Sunday, May 28, 2006
Are you ready to TAP?
Let's TAP - Talk About Place!
What?
How would you Talk About a Place? What makes a place more than just a space? Through this multi-media exhibition we will show 10 unique ways to understand a place. Together with an international public forum on making architectural design more available to the people, this event will heighten people's awareness on place-making, and get them Talking About Places!
Why?
The public, especially youths in Singapore today need to know that they are an important voice of the society and city in which they live in. They have a big part to play in shaping and influencing the kind of place they want to live in. We hope that as young people making a statement about the place we call home, we will be able to encourage and inspire the youths in Singapore that they can make a difference and an important contribution to the kind of place they want Singapore to be.
Where?
National Library Building - a place for the people and one of the most talked about local buildings
When?
3 - 17 Jun 2006 (in conjunction with the theme of the month - The Art Festival)
The story behind it...
One fine day in the SP archi studio, my ex lecturer entered the doors and got our attention. It was simple. Re : act (Really Architecture), a society made up of NUS students and alumni, were coming together to hold an exhibition at the National Library. My teacher graduated from the same school in 1991. Naturally he came to promote it.
To cut a long story short, he told us about the exhibition, asked us to come down to SP one sat morning to hear them present about their exhibition, and viola!, here we are, SP students exhibiting alongside NUS students, united as the only 2 tertiary schools of architecture in this little nation. hehehe.
Despite our ongoing ultra-stressful apartment project, the little group of us have still managed to squeeze out projects of our own to show to the public and press, and we're all set for an awesome time. Its eye-opening to go behind the inner workings of an exhibition, and to see how they managed to get big sponsors like MUJI, 3M, Bluescope Steel, NLB and whatnot to supply the little nuances needed for an exhibition.
My first time participating in a public exhibition! It sure gets me excited when the NUS peeps reported that Lianhe Zaobao, The Straits Times, CNA, Mediacorp, Singapore Architect magazine, and other assorted publications & magazines have all agreed to either advertise for us or list us in the listing of events. And it also excites me when Re : act says that it is applying to register as an official society, with us automatically becoming Associate Members.
Oooohh... *addicted to architecture*
jOhn thought at 7:21 PM
