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As the Circuit Breaker began, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a speech where he specifically singled out grass-cutting in HDB estates as a service that will be deliberately paused to reduce transmission of the virus amongst workers. A once manicured Garden City has been permitted by this specific action, to grow, unbounded, into a true garden. The weeds have grown tall to the hips of children, stretching luxuriously after a long and frequently interrupted sleep. In this same period of time we have slumbered, dreams full of uncertainty and challenges of the “new normal". And now, as we emerge into this new world, we find ourselves surrounded by the certainty that life will continue. If only the weeds could talk, they could share with us their dreams, whisper perseverance, empathy and hope into our ears.

About the artist
Megan Miao’s practice is multidisciplinary and process-orientated, often socially-engaged, collaborative and dialogical. Her process aims to articulate the ways in which people organise their memories, aspirations and beliefs within different types of community. Identifying patterns in which people think and behave within a group, her work challenges commonly-held beliefs and points out discrepancies in a humorous manner.