Discover art in the everyday around Tanjong Pagar and the Rail Corridor, as part of new art trails by Singapore Art Museum (SAM)‘s public art initiative, The Everyday Museum.
New Public Art Trails in Singapore by The Everyday Museum
From now till 9 March 2025, discover art in public spaces, outside of museums, as you explore the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood and Rail Corridor. Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has launched two new public art trails at these two areas: Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar: Encounters with Art in the Neighbourhood and Singapore Deviation: Wander with Art through the Rail Corridor as part of SAM’s public art initiative, The Everyday Museum.
For a full list of events and activities for these art trails, check out The Everyday Museum website.
Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar
These installations are located in the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood, and all but the one (at Tanjong Pagar Distripark) are within walking distance.
Little Islands (Isabella Teng)
Tanjong Pagar Plaza, Blocks 4 and 7
Start your art trail with lush views of an island at Tanjong Pagar Plaza. This ‘little island’ attempts to “subvert the notion of limited space” by offering a sense of of spaciousness, and in a way, an reference to Singapore as an island-state.
As anamorphic murals, the landscape shifts as you walk around the artwork, with small details surfacing only at certain perspectives.
It is also in a series of three, so you can find the other two murals at Block 7, Level 3 (facing Shophouses) and another at Block 4, Level 3.
{still} life (Space Objekt)
Duxton Plain Park
Gaze through the shimmering frames and snap mirror selfies at this installation at Duxton Plain Park, where tinted lenses and reflections invite visitors to discover ephemeral sights in the area.
Grounding Points: Settling In (Aki Hassan)
Duxton Plain Park
This sculpture, which seems to be balanced on its own, comprises two forms leaning on each other. Inspired by natural and man-made structural elements in the area, the work expresses the symbiotic connection between organic and synthetic forms.
Everfowl Estate (Divaagar)
Everton Park, Block 1
Famously known as the “BTO for chickens”, this mix of homes for the junglefowl examines the surroundings and how the living spaces and the living exist harmoniously. Happening at the open field in front of an HDB block. the work itself is beside a busy intersection where one can find the old and new, a mix of homes, shops and even the Police Cantonment Complex, existing in harmony.
Sea of Flags (Grace Tan)
Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Block 39
See the colours of the wind at Tanjong Pagar, as nearly 400 flags flutter at the side of the Distripark Building. The flags are actually printed swatches derived from Tanjong Pagar’s past and transformation to the present – bringing colours derived from objects and digital images of the area.
Singapore Deviation
Three site-specific installations can be found along the Rail Corridor, with the first one near the old Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.
walk walk (Tan Pin Pin)
Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal
Most people walk along the Rail Corridor, which is the theme of this multi-format installation at Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal. As you walk around the terminal, look up to see a poem about walking.
Step inside the terminal’s Transitlink office, which has been converted into a screening room that is open daily, to watch a (surprisingly captivating) documentary about walking. The film will play every 2 hours from 10AM,
There’s even an installation (text: “慢慢走” (lit. walk slowly)) inside the NTWU cafeteria, sending well-wishes to bus captains as they leave the cafeteria for their shifts.
Stagecraft: Landscaped Grounds (Hilmi Johandi)
Wessex Estate, Rail Corridor Access at 55A Commonwealth Drive
Old advertisements from 20th century British Malaya were deconstructed and made into new collages in this work, connecting the railway’s past to the present, using theatrical set design as the artistic method.
Moonlight (Sookoon Ang)
Wessex Estate, Open Field behind 2 Wilton Close
Take a detour from the main Rail Corridor and you’ll find this standing burnt log, which is actually a cast bronze sculpture. It is lit differently at night, blending into the trees around it.
Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar and Singapore Deviation
Now till 9 March 2025
Free Admission for All
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