“Attention is the beginning of devotion.” (Mary Oliver)

Our present crises demand immense collective effort to change our future trajectories. They often operate beyond our scope of action and influence, making us feel helpless and overwhelmed.

At the same time, there are worlds we have the power to transform — our relationships with our selves, other beings, and our environments. These are potential sites of peace and flourishing. They are sites of revolutionary work from which collective wisdom and action can arise.

My work seeds itself in this layer of our collective project of dreaming, waking, living, and loving. It is intuited. It is strategic. It expands our shared vision of possible worlds and lives; proliferates mystery and beauty; and creates spaces for self-inquiry, change, and release.


Rupture occurs when the friction caused by long resisted, neglected or unsupported needs and desires builds up, like a kind of potential energy, resulting in implosions (going inwards) and/or explosions (going outwards).

We can't always pre-empt rupture. And sometimes rupture is part of the process. I believe we are strong enough to face rupture when it takes place in our lives — with suitable tools, support from others, and a cultivated wellspring of self-acceptance.

Rupture is a nightmare. Rupture is a revelation. Rupture could be a portal to healing and transformation.

Because repair is a way of loving and working with what we already have. Because repair teaches us about rupture. Because the experience of repair is an experience of revelation and freedom. Because the way out is through. Because even if the world is truly headed for disaster, there is still joy in caring for it to the end.

Repair does not put an end to rupture. Repair work is a natural part of life's maintenance, and is not the only way forward. It is difficult way. It is a loving way.





BIO




An image of kia yee sitting at a table with her arms gently folded. She is in a white long-sleeved blouse with two straps tied into a ribbon at the collar. She is smiling slightly.

I’m Kia Yee or kyatos, a Singaporean writer and artist invested in our capacity for rupture and repair. With a focus on text and performance, my work crosses disciplines to expand our imagination around how else we could live — with compassion, presence, and openness to difference.

I like to make work that is mysterious, atmospheric, temporally-layered, and unknowing. Playing across disciplines, forms, and media, my projects are anchored in the logic of poetry — what Carl Phillips describes as patterned language and the meaningful interruption of those patterns.

My work has spanned poetry, essays, short stories, plays, performances, audio walks, workshops, and video.

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I was a participating artist for Natasha, Singapore Biennale 2022, a selected participant for da:ns LAB 2023: IDIOSYNCRASIES at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, and a resident writer for Centre 42’s New Scripts Residency 2021.

From 2020-2024, I was the Co-Founder & Company Lead of Feelers, a research lab of artists and designers focused on the intersections of art and technology.

I have a BA(Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. & I coded this website ദ്ദി ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ )