A life-size home constructed by a huge collective of artists and local residents thrilled visitors as a part of an interactive display. The project was filled to the brim with a variety of different art displays, genres, and more and was open for the public to participate in the ongoing show.
The art home consists of six rooms, all featuring different displays completed by various artists. It included rooms like a kitchen and a bathroom, as well as other rooms regularly included in a home. It is the bathroom that is perhaps the most innovative. In this room of the house, which could have been treated very differently, the artists assigned to design it have compiled video interviews of people talking about what stressed them out the most. They chose to go this route because many Singaporeans — especially those living in housing situations with limited privacy, including coexisting with their extended family members — retreat to the bathroom to savor that little slice of solitude. It can be a way to escape stress, sitting down and reflecting on the day, and washing it all away. The artists interviewed hundreds of nearby residents as a part of this particular room, and compiled the highlights of each of the sessions into the video display.
Each of the art home’s rooms had creative twists to reflect the room’s function and true purposes. The kitchen featured a staggering sculpture built with teetering chairs and other appliances one might use in the kitchen, perhaps reflecting the high amount of traffic and activity that takes place there. A bedroom represented people tuning out by representing the shapes of its residents outlined on a sheet with televisions for heads. This perhaps commented on the level of engagement people have with each other when they rely too heavily on television for entertainment and comfort instead of each other.
The art house wasn’t the only attraction as a part of the entire experience. There were sing-alongs organized, as well as an interactive banner creation visitors could take part in. Other parts of the house asked visitors to participate in making masks and pinning them to the walls — perhaps as a way to show all the different personas we take on upon exiting our homes and entering the real world.
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To read more about the life-size art, go to http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/life-size-art-home-brings-art-to-the-heartland.