Author Archives: Kennie Ting

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About Kennie Ting

I am a wandering cityophile and pattern-finder who is pathologically incapable of staying in one place for any long period of time. When I do, I see the place from different perspectives, obsessive-compulsively.

In search of London circa Aug 2011 in LoNDoN circa Jan 2012

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Kennie Ting

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7 days into 2012, and I find myself preparing to travel again. This time, it’s back to London for a short stay, four months after I packed my bags (and my life) up and said goodbye to it. It’s weird … Continue reading →

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100 Ways to See a Street – a new project

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Kennie Ting

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Take a look at my new art project: 100 Ways to See at http://www.100waystosee.com When you live in the city, you don’t really see it properly. What I’ve decided to do is to take one street – the street where … Continue reading →

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In New York Dreaming Of Being In Singapore Imagining Myself In New York

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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And so 2011 ends.  But my year of being in-between homes is hardly over. I started this year on a plane (literally) from home in New York to home in Singapore. And it is perhaps fitting that I end this … Continue reading →

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Home is an In-between Place

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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When I reflect on my past year (and a half) of constant travel, it’s clear to me that 2011 has been defined by my being in-between homes.  To put it another way: Home, for me, has been an In-between Place. … Continue reading →

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A Street Art Tour of South Williamsburg, New York

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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So I read somewhere that Williamsburg, Brooklyn (where I live in New York), is a street art junkie’s nirvana.  You can’t walk down two blocks without encountering a surprising piece of work. I decided to test that hypothesis out myself … Continue reading →

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Design with the other 90%: Cities, at the United Nations

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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A few days ago, I went to the United Nations Headquarters for the first time, specifically to check out an exhibition Design with the other 90%: Cities, that featured design-based solutions for urban issues in cities of the developing world.  … Continue reading →

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Experience and the (New) Museum

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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For those you who work in museums, you would have heard this from your bosses or patrons: how can we make museum-going more experiential? Last weekend, I had a taste of just how experiential museum-going could be, at the spectacular … Continue reading →

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Art and the City – Suzhou Museum 苏州博物馆

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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The second part of my 2-part post, and the 4th in the Art & the City series, takes me back to Suzhou, China – known traditionally throughout Chinese history as the city of culture and the literati. The Suzhou Museum … Continue reading →

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Art and the City – The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha المدينة و الفن متحف الفن الاسلامي، الدوحة

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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I meant for this blogpost to be a comparative analysis between the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, and its sister museum, the Suzhou Museum, both designed by the American architect, I.M. Pei (who most famously plonked an inverted pyramid … Continue reading →

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Art and the City – The Venice (Architectural) Biennale

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Kennie Ting

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Had a couple of deadlines this week but I’m back with a vengeance. Ah Venice! There’s something about being there, knowing that hundreds of years ago, it looked almost exactly the same as it does now. It’s the ultimate time-bubble, … Continue reading →

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