Fong Qi Wei, “Buffalo Road Evening”, 2017

“I am fascinated with the intersections. Intersections are places where boundaries break down, and these are areas where really interesting things happen. Boundaries are comfortable and static. Intersections are troublesome, but nevertheless worth exploring. In particular, I am interested in the intersections of the sciences, art and technology.

A result of this fascination is that I use a very technological medium (digital photography) to make art. In turn, the art I make do not fit comfortably into the traditional classifications of art. Photographic galleries call my work paintings, while traditional galleries specialising in paintings call my work photographs.

For me, what does it matter as long as I can show that scientific ideas like space-time can be beautiful (as in my Time Paintings), or that anatomy can teach us to look closely at beauty (as in my series Exploded Flowers).

Buffalo Road is a bustling road filled with stores selling groceries, mobile devices, jewellery and more. Situated next to the Little India MRT station (the entrance of which can be seen on the left); the human traffic on the street is never ending, especially on weekends. The human element in this piece was challenging do create in a time painting, and I am rather satisfied with the result.” – Fong Qi Wei, Singapore Photographer