Vanished Garden. /

Vanished Garden is an experiential installation that aims to spark an appreciation for nationally extinct butterflies and develop public interest in Singapore’s historical biodiversity. The interactive experience comprises eleven freestanding panels, each showing a digital rendition of a nationally extinct butterfly from the SIGNIFY archive, as an abstracted image that becomes clearer when visitors wave their hands in front of the screen. This is surrounded by an immersive video wall created from the butterflies’ host plants, emphasising biodiversity as an interconnected ecosystem. Visitors collect species information of each nationally extinct butterfly from each panel, compiling an archive folder and exhibition catalogue of the experience.