TEO JUN MING

Class of 2021

Final Year Project(s)

State of the Garden City at NTU ADM Portfolio

Singapore is a city state, an urban jungle. In the heart of this city lies Sprout Hub, an urban
rejuvenation farm, populated by a community committed to working the land. Zhi Kin, the co-founder of this
farm, brings children on a tour of his premises, teaching them and the audience the ins and outs of farming,
of skills lost to rapid industrialisation. The farmers of Sprout Hub are committed to a vision of bringing
nature closer to people by letting them grow their own vegetables for sharing with others. However, the act
of farming is not idyllic, and they face setbacks of poor harvest and inclement weather conditions. A
comfortable city dweller might not immediately jump at the opportunity to be a farmer, but what Sprout Hub
aims to show its visitors is the effort needed to get food on our plates and restore our connection with the
land.


Go Home at NTU ADM Portfolio

Using themes and motifs on home, identity, local music and friendship, Go Home follows the two characters’ journey in finding themselves in each other amidst the changing landscapes and their changing identities. Set against our local landscape, Go Home explores the struggle of finding a sense of belonging people living in Singapore may face and how they come to terms with it.

While we get busy living our lives and moving on with each phase, this film hopes to encapsulate and remind people of the little moments we share with our friends around us – the ones who have seen us grow and the ones we can find a home in no matter where we are.

SYNOPSIS
Kyra, a Singaporean, and Jamie, an Indonesian, have been friends since secondary school and are on their way to a gig of their favourite local band. They stop by a photoshop for Kyra to take a passport photo where Jamie finds out that Kyra is planning on leaving Singapore to work overseas. Over the course of the night, Kyra and Jamie question where their friendship stands and learn about their dependence on each other.