Sheltered Dreams is a new series by Singaporean artist Lavender Chang, commissioned by the Peranakan Museum in collaboration with the Arab Network@Singapore, Peranakan Indian (Chitty Melaka) Association Singapore, Eurasian Association Singapore, and the Peranakan Association Singapore. They are portraits of living rooms in HDB homes, created using the artist’s signature long-exposure photographic technique. Taken in darkness while the residents slept, each captures the passage of time in a single image and immortalises the traces of everyday life at the heart of the home.

Sheltered Dreams, Tampines Street 22

Sheltered Dreams, Marine Terrace

Sheltered Dreams, Sin Ming Avenue

Sheltered Dreams, Bedok North