Longest Continuous Drawing

Very proud of my resident artist - he has completed a 48-hour marathon, entering the Singapore Book of Records for the "Longest Continuous Drawing Marathon by a Single Artist".

Honestly, when we first met him and looked at his works - made up of one single continuous line that does not break, that does not overlap - we were like, "Huh?! An ni mah eh sai?!", translated to "Like that also can" in hokkien.

It all started out from playing the Nokia snake game. He became so obsessed with the game that once when the phone batt died, he took out a piece of paper and pencil, and started playing the game on the paper. Hence, the continuous line that does not overlap.

Titled "Superstring: Timepieces", the theme of this solo exhibition revolves around Time and Memory - that through time, memory changes and fades.


Joshua makes technical drawings of watches and mechanical clocks, all done from memory. I must say I became darn impressed when I found out this elephant's memory of his. We did a 1-hour interview, following which he wrote out the contents of the conversation the next day, almost verbatim. Must be careful of what I say to him always!!

Before the start of the 48-hour confinement:


During the confinement, which he documented every break that he took. His works, in this way, act as a personal journal, bringing you through the process. I was looking for his "Shit" break, but it seemed like he had constipation.


Finally, all 72 panels of "time cells" were filled up in the 48-hour period. Each is named a "time cell" to signify the "time spent drawing in each cell" and ultimately, the "time he spent in this prison cell". Yup, he wanted to experience what it was like, to be "living, eating, sleeping and drawing in one confined space". I suppose this is what they call "Art".....

Oh, and it seems like I have to buy that last panel.... haha.