Siew Guang Hong
 

supra are studies of different siphonophore species: marine predators that appear like single animals, but are in fact colonies made of many small, specialised bodies living and working together. They blur the line between one organism and many, challenging what it means to be a single body. Siew depicts the siphonophore through collages of his body parts. Drawing from its organisational logic, the artist’s torso and limbs are treated as modular and decentralised units that are repeated and rotated at countless modulations. What appears to be coherent figures are hence actually assemblages that function through patterns and coordination, creating an uncanny pastiche that destabilises perceptibility and subjecthood.

supra (The Dubious) references Praya dubia, the giant siphonophore.