Boo Sze Yang's Mall 23 marks a shift from his artistic practice to focus on shopping malls as the new 'temple' for Singaporeans. This marks a departure from his 'House of God' series that looked at the interior spaces of churches. Mall 23 forms part of his 'The New Cathedral' series that continues his interest in how light shapes our perception of space. His focus on escalators that bring people to space filled with light is akin to a religious experience, drawing connections to how space is conceived in churches and shopping malls.Mall 23 is part of the 'The New Cathedral' series that marks an important shift in Sze Yang's artistic practice to examine how light, space and interior architectural structures shape our perception of spaces. The bringing in our natural light into the shopping mall blurs the boundaries between the natural and artificial worlds, which forms the central interest of the artist.
