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A complaint led to the removal of power washing artist Marcus Pang’s street artwork on a pavement outside Mountbatten MRT station, sparking a debate on who gets to decide how shared spaces should be used in Singapore. Why do Singaporeans prefer to turn to authorities to resolve disagreements instead of talking to one another first? In this week’s Deep Dive, Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang speak with Pang, the street artist and Assistant Professor George Wong from the Singapore Management University on Singaporeans’ attitudes towards public spaces, social norms and navigating social differences.

Highlights:
0:02 Thank you for watching. Do a survey please?
03:00 Public reaction to the artwork
04:23 Different communities, different norms
06:04 What makes a shared space?
09:40 Who owns our public spaces?
12:58 Going to the authorities vs talking things out
18:52 Does one complaint outweigh public support?
23:40 "People have to be a lot more chill"

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