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These are some examples of what landart sculptures I would like to put in my park.

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Nils-Udo travaille avec la nature en utilisant des baies, des feuilles, des branches, le mouvement de l'eau, la croissance des plantes. Chaque pièce est une oeuvre utopique en réponse au paysage.

Nils Udo est né à Lauf, Bavière (Allemagne), en 1937. Depuis 1972 il se consacre exclusivement à la nature et à la création de site en utilisant uniquement des matériaux naturels. Son objectif est de réaliser ce qui est possible dans la nature mais qui n'a jamais littéralement existé, une oeuvre utopique, magnifique et lyrique.

Mêlant sculpture éphémère, installation précaire et grand format photographique, les œuvres de Nils Udo sont produites dans et avec la nature. Les intempéries, la dégradation naturelle font partie intégrante de son processus créatif. La photographie joue un rôle de conservation du souvenir et de transmission de l'oeuvre au public. Elle cadre et achève la composition jusqu'à la rendre abstraite.

L'intention première de Nils Udo est de révéler la poésie de la nature et sa dimension divine. Le monde séduisant de Nils-Udo se compose de monticules, des nids géants colorés et de jours de rêve en forêt. La nature est la source et l'inspiration. Ses oeuvres ont fait leur apparition en Europe ainsi qu'au Japon, Israël, l'Inde et le Mexique.

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Nils-Udo travaille avec la nature en utilisant des baies, des feuilles, des branches, le mouvement de l'eau, la croissance des plantes. Chaque pièce est une oeuvre utopique en réponse au paysage. Nils Udo est né à Lauf, Bavière (Allemagne), en 1937.

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I would like to create an ambiance using my lighting's at night. Soo that the park users can feel the difference when there are walking from different zones on the park.

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The pathways were designed in this fashion because the crack lines and the different sizes of rock slabs make it look unique and it fits my theme; landart

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Shelters made up of wood and other materials

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Shelters made up of wood and other materials

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There would be shelters along the 2 parks fitting to the theme; landart enabling the park users to sit on benchesunder these naturally made shelters to keep cool.

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There would be some green lawns programmed into the 2 parks soo that the park users can seat around and chat or relax and look at the surrounding scenery.

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This happened late last week but I didn't have a chance to post it until now. After wondering when the majority of the park's lawn would open after 2 months closed for "restoration" (projected time initially: one month), most of the park lawn is now open for use !

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Park's Lawns North, South, East & West Open (for the most part)!

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This happened late last week but I didn't have a chance to post it until now. After wondering when the majority of the park's lawn would open after 2 months closed for "restoration" (projected time initially: one month), most of the park lawn is now open for use !

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The plaques on the landart sculptures would tell the park users who designed it and what was the inspiration of that particular sculpture.

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A Park Map is important since the park users would want to see the overview of the park. And for some it would be clearer for them to see the main road which run along the park

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We went by bus and even though it was raining when we left home at 2.00pm it was fine by the time we reached the park just 30 minutes later.

We started the walk at the East end as seen on the following map and finished at the West end where we stopped for drinks (and food!) at the 24 hour McDonalds before catching the bus back home to Bukit Batok.

The park is located in West Coast, Singapore, parallel to West Coast Highway. It is themed 'Play Centre in the West'. The park covers an area of 50 hectares and is part of the Parks Connector scheme.

Due to limited land mass and high population growth, many parks in Singapore are built on reclaimed land. Similar to East Coast Park and Pasir Ris Park, West Coast Park was developed on a piece of reclaimed land. The park was completed in 1979.

This blog post is about THE WALK only, check later for a new blog posting on facilities at the park .... the walk was so beautiful after all the rain it deserves a posting in it's own right! The walk is 5 klms in length and is used by joggers, walkers and cyclists.

West Coast Park is a sea fronted park stretching 50 hectares and frequented by locals, especially residents living around the Western region of Singapore.

Favored as an exercising spot on weekdays in the mornings and evenings, it is highly popular with picnickers, barbeque groups, and families camping in tents on weekends and especially around local holidays. But today we found it very quiet and only a few brave souls venturing out for some fresh air and exercise!

We came across a lake with plenty of seating where one could sit and enjoy the tranquility and not too far away there are wide grassy fields within the park for games or

but after the heavy rain today we had to be

careful where we were walking!

A family-oriented destination, West Coast Park contains an adventure playground within that is good fun for kids and adults too. Sheltered rest huts are also scattered around to protect park-goers from the sudden onslaught of rain.

There are also toilet facilities and drinking water fountains around West Coast Park.

.... and as I look back on the above images, I notice that there is not one person in any of them ..... so yes, it was a very quiet day which was just perfect for walking through the park and enjoying the peace and quiet!

The next blog posting is on the sights we saw
and the facilities at the park:

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We went by bus and even though it was raining when we left home at 2.00pm it was fine by the time we reached the park just 30 minutes later. We started the walk at the East end as seen on the following map and finished at the West end where we stopped for drinks (and food!)

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You would be able to find these signs every few hundred metres soo that tourists would not get lost if they would like to exit the park to go to Shopping centre.

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Proposed facilities in Istana Park and Dhoby Ghaut Green Park

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Proposed facilities in Istana Park and Dhoby Ghaut Green Park

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Walk through exhibition

I am proposing to remove Penang Lane and create walk through exhibits showcasing the civic district of Singapore

This connects the 2 parks together giving it a continuous flow. It will give an idea to the tourists and office workers how Singapore was like in the olden days and how it has transformed into a modern city.

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I was recently in France for the opening of my exhibition on Nauru. 46 images and 2 videos are exhibited outdoor at the Festival Photo de Mer, from April 8th until May 8th. Other exhibitions includes stories from Ed Kashi and Chris Maluszynski.

Thanks to a grant from the Festival Photo de Mer, I spent 11 days on Nauru, the world's smallest Republic, far off in the middle of the Pacific. To turn it into a "real" story I teamed up with Geo Magazine (the German edition) staff-writer Markus Wolff. Story will soon come out in Germany.

Nauru has long been on my mind. I first heard about it in late 2001, when Afghan refugees were held in a detention center on the island. I couldn't put these 2 facts together in my head. After some research, they were so many curiously fascinating facts about the island that I just needed to go. It seemed a unique case of middle of nowhere yet middle of everything.

Here is a translation of my synopsis that got me the grant (© Matthieu Paley) :

"Nauru, an island of barely 21 km2, is located in the middle of the Pacific. It is the world's smallest republic.
Its soil, extremely rich in phosphate, has been exploited since the beginning of the 20th century. The rapid value increase of the phosphate, followed by independence, makes Nauru the richest country in the world at the beginning of the 70's.
As a result, falling for the temptations of uncontrolled consumerism, the Nauruans considerably change their way of life. Diabetes and the highest obesity level on the planet are some side effects of these excessive years.
End of the 90's: the Phosphate resources diminish considerably.

Looking for financial solutions, Nauru becomes a tax-free zone, and with this a facilitator for money laundering businesses of the Russian mafia. The government also opens a detention center for Afghan and Iraqi refugees, all paid for by the Australian government...

In 2004, the state goes bankrupt. The government of Nauru decides at last to reactivate its phosphate mining. Official sources estimate that there are between 20 and 30 years left for further exploitation. The Nauruans, an isolated people, continues to look for solutions, keeping all the while their joyful island spirit.

We go to meet these men and women of Nauru, their president, a former weightlifting champion; Gerard Jones, a personal trainer and bird hunter; Lucia, the oldest lady of the country and Scarlet Lucy, the cargo ship that brings goods to the island every 2 months."

Two preview shots, the full story will soon be up on my website.

Lucia dances in her living room "I dance a lot, I pray to the Lord and I play Bingo!". 85 years old, she is the oldest woman of the country, and the last person to have known deportation, in 1943, during the Second World War. 1200 Nauruans were then sent on the Chuuk island by the Japanese forces, and endured forced labor. Only 737 came back in 1945.

It takes 6 hours flight from Bisbane in Australia to reach Nauru, an island state of barely 21 km2, located in the middle of the Pacific, 42 km from the equator. It is the world's smallest republic, with less than 10.000 inhabitants. Twenty minutes of driving (19 km) will bring you around the whole country...

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I was recently in France for the opening of my exhibition on Nauru. 46 images and 2 videos are exhibited outdoor at the Festival Photo de Mer, from April 8th until May 8th. Other exhibitions includes stories from Ed Kashi and Chris Maluszynski.

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Proposed activities in  Istana Park and Dhoby Ghaut Green Park

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Proposed activities in  Istana Park and Dhoby Ghaut Green Park

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A platform for designers to show case their work so that people can appreciate and relate it back to the Civic and Cultural Hub these 2 parks aspire to be. The park users can look at the designers work at some designated areas of the 2 parks

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This is the overarching theme which I choose for the 2 parks. I would like to create a place for tourist and office workers so that they can appreciate this type of art form which is not very familiar to most office workers and tourists. And it relates back to the theme which the 2 parks aspire to be; a Civic and Cultural Hub in Singapore.  The park is suppose to give them a pleasant experience while walking through the park.  As well as a place where artists and designers can showcase their work to the public. This creates awareness for the park users that there are some creative minds in Singapore and overseas

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Facilities and activities proposed for Dhoby Ghaut Green Park and Istana Park 

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Facilities and activities proposed for Dhoby Ghaut Green Park and Istana Park 