Transits for Art: Exploring the art of Singapore's MRT stations
Having been fully gratified from writing the blog on my experience on the sculpture trail at the Botanic Gardens, where I explored the rich connection between Art and Nature, I thought that 2024 should be the year when I explored the equally rich links between Art, Society, Culture and Industry in Singapore. And just as I was fortunate to stumble upon the well-curated trail at the Gardens, another programme, this time by the folks at Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), called Art in Transit, formed the basis of my exploration. It all started on the Hari Raya holiday in the month of April. when I accompanied Audrey and Ethan to the King Albert Park (KAP) MRT Station. They were going to Bugis to study with their friends, while I was headed to the Botanic Gardens. Since both MRT stations were on the Downtown Line and we were travelling in the same Eastward direction, we went off together to KAP, our common starting point. It was just one stop down from the Cascadia, our home along B...