Christine Tjia

Being a Citizen Reporter, went to the library to snap some shots.

With the closure of the library, suddenly there are a lot of decorations and messages left by the public - a way of expressing their joy and sorrow for the closure of Orchard Library.






I specially luv the Dreamwall project that happened on the weekend of the Orchard Library! I think the idea is very meaningful, especially with the closure this month. It is a project that let artists and passerbys - adults and kids to draw and decorate the glass panels in the library itself. And of course, as Jeff Tweedy always says Art is subjective:


“A piece of art is not a loaf of bread. When someone steals a loaf of bread from the store, that's it. The loaf of bread is gone. When someone downloads a piece of music, it's just data until the listener puts that music back together with their own ears, their mind, their subjective experience. How they perceive your work changes your work.”



































There are all sorts of drawings there and all languages too - Chinese, Korean, etc. My fave one is this - simple! At first glance, I didn't realize it was actually a paintain until I stepped back and realize it in a big picture. Click here for the flickr sets of pics.




















I also like the mini love notes that the public put up:













For all the efforts that the staff from Orchard Library did to commemorate the closure, I am amazed as well as impressed and I really need to applaud their creativity. Who would hv think all these would be done just because a library is closing?

All pics are taken in Orchard Library on 7th November 2007