Dimension: 29.7 (w) x 42.0 (h) cm | 11.7" x 16.5"
4 colour Risograph
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered
Printed on 220gsm uncoated acid-free paper
Subtle imperfections may vary
Knuckles & Notch (2025)
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Fencing may not be the most dangerous sport out there, but it definitely is the fastest! A combat sport involving sword fighting, fencing is often known as ‘high speed chess’ for the skills needed, agility, mental fortitude, and accuracy. Based on the traditional skill of swordsmanship, fencing involves three different disciplines: the foil, the épée and the sabre. Each discipline has its own rules and most players specialise in one discipline.

Like many sports featured in the early Olympics, the sport gained popularity in the 19th century and has been featured in every modern Olympics since. This modern iteration of fencing follows the Italian school of fencing which was subsequently improved by the French school.

Here in Singapore the fencing community officially was founded in 1965 as the Amateur Fencing Association of Singapore. Today it is simply Fencing Singapore and is 5,000 people strong! Singapore even has several fencing Olympians: James Wong, Ronald Tan, Amita Berthier and Kiria Tikanah. Although we have no intention of dueling, let's raise our foils to salute them!
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When most people think of sports, it’s often just an activity — motion, movement, engagement of both body and mind. But as visual artists, we see sports as much more than just that. Sports is a form of expression, a performance that utilises our strengths in ways that are fundamentally human and that cannot be replicated by machines. Every athletic moment is a voluntary decision we make to engage our body in a unified act of expression.

Echoes of the Wave presents our exploration of sports in a new light. Through our art director Djohan, who has spent much of his life participating in competitive games such as floor ball, hockey and skateboarding, we are able to approach this project with an understanding of sports. For him, staying active is an essential part of his holistic artistic practice, by granting him a deeper understanding of the human body.

Creativity, culture and leisure shape the way that we experience the world and ourselves, while sports concurrently engage the body and mind on a physical and metaphysical level. Integrating the two illustrates that art is more than just an aesthetic. It's a core expression of life itself, and serves to deepen our understanding and layers of meaning to these moments of athletic performance.

Our exhibition seeks to capture this synergy through a series of illustrations that reflect the intensity and impact of sports. By freezing a moment in time, we weave together the contrast of light and shadow, evoking a sense of tremendous movement, while the rich textures and neutral tones ground the palette in reality. These artworks speak to the way iconic sporting moments ripple outwards, creating lasting impressions that live on well after the moment has passed.

We aim through our art, to reflect the profound connection between sports and culture, and how they inspire each other by sparking dialogue, uniting communities, and transcending cultural boundaries.
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