In time and in tune with art

TO nine-year-old Boedi Widjaja, moving to Singapore from his small town in Surakarta, Java, Indonesia was a major paradigm shift, if not a massive culture shock. So much so that it continues to shape the works of the 38-year-old artist today.

"I was overwhelmed by my new environment when I first arrived," recalls Widjaja, who grew up in Singapore, trained as an architect but became a full-time artist in 2011.

"I also didn't speak English and Chinese much back then. So my experience of the city was purely as space and …