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Paper Planes Installation by Dawn Ng.

Claire Sullivan - Monday, May 24, 2010

 

'I fly like paper get high like planes' are not only the lyrics to a song by M.I.A but it's also the name of an incredible installation by young Singaporean designer Dawn Ng. Having spent eight years away from her home studying, she became obsessed with the notion of returning home. She explains her inspiration behind the project as, 'I'm particularly intrigued by the origin of the world nostalgia which comes from two Greek roots, nostos 'returning home' and algos 'pain'... the idea of my work is to recreate this great wave of emotion. Symbolic of travel, each paper plane carries this universal desire to leave or return home.'