NTU Trees: Upcycled

Han Sai Por sculptures at NTU Trees: Upcycled exhibition

NTU Trees: Upcycled was a collaborative project between NTU Museum and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. In this project, more than 70 trees that were felled to make way for the facility development on campus were repurposed. The exhibition tells the story of our journey to repurpose our trees, giving them a new lease of life by turning them into unique, beautiful and functional works of art and objects. It was a journey taken to bring about a revival and renewal of these trees, re-establish its place and relationship with nature and environment, and rekindle its connectivity with the campus community.

Started in 2014, this initiative was a collaborative project between NTU Museum and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine involving NTU staff, faculty, students, external artists and designers. Through their creativity, experiments and hard work, these trees were given a new lease of life as they were transformed into more than 50 beautiful works of art and furniture.

An exhibition was held in 2016 at NTU’s Experimental Medicine Building. The products of this project are now displayed and used at various parts of the university’s two campuses.

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Artists / Designers

Calvin Goh

Faith Teh and Caroline Pang

Jermaine Ng

 

Fabrizio Galli

Fabrizio Galli, Architect and Product Designer, was a Visiting Artist at ADM, the School of Art, Design and Media in NTU. He began his teaching career at Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2008 and was a Design Professor at IDAS (International Design School for Advanced Studies) Hongik University, Seoul, Korea in 2003.

 

Han Sai Por

Han Sai Por is a Singaporean sculptor and Cultural Medallion recipient (1995) best known for her stone sculptures. Han’s choice of materials is primarily governed by the purpose for which the work is made; specifically, the choice is determined by the symbolic reason or solutions. Her body of work often brings attention to scant regarded heritage, flora and fauna, making significant comments about the changing landscape often; in relation to Singapore. 

hansaipor.com

 

Peter Arnoud Bensen

Peter Arnoud Bensen is a professional artist and designer specializing in woodwork, furniture and sculptures. Born in the Netherlands, Bensen started creating little wooden cars with a pocketknife in his father’s construction company when he was six years old. This sparked the beginning of Bensen’s lifelong passion for art and design. Learn more about Acacia IoT Furniture.

pabensen.com

 

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NTU Trees: Upcycled

27 June - 4 November 2016

Experimental Medicine Building NTU, 3rd Floor Collaboration Space

 

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