I've been writing a lot about life in Singapore recently, and thought that I should represent that in a conceptual piece.
Again done in an Artist Trading Card format, I patched together the following material from newspapers:
* ad with Toto (a popular lottery in Singapore) results -- long, long queues on Mondays and Thursdays testify to the popularity of this particular lottery.
* a travel ad with the number $88, considered a lucky number in Singapore -- travel is something that Singaporeans aspire to. Not surprising since Singapore is just a small island state.
* listing of stocks on the Singapore exchange -- money and making money, always a preoccupation here.
* movie listings -- those less popular than in the 90s, this remains a favoured activity.
* part of an article about pork from Malaysia being allowed here again. I saw this and thought it was very apt, because it combines two things that makes for enthusiastic conversations - food and Singapore's nearest neighbour, Malaysia.
* part of the banner of a newspaper with the words "Straits Times", Singapore's most widely-read English Language newspaper, and the word "education", something that's at the forefront of most parents in Singapore.
To finish the work, I added two one-cent Singapore coins (from my coin jar), to represent how important economics and money is both to the Government and ordinary people in Singapore.
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