The Womb Never Forgets at Prinsep Street

This public art proposal reflects on the multifaceted dimensions of life, exploring the transformative process of motherhood as an epicenter of growth, change and reflection. Through conceptual and material inquiry, the work functions as a space for introspection on the formation of life by highlighting the human gestation period as an important duration that marks the beginning of lifeforms. 

The public installation is a site-specific work that is situated beside the former Salmon’s Maternity Home—the first private maternity hospital of its kind in 1950s Singapore. The work consists of a series of objects and printed panels supported by a scaffolding structure—fetal scans during the gestation and objects connected to obstetrics. engages with layered histories of birth and care. Its proximity to the site invites reflection and dialogue on the intimate, often invisible infrastructures that shape beginnings: medical, emotional, and societal. The work is a quiet invocation of memory, gestation, and the evolving nature of how we are nurtured into being.