Creative Producer’s Message

The Central Business District pulses with a different rhythm – one of commerce, efficiency, and perpetual motion. Yet beneath this utilitarian surface, stories wait to be discovered.

When The Everyday Museum and StoryFest came together for Story Scape as a response to the former’s new public art trail Momentary Pulses: Art in the Central Business District, I saw an opportunity to expand our storytelling practice into Singapore’s most functional landscape. This collaboration represents a natural evolution from our riverside storytelling along the Singapore River to the steel and glass corridors where different narratives flow.

Between corporate towers and pedestrian pathways, contemporary art becomes our new gathering place.

Story Scape unfolds as our most ambitious co-presented storytelling festival – ten days where public art and oral tradition converge through multiple voices and approaches supplemented with a month–long activation for artistic encounters around the CBD. At its heart lies Story Walk, where storytellers Laura Kee and Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips guide audiences through commissioned artworks, where stories then further materialise into memory objects by artist-researcher Wong Zi Hao (Superlative Futures). Each stop reveals original stories I’ve written from the perspectives of everyday objects – tiles, a bell, a pineapple – giving voice to things that have moved through Singapore’s changing landscape.

Sound artist Syafiq Halid has created sonic responses that flow between our storytelling points, transforming the CBD’s practical spaces into multisensory territories. His work, together with Superlative Future’s, culminates in Story Scape: Uncut at RASA Space, where the stories themselves become raw material for live visual-electronic exploration.

Story Exchange welcomes Yong (The Urbanist), whose deep knowledge of urban geography guides audiences through the artworks, bridging heritage practice with contemporary art activation.

What excites me about this collaboration is how it demonstrates storytelling’s ability to activate any space – from heritage riversides to contemporary plazas, from intimate venues to bustling districts.

Through intimate artist conversations on weekday evenings, we explore how oral tradition continues to find relevance within Singapore’s evolving cultural landscape, peeling back the collaborative processes that shape Story Scape’s diverse storytelling formats. The festival’s spirit extends beyond these ten days through Story Hosts by The Everyday Museum, together with The Merry Men Works and Pooja Nansi. This is a month-long activation where artistic encounters interrupt the CBD’s daily rhythms along Shenton Way, offering moments to pause and discover.

Listen closely to the hum beneath the rush. Even in our most practical spaces, stories find ways to surface.

Kamini Ramachandran
Creative Producer
StoryFest 2026