Turn your secret into an artwork

SINGAPORE — That secret you have been keeping to yourself for the longest time could now become a work of art.

British artist Nicola Anthony is currently inviting members of the public to share their secrets — anonymously — for a new art installation. Titled Secret Ingredient, the site-specific light-and-language installation will comprise secrets shared by the public and “geographical secrets” of Telok Ayer.

The public’s private thoughts will be handwritten by Anthony and will take the shape of paths she had mapped while walking around the neighbourhood.

The artwork will be part of her eponymously titled exhibition, which is curated by Daniela Beltrani. It will run from Oct 15 to Nov 30 at bistro and art space SPRMRKT.

Interested members of the public can share their secrets through confession slips available at SPRMRKT (until Oct 6) or directly to the artist (on Oct 11); on the artist’s website (http://www. nicolaanthony.co.uk/confessions); or as a public post on the Secret Ingredient event page on Facebook.

Said Anthony about her exhibition: “Our coffee shops and cafes have become the spaces where we congregate, go about our daily rituals and meet our clan. It’s where we go to be alone with ourselves, but also where intimate conversations take place.”

For more info on the event, visit https://www.facebook.com/SPRMRKTfeatures.