Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The fourth edition of the Singapore Biennale -- one of the largest events on the local arts calendar -- has officially opened. In this first of nine video interviews with artists from various artistic and cultural backgrounds, we delve into the brain of multi-disciplinary artist Guo Yixiu and find out who the man in her colourful installation piece really is.
The youngest artist to participate in the Singapore Biennale this year, Guo Yixiu, 24, created her site-specific installation, Paranoia, by weaving multi-coloured raffia strings into a green criss-cross fence that had been pre-fixed onto a metal frame. These humble materials work well against the piece's surroundings -- it's located next to a construction site outside Waterloo Centre -- as Guo had wanted to focus on the theme of the common worker. The artwork took three weeks and more than 20 volunteers to be set up, but the hard work paid off. 'This is a pre-commissioned piece so no one saw the work before it was done,' she says, 'but it ended up looking better than I expected!'
The fourth edition of the Singapore Biennale -- one of the largest events on the local arts calendar -- has officially opened. In this first of nine video interviews with artists from various artistic and cultural backgrounds, we delve into the brain of multi-disciplinary artist Guo Yixiu and find out who the man in her colourful installation piece really is.
The youngest artist to participate in the Singapore Biennale this year, Guo Yixiu, 24, created her site-specific installation, Paranoia, by weaving multi-coloured raffia strings into a green criss-cross fence that had been pre-fixed onto a metal frame. These humble materials work well against the piece's surroundings -- it's located next to a construction site outside Waterloo Centre -- as Guo had wanted to focus on the theme of the common worker. The artwork took three weeks and more than 20 volunteers to be set up, but the hard work paid off. 'This is a pre-commissioned piece so no one saw the work before it was done,' she says, 'but it ended up looking better than I expected!'
