“The Shrine of Unearned Abundance”
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, 2020
Singapore Art Week
POLYSTERENE, AIR-DRY CLAY, PLASTER, PVA GLUE, ACRYLIC PAINT, SILK FLOWERS, LED STRIP LIGHTING, PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION, IRON ROD, BAMBOO POLE, TWINE, TEXTILE, TASSELS, HOLOGRAPHIC STICKER
250 CM (H) X 200CM (W) X 200 CM (D)
Within the lore of Yeahnahnesia, "The Shrine of Unearned Abundance" is preserved as a recovered porcelain artifact—a life-sized prosperity shrine erected during the island’s late-stage "Gold Rush Era."
In Yeahnahnesian mythology, the shrine was constructed by pilgrims seeking wealth without labor. According to island folklore, worshippers would make offerings to the totem's stacked icons—a Feng Shui Toad, a two-headed Lucky Cat, and a sacred Rice Jar crowned with a golden stupa—in exchange for visions of a mystical, non-existent lottery sequence known as the Phantom 4D.
The shrine’s central deity, a multi-eyed porcelain dragon, is said to emit an eerie, hypnotic frequency (transmitted through a ancient Boombox relic) that lulls devotees into an irrational state of blind optimism. Tucked behind the dragon’s altar lies the legendary "Get Rich Quick Antidote"—a conceptual potion meant to cure the islanders of financial delusion, though island lore suggests no pilgrim ever dared to drink it.
