The Study of Leftovers
Installation comprising objects, mixed media drawings, etchings etc.
2003 - 2004
The Study of Leftovers is an installation involving S. Raoul’s preoccupation with civilisation, extinction and human endeavour.
An assemblage of objects, drawings of ‘excavated’ objects, tools of the scientist, etc, the installation is private in nature; it invites us to peep into the study, to go through the papers and touch the objects. The work takes on the nature of an archaeological study of our civilisation, based on our litter and our detritus, organic and inorganic taken from particular locations in Singapore. Simply put, I reconstructed Singapore as an extinct civilisation from an archaeological study of its litter.
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An assemblage of objects, drawings of ‘excavated’ objects, tools of the scientist, etc, the installation is private in nature; it invites us to peep into the study, to go through the papers and touch the objects. The work takes on the nature of an archaeological study of our civilisation, based on our litter and our detritus, organic and inorganic taken from particular locations in Singapore. Simply put, I reconstructed Singapore as an extinct civilisation from an archaeological study of its litter.
(click to enlarge thumbnails)
