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DON’T JUST SIT BACK & RELAX!Pay attention to the following points during the video: What kind of atmosphere is created regarding
Singapore’s “upgrade”? What image of Singapore is being portrayed in the pictures? Are they any different from what you see on a daily basis? Does it feel like Home? Does it feel homely?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf0K_oC-8kU
The buildings are in alignment with the roadswhich meet at desired pointslinked by bridges all hangin the grace of mathematics.
PRECISE & RIGID
Even the sea draws back
and the skies surrender.
OVERWHELMING & UNSTOPPABLE CHANGE
ORCHARD ROAD 1926
ORCHARD ROAD 2013
RAFFLES PLACE 1860
RAFFLES PLACE 1999
RAFFLES PLACE 2013
The flaws
The blemishes of the past
Useless blocks
The fossils of last century
WHAT DID THE PLANNERS GET RID OF?
With history gone and a new history in place, where do we find our sense of belonging?
The country wears perfect rowsof shining teeth.
All gaps are pluggedwith gleaming gold.
ARTIFICIAL & FAKE
ANAESTHESIA
AMNESIA
HYPNOSIS
LOSS OF SENSATI
ON
LOSS OF MEMORY
LOSS OF CONTRO
LAre we robots?
But my heart
would not bleed poetry.
What do you think poetry stands for? What is the function of poetry?
Not a single dropto stain the blueprintof our past’s tomorrow.
CONCRETE
JUNGLE
What is your ideal
Singapore?