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Could you share a little more about how
Bus.Stop.Art. came about?
Amelia Abdullahsani (AA)
Bus.Stop.Art. was conceived during [Singapore s] circuit breaker [period] as a way for artists to share their work no matter what restrictions we were facing. We saw other public art projects popping up around the world like Drive-By-Art in Los Angeles, where people put artwork in their front lawns and created a map from which people could follow. We wondered what we could do that would be uniquely Singaporean. While we already have art in MRT stations, we do not have art in bus stops. We also considered that Singapore has a great public transportation system; [Merryn Trevethan and I] take the bus wherever we go. So it was only natural that we decided to put art and buses together. ....

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