, is there an answer to the future? Here, Shi Wei incorporates Chinese philosophies of living life in her photographs through the exploration of spatial construction in Chinese ink paintings as a photographic strategy in contemporary art practice.  This aesthetic strategy seeks to liberate Photography from the insistent reality that is built on the basis of one-point perspective. Hence in this series of photographs, Shi Wei takes advantage of the computer medium as a tool to achieve this liberation and self-expression. Through the process, she sought to achieve balance and harmony within herself to overcome this transitional struggle.  *To view more of Paths Photo Series, please refer to: Paths Series Permalink
This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink This is My Ah Gong  Images #01-08 of 16 2010 (An on-going Project) Pigment ink on Cotton Rag, Film Source  My Ah Gong (Grandfather) is 76 years old this year. He has been living with me for the past 5 years but I recently realized how little I know about him. His recent health issues made me realize the fragility of life and how important it is to cherish the people around me. Hence this project was initiated to document this process of understanding my Ah Gong.  To view more of this documentary series, please refer to : This is my Ah Gong Permalink
* This art work is currently exhibited. For more details on the exhibition, please refer to Shi Wei Teh’s News Singapore Landscape Painting  A collaborative work with Hera Winata and Ong Fang Zheng  2010-11 18 x 140 inches  Pigment ink on Archival Matt Paper, Mounted on Cloth, Handscroll format  This project tries to appropriate the Chinese handscroll painting as a medium to present a commentary on Singaporean urban dwellers’ view towards nature. We researched and visited various nature reserves in Singapore as we felt that they are a response to the urban dwellers’s desire to return to nature. What we found out is that much of these nature reserves have been reconstructed by human hands. Tracks are piled with rocks and soil so they are easily walked, washrooms are built within reach, maps and signages are installed everywhere. These nature reserves are a form of nature that has been made consumable for the urban dwellers yet stll maintained so that it is immersive, much like the Song dynasty handscrolls that could be rolled and unrolled to allow its viewer to travel through vast panoramas of mountains. Our handscroll is a collage of photographs from various nature reserves, composed together to form a poetic vision of nature. We encoded the musical notes from the score of Singapore’s national anthem, Majulah Singapura (Onward Singapore), into the peaks and crescendo of the panoramic composition. The song thus becomes a symbol of the hopes and dreams of national progress that has eradicated much of Singapore’s natural landscapes, that ironically left us with a dream of the wild. We would like to invite the viewer to unravel the scroll and travel through misty forests that rise and fall, mapping out visually the song that is so familiar to them. As the scroll progresses to the right man made elements such as buildings and skyscrapers started sprouting up in the background, hinting the possibility of more of these buildings to take over the forests. At the end of the viewing the scroll is once again rolled up  and the lush green backing encases the narrative back into its thick foliage. Special thanks to: Jasmine Wong and Lucy Davis  Permalink
Unknowing 在人生的交叉点，我应该向走左还是右？ The feeling of not knowing what is ahead of you,  The feeling of uncertainty, uncertain of the next step, The feeling of searching, finding a path, A path that could have been planned for you Or a path that you might have to craft  It could be hardwork or challenge  or an adventure, you will never know  However it is beautiful regardless, Beautiful as a whole In this series of photographs, Shi Wei incorporates her contemplation of life through exploration of spatial construction in Chinese landscape paintings. Through the juxtaposition of photographs of varying depths, she explores an alternative spatial experience, challenging the boundaries of photography.  To view Shi Wei Teh’s Portfolio, please refer to : Shi Wei Teh Photography Permalink
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