post museum
Mar 31st, 2008 by Ruth
Address: 107+109 Rowell Rd S208033 (in Little India)
Nearest MRT station: Farrer Park (Northeast Line)
Buses: 23, 64, 65, 66, 130, 131, 139, 147
… on Saturday, I found myself at the Post Museum in Little India. And I really do not know what to make of it. Perhaps that is good because as Brian D. McLaren puts it, “clarity is good, but sometimes intrigue may be even more precious; clarity tends to put an end to further thinking, whereas intrigue makes one think more intensely, broadly, and deeply“.
I admit to being intrigued by the place. Situated in Little India, it is not anything like the traditional Indian type of shops you would see. The sort laden with jasmine garlands, the Hindu gods and Tamil scripts all over. Instead it houses Show Room (exhibition space), Food #03 (contemporary vegetarian café), Back Room (multi-purpose space), artists studios and offices in two 1920s shophouses.
The floor is untiled with the raw concrete floor fitting in with the uneven brick walls. Modern and quaint all at once, it holds its own in Little India. Feeling a little like the ‘new’ Haji Lane, the pillars just outside the shopfront have been given an arty, Japanese anime treatment ‘I love Veg’ touch.
The place is a project initiated by Singaporean curatorial team p-10 and it opened in September 2007. Interesting place and probably could do with a whole lot more publicity though a little limited on attraction if there are no events being held.
