18m saga seeds filled with potential

KUMARI NAHAPPAN, who has collected more than 18 million saga seeds over two decades. With her is her current work, in which a larger-than-life sculpture of an exploding saga seed pod will sit in a sea of scattered seeds
KUMARI NAHAPPAN
Anahata, on display at Singapore Biennale 2013, is by artist Kumari Nahappan and consists of 4,000kg of saga seeds collected across South-east Asia.
Anahata (above), on display at Singapore Biennale 2013, is by artist Kumari Nahappan and consists of 4,000kg of saga seeds collected across South-east Asia. PHOTO: MATTHIAS CHONG, ST FILE
Olivia Ho
Assistant Life Editor
Updated
Nov 04, 2018, 01:38 PM
Published
Nov 04, 2018, 05:00 AM
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For about 20 years, artist Kumari Nahappan collected saga seeds.

As a child, she loved picking up the hard, scarlet seeds of the Adenanthera pavonina tree, with which she taught herself to count.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on November 04, 2018, with the headline 18m saga seeds filled with potential. Subscribe

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