[notes] Time In A City: Travelling (Car).

Travelling (Car) 01: On PIE Into Bedok (permalink).

to the right is just a sketch of what i hope passengers on the train will see outside of the carriage. not necessarily words--though i'm beginning to wonder if it'd be fun to put a message as well--but some markers that would lend passengers some indication of the speed of travel.

please take a look at the video recording (above) i did in Rachel Ho's car, travelling along PIE (towards Changi) and into Bedok North, where i live. the night recording gives an insight into the various markers that are available to the commuter of their speed of travel. other than the obvious change in landscape, the only other markers are: lamp-posts, trees, white road dividers, road direction arrows. in fact, if you see the video (which you should play with a suitable soundtrack like Gary Jules's "Mad World" in the background), you'd see how the different markers interact with each other at a seemingly different speed; then there're the very evenly planted lamp-posts and trees that really help to even out the whole experience, and shield the traffic from the buildings behind, and vice versa.

do have a look at the video.

there's also a recording of our travelling along Serangoon Road (below). this particular recording interests me as we're actually moving through a series of overhead decorations for Deepavali. it's a double-edged sword, overhead road decorations have always been quite a successful device employed to teleport motorists into this temporary glitzy zone of joyous celebrations and good tidings. always a lovely welcome for festive seasons: Chinese New Year at Chinatown, Deepavali at Little India, Hari Raya Puasa at Geylang Serai and Christmas at Orchard Road.

i guess the initial idea of employing this modus operandi could be successful, but at the same at risk of being just as one-dimensional as these decors have made the experience.

Travelling (Car) 02: Serangoon Road, Little India (permalink).