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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?