May 29, 2009

Singapore Pavilion


Today i learn a new OLD Problem.
Jingoism
How do you link singapore spirit to
A WORD
A CONCEPT
Something you want to bring out in Singapore a PART of our culture?
so many hours spent thinking about this -
many spent for the photography contest i thought i would join.
so many more spent in school when we were to come out with a concept for the
singapore pavilion at world expo Shanghai next year

i conclude: words, events, or prominent people of our country are not enough
at least for me - to show singapore spirit. for there is, from the start non to start with. well i think... in order to celebrate THE SINGAPORE SPIRIT, there should be one to start with.

Music - the couple of talented singers enough to show what singapore is all about?
the multicultural society - something we are proud of? does it set us apart from other countries?

in what ways are you proud of singapore?
if you are a foreigner looking at spore - are we square square one? boring? submissive? Lacking in manners? unfriendly?

well if we living in this epoch are unable to do something worthy of mention
there will be no impressive architecture that will surface - more singapore pavilions like this will appear.

for we shape the architecture, the architecture shape us.

is this what we want the world to see?
Shall we vote to change the pavilion design then?