The Time is Yours is an exhibition curated by Intersections, part of the Singapore Festival 2020 in Yangon, organised by  the Singapore Tourism Board. The exhibition features newly commissioned  artworks by Nicola Anthony, Aung Ko, Bart Was Not Here, Marc Nair, Maung Day, Pang, Thu Myat, Thynn Lei Nwe, Urich Lau, Wunna Aung.

In this exhibition the sculpture Our Time by Nicola Anthony has been commissioned to hang in the central dome of the Lim Chin Tsong Palace in Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar.

About Our time

A suspended ‘poem artwork’ by Nicola Anthony uses fragments of phrases in both Myanmar language, and English/Singlish language phrases, and poetry by writer San Lin Tun. The words are about the experience of time in Yangon and Singapore cities. Nicola has been collecting phrases from people in Singapore over the past 7 years, and these are collaged into a poem.:

Rushing down the street 

Always onwards to the next pleasure

The sun streaks across the sky

Patter of rain halts the city 

Glassy skyscrapers rise in hope

The kopi swills, as we tapau 

Paint peels from slow aged timbers

Our beady eyes seek a future treasure

A pagoda glitters as the blue sky surrounds 

Stars peer down, for 4 billion years

Namhsan tea leaves perfume our minds, 

and we finally take our time.

Lim Chin Tsong Palace, Yangon