back home!
piece by aleks danko at the queensland art gallery and its accompanying description that unfortunately made me think of singapore and its hdb flats:
in the early 1950s, there was a song called "little boxes" about people living in houses that all looked the same:
little boxes make of ticky-tacky,
little boxes, little boxes,
little boxes, all the same.
'day in, day out' is a phrase we use when we are bored or tired. in aleks danko's art work, every house is the same and each day is like any other. the sun is always shining. the artist used a cake tin in the shape of a house to make the "little boxes". he placed them in tight neat rows. it makes us feel that if we lived in such a place, we would have to march down the streets; we could never run or skip in a carefree way.
if you lived in a house that looked like every other house, how would you know which one was 'home'?
but then again, it's up to each person to ascribe meaning and value to the place that one lives in and it's the personal experiences and relationships that take place in a particular space that help make a place one's 'home' and help shape one's impression of that 'home' ... never mind if 80% of the population lives in a flat that's almost similar to yours. and on that note, i'm home! *yay*
in the early 1950s, there was a song called "little boxes" about people living in houses that all looked the same:
little boxes make of ticky-tacky,
little boxes, little boxes,
little boxes, all the same.
'day in, day out' is a phrase we use when we are bored or tired. in aleks danko's art work, every house is the same and each day is like any other. the sun is always shining. the artist used a cake tin in the shape of a house to make the "little boxes". he placed them in tight neat rows. it makes us feel that if we lived in such a place, we would have to march down the streets; we could never run or skip in a carefree way.
if you lived in a house that looked like every other house, how would you know which one was 'home'?
but then again, it's up to each person to ascribe meaning and value to the place that one lives in and it's the personal experiences and relationships that take place in a particular space that help make a place one's 'home' and help shape one's impression of that 'home' ... never mind if 80% of the population lives in a flat that's almost similar to yours. and on that note, i'm home! *yay*