Ways to Tie Trees Great congregations of Javan Mynas

Great congregations of Javan Mynas are not uncommon in Singapore

After the dissemination of small videos on the Internet

Li Lang's work reconstructs his imagination of the starting point in his memory through voice-over and vintage photos

or playing the grand piano

Excerpt from foreword by Elisabeth Biondi

Ways to Tie Trees Great congregations of Javan MynasBetween August and December 2015, Woong Soak Teng explored the man made garden city of Singapore and made portraits of its staked trees. As in many cities around the world, here trees are uprooted and relocated to conform to a controlled cityscape determined by urban planning. As part of an attempt to construct productive and aesthetic living environments for ourselves, nature has long since been subjected to manipulation at the mercy of human hands.