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Singapore Art Week 2021: Curator Amelia Abdullahsani on the Exhibition, Bus.Stop.Art.


Could you share a little more about how
Bus.Stop.Art. came about?
Amelia Abdullahsani (AA)
Bus.Stop.Art. was conceived during [Singapore s] circuit breaker [period] as a way for artists to share their work no matter what restrictions we were facing. We saw other public art projects popping up around the world like Drive-By-Art in Los Angeles, where people put artwork in their front lawns and created a map from which people could follow. We wondered what we could do that would be uniquely Singaporean. While we already have art in MRT stations, we do not have art in bus stops. We also considered that Singapore has a great public transportation system; [Merryn Trevethan and I] take the bus wherever we go. So it was only natural that we decided to put art and buses together. ....

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Council loves Classic concept, but balks at cost


Council loves Classic concept, but balks at cost
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A scale model of the Catalina Classic sculpture. The actual figures would be lifesize, with a 17-foot tall paddleboard. Photo by JP Cordero
Hoping to elist city financial support for a sculpture commemorating the Catalina Classic Paddleboard race are South Bay Boardrider Club members Michael Lee, Ed McKeegan, DJ Wilson, Tom Horton and Brian Kingston. Photos by JP Cordero
A request for $350,000 to help fund a lifesize sculpture of three paddleboarders at the Manhattan Beach pier received a guarded reception from the city council during Tuesday evening’s meeting.
The money would come from the Public Art Trust, which is funded by a city fee on new construction. The request was submitted by the South Bay Boardriders Club (SBBC), which received conceptual approval for the sculpture from the council in Dec. 2018.  ....

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