Project · 04 of 05

Chill, Enjoy the Little Things.

Bukit Timah Truss Bridge · Lean on Me, 2023

Crocheted blankets and tulips along the railings of the black steel railway truss bridge at Bukit Timah, the old track running into the distance.

Chill, Enjoy the Little Things was part of Lean on Me at the old Bukit Timah railway bridge. Lean on Me is a mental wellbeing initiative across Holland-Bukit Timah and Bukit Panjang, with five installations by different artists, about a neighbourhood where wellbeing is talked about openly and no one feels alone.

The pieces took their cue from the patchwork blankets children are given by their grandparents. These blankets are always colourful. They made us feel loved and safe. We’d use them for years until they fell apart. We wanted visitors to feel the warmth and hope of secure relationships and remember that safe spaces exist. The bees and flowers were inspired by the green corridor around the bridge.

Details from the installation

Up close.

Crocheted blanket lettered "everyday is a day to be happy" on the bridge railing. — A blanket that reads everyday is a day to be happy

Red and yellow crocheted HOPE blanket with a blue butterfly on the bridge railing. — The HOPE blanket, with a visiting butterfly

Crocheted tulips in window boxes on the bridge railing, a landscape-style blanket below. — Tulips in window boxes

Crocheted toadstools and a bee above a checkered patchwork blanket on the bridge railing. — Toadstools and a bee above a patchwork blanket

Two patchwork blankets draped along the black trusses of the bridge. — Patchwork blankets along the trusses

The Lean on Me signboard titled Chill, Enjoy the Little Things at the bridge. — The Chill signboard, Enjoy the Little Things

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