Tanjong Pagar Episode 01 - An Organic Terminus

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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.


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01 - SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

This portion of the audio trail contains an extract from the oral history interview of Zubir Said (A…

02 - Former Tanjong Pagar Railway

This portion of the audio trail contains an extract from the oral history interview of Lim Wee Kiang…

03 - Yan Kit Road

Soundscape composition by Chong Li-Chuan. This portion of the audio trail contains extracts from th…

04 - Vanda Miss Joaquim Park

This speculative fictional text on Agnes Joaquim was written and narrated by Ang Kia Yee.

05 - Duxton Road

This portion of the audio trail contains an extract from the oral history interview of Chng, Ben Kee…

06 - Enroute to Banda Street

This speculative fictional text was written and narrated by Ang Kia Yee.

07 - Enroute to Banda Street

08 - Banda Street

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09 - Smith Street

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