Talks

Join the team from Kontinentalist as they share about their process of creating A line of our own drawing, a large-scale data storytelling artwork that examines desire paths in Singapore in an attempt to plot how, why and where we walk.

Originally used in transport and urban planning, desire paths are unofficial routes created through the simple act of enough people walking differently. These paths reveal unexpected spaces of collective action within Singapore’s planned public landscape.

Learn how the research team conducted their fieldwork in four sites across Singapore, from the Central Business District to industrial sites and the heartlands, combining research and data with personal reflection as a means of storytelling to understand our world. Using a mix of Google Maps, lived experience and speculation, you will then be guided to reflect on the desire paths you encounter daily—what might they say about us and our desires? What does a line of our own drawing look like?

A line of our own drawing is commissioned by The Everyday Museum, a public art initiative of Singapore Art Museum (SAM). Attendees will also get to visit the work that is on display right by the museum’s entrance at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Level 1.

Drawing on lines of desire is part of Story Scape, co-presented by The Everyday Museum and StoryFest.

Join storytellers Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips and Laura Kee, together with artist-researcher Wong Zi Hao (Superlative Futures), as they reflect on their collaboration for Story Walk—a storytelling and tactile workshop through the Central Business District. Moderated by Kamini Ramachandran, the panel explores how different storytelling traditions—oral and aural practices alongside research-driven approaches rooted in material memory—came together to respond to public artworks commissioned by The Everyday Museum (Momentary Pulses). Discover how notions of care, deeper looking, and the art of noticing shaped this unique programme.

This talk is part of Story Scape, a 10-day festival co-presented by The Everyday Museum and StoryFest, with venue support by RASA.

What happens when oral tradition meets urban exploration? How might storytelling become a collective act that marries folklore and archive?

Join Yong from The Urbanist Singapore and Kamini Ramachandran, Creative Producer of Story Scape, as they explore the art of storytelling across different mediums and methods. Both are storytellers who breathe life into Singapore’s spaces—one through urban trails that uncover hidden histories and geographies, the other through oral tradition that engages with heritage through performance and folklore.

In this intimate conversation, discover how contemporary acts of storytelling can bridge heritage education with creative expression, and how social media and live performance offer unique pathways to connect communities to place. Glean insights into how the personal act of noticing can transform our relationship with the city we inhabit, and how we can continually find new ways to tell its stories.

This talk is part of Story Scape, a 10-day festival co-presented by The Everyday Museum and StoryFest, with venue support by RASA.