Title
Shifting Sands #2
Creator
Year/Period
March 2017
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 91.0 x 61.0 cm,
Object size: 68.7 x 98.7 cm,
Image size: 61.4 x 91.0 cm
Object size: 68.7 x 98.7 cm,
Image size: 61.4 x 91.0 cm
Accession No.
2023-00187
Collection of
Land reclamation works are ongoing at Tuas, the westernmost part of Singapore where a new massive container port – the world’s largest when it is completed in the 2040s – is being built. The authorities are using materials dredged from the nearby seabed and earth excavated from tunnelling work on a subway line to cut the use of sand by about 70 percent in the building of this port, known as the Tuas Mega Port. This photograph is from Singaporean photographer Sim Chi Yin’s Shifting Sands series, which documents the role sand plays in land reclamation and the impact it has on the social, environmental and political landscapes in Singapore and the region today.
