[-empyre-] Gardens By the Bay

[Murat Nemet-Nejat]

I was in an actual rain forest in Costa Rica years ago, and in March of
this year I visited the Edenic rain forest in Singapore. Before the middle
of my walk through it, I walked back and out of this theme park. I was
amazed how cheesy and awful it was.

On the other hand, I found the other half of the botanical space, the part
that housed desert plants interspersed with amazing sculptures, wonderful,
magical and devoid of artificial effects.

Ciao,
Murat

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Patrick Keilty <p.keilty at utoronto.ca>
wrote:

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> Related to our discussion, I just wanted to share Natasha Myer's essay
> "Edenic Apocalypse: Singapore’s End-of-Time Botanical Tourism":
>
> https://www.academia.edu/12783355/Edenic_Apocalypse_A_Photo-essay_of_Singapores_End-of-Time_Botanical_Tourism
>
> I recently visited Singapore's Gardens By the Bay -- an eco-capitalist
> tourist trap. This is government and corporate sponsored "plant art"
> on a massive scale, showing how plant art can be taken up as part of
> an argument for eco-friendly capitalism.
>
> Best,
>
> Patrick Keilty
> Assistant Professor
> Faculty of Information
> Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
> University of Toronto
> http://www.patrickkeilty.com/
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