One of the earliest multi-channel video works made in Singapore, Sin of Apathy was conceptualised by Chng Nai Wee in response to an open call for artwork entries to the 1991 National Sculpture Exhibition, where it was the sole moving image work among more than 100 objects. Chng created Sin of Apathy to question the contemporary condition of Singaporean society and confront the problem of indifference. He felt that society had become more inward-looking; people had a blinkered focus on material wealth and were less engaged with world affairs. The six figures featured in the artwork embody six forms of crises in society: War, Disease, Poverty, Famine, Disaster and Refugee. From time to time, these figures make melancholic utterances, behooving audiences to care about the plight of those less fortunate. Within this darkened space, the viewer is enveloped within a cacophonous field of both monochromatic and coloured screens. By enclosing the viewer with 12 television monitors, the artist prompts viewers to focus on their individual capacity to receive and process information.Sin of Apathy marked the beginning of a long-standing engagement with technology for Chng from the 1990s onward. He made another video installation titled Where Do You Go When You Close Your Eyes in 1992 and published several of his digitally coded artworks on his website, biotechnics.org, which was one of the earliest web directories built for artists in Singapore.