A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT THE PERILS OF SEEKING FAME THROUGH THE INTERNET
Based loosely on the 'Clapbangkiss Exposé' internet furor that begun in 2005 and the following controversy in 2008 . This modern take on William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress adapts the original narrative to depict the so-called rise and fall of an internet starlet, and exists as a commentary on contemporary Singaporean culture.
Mixed media, 21 X 30 cm, 2008
ACT 1: THE INHERITANCE OF THE NEW FACE AND WITH IT THE DREAMS OF GLORY
ACT 2: THE INTERNET INGENUE BECOMES A NATIONAL SENSATION OVERNIGHT
ACT 3: THE MASK IS SHATTERED BY THE PEOPLE AND THE ICON GOES DOWN IN FLAMES
ACT 4: THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE BLOGGING WORLD TRANSCENDS HER INTO URBAN LEGEND
ACT 5: THE RAKE RETURNS WITH STORIES ABOUT SUPERSTARDOM ABROAD
ACT 6: THE RAKE'S LIES ARE EXPOSED ONCE AGAIN AND THE DOOR TO THE INDUSTRY SLAMS SHUT
ACT 7: THE FIGURATIVE AND SUPPOSEDLY LITERAL WHORING AS A SINKING SHIP
ACT 8: THE BEAST OF BURDEN ON THE NEVER-ENDING CAROUSEL OF A LIFE DEEMED ORDINARY
ACT 1: THE INHERITANCE OF THE NEW FACE AND WITH IT THE DREAMS OF GLORY
ACT 2: THE INTERNET INGENUE BECOMES A NATIONAL SENSATION OVERNIGHT
ACT 3: THE MASK IS SHATTERED BY THE PEOPLE AND THE ICON GOES DOWN IN FLAMES
ACT 4: THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE BLOGGING WORLD TRANSCENDS HER INTO URBAN LEGEND
ACT 5: THE RAKE RETURNS WITH STORIES ABOUT SUPERSTARDOM ABROAD
ACT 6: THE RAKE'S LIES ARE EXPOSED ONCE AGAIN AND THE DOOR TO THE INDUSTRY SLAMS SHUT
ACT 7: THE FIGURATIVE AND SUPPOSEDLY LITERAL WHORING AS A SINKING SHIP
ACT 8: THE BEAST OF BURDEN ON THE NEVER-ENDING CAROUSEL OF A LIFE DEEMED ORDINARY
