Story Hosts

Story Hosts is a month-long art, design and literary response to the sights and stories of Singapore’s Central Business District (CBD).

Along the Shenton Way stretch, the heartbeat of this financial centre, audiences will encounter Art Teller Machines (ATMs) placed in proximity to The Everyday Museum’s latest public art commissions, designed by The Merry Men Works. By engaging with these ATMs, curious passersby will receive one of six commissioned poems by Pooja Nansi. The humble receipt that is usually tied to “transaction,” “commerce,” and “trade”—is reimagined here as a poetic barter, weaving together site, artwork and layered city stories.

Throughout the month, beyond Story Scape’s 10-day engagements, Story Hosts reveals six poetic fabulations: artistic interjections that break the CBD’s everyday humdrum, offering moments to pause, reflect and bring a story home.

Story Hosts is part of Story Scape, co-presented by The Everyday Museum and StoryFest, with special thanks to Studio29.

1	Dates:	30 Jan–28 Feb 2026
2	Timing:	Accessible at all times
3	Locations (not in sequence):	Manulife Tower lobby, by the garden wall (responding to A fountain when it rains by Catherine Hu) Ocean Financial Centre, by the pillars opposite Raffles Place MRT Exit E (responding to thusspoke.baby by Teow Yue Han & Federico Ruberto) Downtown Gallery level 1, opposite Annalakshmi Restaurant (responding to Sweet Water by Finbarr Fallon) Marina One, City Room West Tower (fountain area) (responding to LOOP – The Resonance of Motion by Zul Mahmod)* CIMB Plaza level 1, opposite SOL Coffee (responding to Still Afloat by Song-Ming Ang)* Lau Pa Sat, beside Stall 24 (responding to Clock of the Everyday by Yang Jie)* These works will be part of Momentary Pulses’* second-phase launch in mid-2026