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Osage Singapore has an interesting space. Really high ceiling, and some cracks on the floor.
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I traced those cracks with my small passports.
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The trail goes all over the place. On the walls and the ceilings, the trail is arbitrary.
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And the trail of small passports on the floor makes you have to watch where you’re going.
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The trail ends just when it’s reaching a power plug. A power cable is plugged into the power plug.
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From there, the power cable lies on the floor next to a crack line as well, all the way to the machine.
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The other end of the power cable connects to the machine. The machine is playable with 1 Singapore dollar coin. It gives you three tries.
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Some people, in frustration, told me I should make it easier to win the passports. But some other people won two passports. I guess it’s just luck – which is the point of the work. Some people told me they believe there are skills involved in winning, though. But can we prove that? And how far back could skills go? Everyone is born with some sort of a citizenship – is everyone born with some sort of skills?
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Thanks to everyone in this video documentation for being lured. Congratulations to the winners.

Lure is being shown as part of the exhibition Inventory: New Art from Southeast Asiaat Osage Gallery Singapore, 03 Mar – 25 Apr 2010.

Photos courtesy of Osage Gallery.
Many thanks to:
• Eugene Tan and Yvonne Shih.
• Khim Ong, Shery Fangiono and Mirim Lee.
• All the assistants for helping with the installation.
• The audience for interacting with the work.