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Tatzu Nishi attempts to make the encounter between an art object and its viewer a different, often surprising experience. The Merlion Hotel, Nishi's project for SB2011, comprises a luxurious temporary hotel room built around Singapore's iconic landmark, the Merlion, offering visitors an unique perspective on this globally recognised symbol. By shifting our proximity to the Merlion, Nishi stages an uncanny encounter with a public sculpture in the intimacy of a hotel room. During the day people can visit The Merlion Hotel, while each evening a guest will check in and spend the night. Public and private space collapse in Nishi's egalitarian project, bringing the citizen eye-to-eye with a monument that usually towers far overhead.
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Born 1960, Nagoya, Japan; lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo
The Merlion Hotel (Interior view), 2011
Commissioned by the Singapore Biennale 2011
Courtesy of the artist and the Singapore Art Museum
Photo: Singapore Art Museum
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