Tanjong Pagar Episode 01 - An Organic Terminus

9 ECHOES

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When our social fabric had to be displaced and resettled in the name of rapid modernisation in the 1970s, what happened to the many places that once thrived with creative and convivial communities? An Organic Terminus, the first audio trail of the Speaking of which series, plugs the gaps in Tanjong Pagar's narrative by reimagining its past and envisioning its potential futures. Listen to personal oral history recounts interwoven with reimagined soundscapes and speculative fictional texts by artists Chong Li-Chuan and Ang Kia Yee as you venture from Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark to the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Yan Kit Road, Duxton Road, Banda Street and Smith Street.

Speaking of which

A space becomes a place when we inhabit it, associate memories with, inscribe histories, or simply refer to it. Speaking of which is a series of self-guided audio trails by The Everyday Museum, a public art initiative of Singapore Art Museum, which uncovers stories and invites renewed readings of the places in which we live. It is an invitation to imagine the scenography of life by walking, looking and listening. Each episode focuses on a specific neighbourhood and features archival records and oral interviews interspersed with commissioned audio works, which serve to expand the narratives that surround each place. Full details on www.theeverydaymuseum.sg