December 10, 2015
Blank Slate
In the vacancy are gaping reminders of what this city used to be. Before there was space, this was a place. People may not be in sight, but their familiar existence remains inscribed on these now unfamiliar grounds. Fences that neither block nor barricade, structures seemingly stranded in the middle of nowhere, and pipes connecting two ends that were never meant to meet. In this urban vacuum, nature creeps back into the picture. Grass that ignores landscaping requirements, trees that grow out of order, and the undulating coastline that refuses to be straightened are the resistance of Singapore’s roots.
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By Justin Zhuang
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