I'm a queer person who has lived in Singapore for their whole life- as a conservative asian society, LGBT issues are highly taboo and individuals are discriminated against. We have no freedom of marriage, neither are we privileged to the security and freedom of love that our straight counterparts enjoy. Where we love, it is under the radar, furtive kisses in dark corners, holding hands on deserted streets- whatever it takes to shirk and hide. As such, this piece is an idealistic beacon for the future, imagining a reality in which one can love with pride. It looks beyond and behind, weaving lesbian iconography together with allusions, historical motifs and fragments from the poet Sappho’s work, paying tribute to the lesbians before us who have paved the way, while representing the ongoing fight queer people in Singapore undertake for a more equitable future.
