Tracing Ripples
“Tracing Ripples” was inspired by the vibrancy and life around the rooftop pond at the hospital, one of the spaces the patients liked to visit. Over a few weeks, we facilitated the co-creation of an intergenerational artwork with elderly patients at Ng Teng Fong Community Hospital and the eco-club students from Commonwealth Secondary School.
Using the iterative nature of paint mulling and the painting of simple fishes living in the pond, students and patients were brought together to complete the artworks. Prior to sessions with the patients, students also helped to prepare earth pigments from their school garden which were mulled into the paints for the artwork.
We were glad to be part of this programme which enabled intergenerational connections between the students and the patients. It was a privilege for us to work with the students as well who were very kind with the elderly, enthusiastic and self-directed in the whole artmaking process, coming up with their own ideas of what they would like to paint on the canvas.
