Cleveland-born and Singapore-based artist Debra Raymond knows first hand about being in transit. After leaving Ohio, she lived in Jakarta before relocating to the little red dot; in her art,“constant migration” remains as a heavy inspiration. Contemporary social issues such as urban alienation and technology’s hindrance on human connection feature heavily within her body of work.
艺术家Debra Raymond出生于美国克利夫兰，如今定居新加坡。对于”迁徙“，她深有体会。离开俄亥俄州后, 她先是在雅加达生活,后又移居新加坡。在她的作品中, “不间断的迁徙” 一直是一种沉重的创作灵感，她在作品中深入探讨着各种当代社会问题, 如城市异化和科技对人际关系的影响等等。
During her BA (Hons) Fine Arts in Singapore’s LASALLE College of the Arts, she explored the significance of play in childhood development and how to encourage human interaction through art in our technologically advanced era. In late 2016, Raymond completed an artist residency at the Children Centre of Japan in the Miyagi Prefecture’s Ogatsu-cho. During her residency, she conducted workshops with local children to create a series of works to remember the 2011 tsunami and earthquake.
在新加坡拉萨尔艺术学院（LASALLE College of the Arts）攻读荣誉学士学位期间, 她研究了戏剧在童年发展中的意义, 以及如何在科技先进的时代通过艺术来鼓励人类互动。2016年9月, Raymond 完成了“艺术家驻住计划”（Artist-in-residence），居住在日本宫城县小村庄Ogatsu-cho的儿童中心。期间, 她以2011年的海啸事件为灵感，为当地的儿童举办艺术讲习班。
Inspired by the houses that survived the tsunami, Raymond created 20 sculptures out of wood that was foraged from the area. The sculptures are based on 30 sketches that were painted in 30 days. The series was created to commemorate “the everydayness that we often take for granted” and installed around the prefecture.
Raymond 以海啸中幸存的房子为启发，利用当地获取的木材，并以她在驻住期间完成的30幅作品为基础创作了20个雕塑。她所创作这一系列雕塑，被安放在村庄的不同角落，目的是为了赞颂 “那些往往被人们当作理所当然的平凡生活” 。
