Along the coastal edges and wooded spaces of Singapore, abandoned religious statues and ritual objects can occasionally be found left beneath trees, beside roads, or near the sea. Once worshipped, blessed, and cared for within homes or temples, these objects occupy an uncertain space between sacred presence and material discard.

 

Some remain intact, while others appear weathered, fractured, or partially reclaimed by the surrounding environment. Removed from their original contexts of devotion and ritual use, they exist in states of transition, no longer fully active as objects of worship, yet not entirely separated from the beliefs and histories attached to them.

 

Abandoned Gods examines the shifting relationship between spirituality, material culture, and contemporary urban life in Singapore. Through these encounters, the project reflects on how systems of belief persist, transform, or fade within environments shaped by redevelopment, consumption, and impermanence.

 

Rather than treating these objects as relics or symbols alone, the photographs approach them as presences situated within the landscape, carrying traces of memory, ritual, and human attachment.