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  • Miniature Hong Kong Exhibit

    Miniature Hong Kong Exhibit

    Taikoo Shing does really cool short term (2 weeks max) exhibitions in the mall and this time, there was an old Hong Kong miniature exhibit by 42 local artists replicating charming old faces of Hong Kong in the smallest scale possible, complete with intricate details, down to the different fonts of the traditional Chinese characters.

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    Miniature shoe shop from the award winning HK movie, 岁月神偷 by Louise Chan / Li Loi Yau

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    Public Housing by Tony Lai / Rain Lee

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    Traditional dessert street stall 糖水 by Piano Tong

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    Traditional Chinese Medicine store by Piano Tong

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    Mini Embroidery store by Amily Lau

    cross posted @ Chicken Scrawlings

  • A museum for the people

    A museum for the people

    I had an interesting conversation with a taxi driver a few weeks back when we drove past the National Museum of Singapore. He said: “The only people who visit the museums in Singapore are the tourists and foreigners. Singaporeans don’t visit the museums.”. I told him that it might be because of our museums only open from 10 – 6 pm. And when Singaporeans get off work, the museum is closed. Then I asked him when was the last time he visited the museum, and he said it was 20 years back when he brought his daughter there, and they haven’t step foot into the museums since.
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  • REQUIEM: In memory of three Singaporean war cameramen

    REQUIEM: In memory of three Singaporean war cameramen

    REQUIEM - By the photographers who died in Vietnam and Indochina

    The Vietnam War was said to be the first and possibly also the last war where there was no censorship. Print photographs and TV broadcast footage were reality shows of the losses on all sides of the conflicts. The world saw the works too of three brave Singaporean war cameramen, as shown at REQUIEM – By the photographers who died in Vietnam and Indochina. (more…)