Vertical Submarine
(Joshua Yang and Justin Loke)
It started off as a simple gesture to thank the migrant workers for building our houses, maintaining our roads, cleaning our sewers, washing our plates, and for unconsciously being the butt of our jokes instead of accusing them of all the rapes and robberies, for dirtying our garden city and suspicion of homosexuality just because they hold hands while crossing the dangerous Serangoon Road.
It is proposed that a concrete statue in the form of a migrant construction worker be placed directly opposite the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles along the Singapore River for the duration of the Singapore Art Show 2007.
By ‘sharing the common ground’, the work emphasizes both the migrants workers and Raffles’ fundamental status as foreigners who contributed to the island.
The statue of the migrant construction worker shall be fitted with a plaque which bears the following words:
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ON THIS OBSCURE SITE
WE LANDED ON SINGAPORE SOIL
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL
WITH OUR LABOUR AND TOIL
CHANGED YOUR GENIUS AND PERCEPTION
FROM A MERE IDEA
TO A CONCRETE REALITY
At 5:19PM Friday, 3 August 2007, one of our foreign talents, Robert was knocked down by a reversing van delivering goods. Robert (Bob) broke his right arm and is currently taking shelter inside The Arts House. The driver of the van claimed not to have seen the 8ft high pedestal on which Bob, the builder was standing on. He (the driver) seemed remorseful and has agreed to pay for all the medical expenses required to nurse Bob back to health. However, despite the lightning quick reaction of the emergency rescue team, Bob may lose his right hand permanently, in which case he will be claiming worker's compensation. Being a good sport, Bob will resume his position opposite Raffles for the duration of the Singapore Art Show with a sling on.
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