Lapping Emulations adopts a process-led investigation of the nuances and complexities of an unstable and protean cultural identity. Shu conjures new manners of image-making with her improvised darkroom and editing techniques. These improvisations articulate her rumination as part of Singapore’s Chinese diaspora. Shuffling across literal and abstract littoral imageries, these intuitive processes are also modulated by muscle memory from her formal photography training. 
 
Lapping Emulations surfaces as a layering of tides. It voyages from the tangible to something more impressionistic, sentimental and introspective.