Step On!!

By Tang Ling Nah
Singapore

About the work

Tang Ling Nah's site-specific and interactive installation, Step On!! invites viewers to be a part of the Concourse stairway.

Besides a space that frequently showcases sprawling pieces of art, the prominent flight of stairs is also a thoroughfare leading viewers and patrons from the front entrance to the mall.

Accessing both stairway and installation simultaneously, viewers are encouraged to think about the presence and functions of the space in relation to their own identities and how they interpret things.

Tang's works are frequently inspired by transitory city spaces, and are often reflections on the conditions of urbanization, especially in its speed, and the lack of intimacy and depth in interpersonal relationships

About the Artist

Tang Ling Nah has represented Singapore in the second Singapore Biennale in 2008 and has also exhibited at the 11th International Architecture Biennale in Venice (Singapore Pavilion). Her accolades include Juror's Choice at the Philip Morris Singapore-ASEAN Art Awards 2003 as well as the Della Butcher Award 2000.

She is the recipient of the National Arts Council's prestigious Young Artist Award (Art) in 2004.