I Need an Invention, Intention, to stop Temptation to Scream...: Yeow's Exhibition...

Yeow invited us for one of his Architecture Faculty exhibitions last Friday...

Some clues as to what the exhibition is all about

Clueless? Here's an exhibit by the name of "Slide"...

Meet "Cakebox"...

And "Easel"...

How 'bout "Tic-tac-toe"?

If you're still clueless, you're forgiven. We were equally shocked to learn that all these are actually... MAILBOXES. Yes. Mailboxes. These queer little objects are actually novelly designed letterboxes. Yeow and his merry archi-men have put in much painstaking effort in the completion of the mailboxes during the semester. Lotsa sweat was shed in the setting up of this exhibition in Bras Basah Complex too.

Presenting Yeow's (and his group of 4) creation! This transparent acrylic letter box suspended on a metal pole is entitled "Hammer Head".

We had lots of fun exploring and trying to figure out how all the different mailboxes operate. If you think opening mailboxes' like catching turtles in a jug, well its not the case here. The fun's in figuring out exactly how to slot the mails into the boxes and how to retrieve it. Some involves a little thinking before you realise how it works.

They call this the "Ferris Wheel". Mails slotted in from the top causes the internal wheel to spin due to the weight of the letter. This will result in the wheel spinning and the letter falling to the bottom of the wheel. The small space or opening visible near Cheer's right hand covered by a transparent door held by his left hand, is where one extracts the letter. Cool or what!

Personally this is Weasel's and my favourite. Name's "Mosi". Influenced by middle-eastern ideas. Looks like the upcoming Dubai hotel. LOL. When letter is dropped, it runs through several flaps on the way down which creates a 'shuffling' sound. This sound created signifies the thanking of the postman for the effort taken in the delivery of the mail.