Swallowtail is born from a collaboration with Singaporean film-maker Liao Jie Kai, a piece made as part of a filmic exploration The Drawing Room & Episodes from Art Studio, inspired by the text, characters and narratives from Yeng Pway Ngon’s novel, Art Studio. The film features artist Yanyun Chen in a studio space, drawing a portrait from life over the span of 6 weeks. This work was first exhibited alongside Liao Jie Kai’s film at the group exhibition “Spirit of Place” at the Jendela Visual Art Space, Esplanade, Singapore.

Swallowtail has been exhibit with Liao Jie Kai’s The Drawing Room at FICTION NON FICTION - Reassembling 24 frames of reality through non-narrative film works, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macau (28th October - 31st December 2019)