on a night like this

Singapore Biennale 2011 (in biased fashion II)

the flooded mac

changing facades of thailand

a massive collection of local newspapers, everywhere !!

somewhere in the old kallang airport lays a forsaken shutterbug's paradise. feel like a child letting loose in the wilderness amongst concrete jungle

even the toastbox looked incredibly adorable

but we missed the merlion hotel! damn!

in retrospect, i personally prefer the second event which had works that were more impactful and could easily resonate with the audiences (esp to novice like me). but biennale never fails to inspire me and bringing us to places which we could hardly gain access to. 

few days back, i came across an article that had pple complaining about the inaccessibility and the stifling heat in kallang airport.. yes it was warm but couldn't we be a little appreciative when it's not easy to have a place that can hold so many artworks across the world ? 

Singapore Biennale 2011 (in biased fashion I)

singapore biennale is THE art event that i look forward every two years. both S and i were completely awed by the installation arts featured in 2008, and we even wanted to volunteer for the third biennale event (then again we had no time).

sadly, it was not held on the supposed year 2010, and i secretly pondered if it was the withering economy, the diminishing art scene, the low support from local crowds... nevertheless, to my great relief, sg biennale finally arrived presenting a new theme "open house". to WX, here are some of the works that i really like to introduce to you... 

just so happens that my fav work comes from a local artist Michael Lee (whom i've coincidentally mentioned in my past entry ). his work features the architectural practices from a local legendary architect called KS Wong. 

Wong's works resemble childlike fantasies,both ludicrous and whimsical.

this design was inspired by the incompleteness of a disfigured war victim

doesn't this look like spongebob ??

and this is called god's villa.

you may be now wondering how on earth would you not know about such an insane bizarre local maverick, or you may be now googling but to no avail.. this was exactly what i did when i reached home only to realize that KS Wong is a frictional persona.

diving through the infinite knowledge of books, this is metaphorically intriguing.

you are what you eat. having what sorts of food you store in the fridge represents not only your biology but also in the forms of social status.

the scribblings of our ever nonsensical and ironical lives

drawings on book pages that left very interesting notes

Travelling in a stranger's land

I took half a day travelling to the other end of the island, to places which i was familiar, once familiar, and not so familiar with. 

It may be an idiosyncrasy in all of us that we always yearn to venture out of singapore and step foot on foreign lands. But paradoxically, somewhere in this tiny island embodies fascinating hideaways awaiting for us to unravel, just like a rabbit hole. So while we may be grumbling about the shortage of travelling funds or the peak travelling periods, why don't just hop onto a bus (i think buses are more 'tourist friendly') and begin a travelling trip around the island ?

la dolce vita

Just spent the whole rainy afternoon listening to lush station and capturing the little knick knacks in my room.. then jack johnson's banana pancakes came on the radio, how sweet life can be :)