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Celebrate the launch of Marking Punggol, a bold attempt by OH! in collaboration with Mit Jai Inn, a leading figure of Thai contemporary art to initiate social change through art. A suite of 99 papier-mâché sculptures mirroring the forms of objects such as home stools have been finished in Mit Jai Inn’s iconic colourways.

With a strong desire to have audiences think more deeply about the value and function of art within our cultural landscape, the artist has proposed a unique mechanism for the dissemination of these works: rather than outright purchases, individuals pledge to volunteer their time to a charity or non-profit based in Punggol in exchange for the opportunity to collect one of them. Over one year, the project aims to generate 10,000 volunteer hours for social causes in the neighbourhood.

Step into the exhibition to encounter the 99 artworks alongside the stories of the people behind each pledge—and discover how art can bring neighbours together to make a real difference in Punggol.

Date: 14-29 March 2026
Time: 10:00am-10:00pm
Venue: The Cove, Punggol Waterway Point
Admission: Free of charge; No registration required.

Participant Briefing

Keen to participate in pledging your volunteering hours in exchange for Mit Jai Inn's sculptures? Register now to find out more during the participant briefing session.

Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: The Cove, Punggol Waterway Point

Shi’ai Liang

Official Venue Partner

Self-guided Audio Tour:
There is Something Beyond the Shore
by Our House Downstairs

There is Something Beyond the Shore is a self-guided audio heritage trail, inviting you to walk along Punggol's coastline while listening to the stories layered into its land and sea, shared by residents past and present. Explore what once was and is becoming of Punggol's coast.

There is Something Beyond the Shore was developed through HAN@Punggol’s Call for Collaboration, an open call that champions alternative stories by empowering residents to share their ground-up experiences through leading creative programmes for fellow residents.

Starting Point: Punggol Coast MRT, near Toast Box (Level 1)
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Admission: $5 per pax

Our House Downstairs is a ground-up initiative that brings people together through the sharing of neighbourhood skills and stories.

Guided Nature Walk & Virtual Reality Art Workshop:
What’s been livin’ in my hood by Punggol Lovers

A two-part walking tour along Punggol Heritage Trail and Virtual Reality art workshop inviting families to rediscover Punggol’s natural heritage through observation and creative play. Discover how flora and fauna have shaped the neighbourhood's past and how technology can reimagine how we encounter them today.

What’s been livin’ in my hood was developed through HAN@Punggol’s Call for Collaboration, an open call that champions alternative stories by empowering residents to share their ground-up experiences through leading creative programmes for fellow residents.

Date: 14, 15 March 2026
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Venue: Singapore Institute of Technology, W1 (Level 2) -02-01 Sustainability Makerspace 
Tickets: $15 for a group ticket (Up to 4 pax per group)

Punggol Lovers is an informal a ground-up collective of residents with a shared love for nature.

Resident-led Exhibition:
Dear Punggol by Esther Siah

Dear Punggol is a resident-led exhibition that invites you to look again at a familiar chapter of Punggol’s history–pig farming. Peer into a series of mailboxes to view intricate miniature paper dioramas recreating scenes from 1980s farm life, created by a resident of Punggol's last farms. These rare glimpses into everyday memories and domestic routines offer a personal lens to the narratives usually told about the neighbourhood's agricultural yet industrious past.

Dear Punggol was developed through HAN@Punggol’s Call for Collaboration, an open call that champions alternative stories by empowering residents to share their ground-up experiences through leading creative programmes for fellow residents.

Date: 14-29 March 2026
Time: 11:00am-8:30pm
Venue: Punggol Central
Admission: Free of charge; No registration required.

Paper Quilling Workshop

Based on the exhibition Dear Punggol, this drop-in workshop invites you to create your own paper-quilled miniatures to take home, while exploring memories of Punggol’s farm life along the way.

Date: 14, 15, 21 March 2026
Time: 14, 15 March: 2:00pm-6:00pm; 21 March: 10:30am-6:00pm
Venue: The Plaza, Punggol Waterway Point
Admission: Free of charge; No registration required.

Storytelling Session

Led by Esther, this storytelling session recounts memories of daily routines, neighbourhood shops, bus journeys, and the eventual end of the farm.

Date: 29 March
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Admission: Free of charge; Registration required.

Esther Siah is a paper quilling artist who grew up on her grandparents’ pig farm in Punggol and wants to keep alive the memory of rural landscapes that once stood.

Set within the bustle of Waterway Point Mall, Colours on Shore is an collaborative and interactive artwork by Mit Jai Inn. Warmly lit and circular in layout, the beige interiors tied with the soft canvas sculptures evoke the sandy shores of Punggol Beach, offering a sense of calm amidst the everyday rush.  Participants, of all ages and backgrounds, express their creativity by painting directly onto the space, creating a work that constantly evolves. Each mark told a story, from games played to conversations shared between strangers and friends, capturing fragments of the many lives that passed through this transient space. Over ten days, the soft canvas sculptures gradually evolved as layers of colour built up, the forms and colours shifted, and by the end, the sculptures had built up layers of paint that settled into a unified blend of blue and seafoam green, like tides washing over a beach. What began as a shoreline slowly became a sea, shaped by those who passed through, each leaving something of themselves behind. 

Mit Jai Inn (b.1960, Chiangmai, Thailand) is a leading figure of contemporary art in Thailand. He is known for his colourful artworks that merge painting and sculpture.

Official Venue Partner

Printed Landscapes, a stamp-making workshop, offered a space for creativity and exploration. Led by PLAY!, an artist collective that curates art experiences through play, the session began with an invitation to imagine the landscapes of Punggol —and to follow those associations. From Punggol Beach to starfish, or Coney Island to otters, participants traced connections through personal experience and imagination.  With these images in mind, the participants began shaping their ideas into tactile forms. Clay was rolled and flattened, and linocut sheets were carved to reflect the children’s drawings and visions. In a reversal of roles, the children became the instructors, guiding the adults in realising their imagination. Once the stamps were complete, colourful inks and paints were applied, leaving their mark on coloured, shimmering, iridescent, paper and, even within the Colours on Shore installation. The workshop became a collaborative process of bringing childlike imagination to life, turning it into something tangible, and leaving behind traces of wonder within a shared, ever-evolving space.

PLAY! is an artist collective that curates workshops, performances and experiences with the act of play as the central focus.

Curator
John Tung

Where Punggol Meets Plate is a three-course co-created food experience held in the Culinary Studio of One Punggol CC, where participants explore and connect with the histories and stories of Punggol through a curated menu by food artist Who Eats Art. Each course and dish had the histories and narratives of Punggol imbued within. The main course: a “pork” taco made with jackfruit instead of meat, symbolised Punggol’s transformation, where pig farms were replaced by vegetable farms. Who Eats Art’s reimagined taco, infused with native herbs from Kebon Dapor (a community garden in Singapore), was carefully crafted and refined until it felt ‘just right’—a feeling that can’t be measured or written into a recipe, but is recognised across all backgrounds. Each element was laid out in a delicate, natural arrangement on the main table, inviting participants to gather around and create their own tacos, tailored to their own preferences. Through choosing herbs, salsa, toppings, and seasonings, everyone explored what ‘just right’ meant to them. As people mingled, assembled their tacos, and ate together, conversations flowed and connections formed not just through flavour, but through the act of shaping, sharing, and savouring a collective experience. And in those moments of gathering around the table, the feeling of home unfolded. 

Who Eats Art uses food as a medium, a love language to create edible installations shaped by memory, culture and imagination. We build experiences that blur the line between table and gallery, turning meals into immersive art, and bites into living poems. More than a visual feast, it is a shared ritual - where strangers become community, and taste becomes connection.

At sunrise on Coney Island, we gathered for Attuning to Nature, a workshop led by sound artist Zai Tang that invited us to reconnect with our surroundings and ourselves. Beginning with a breathing exercise, eyes closed and minds cleared, we prepared not for the rush of the day, but to attune to nature’s unhurried rhythms. Zai then handed out worksheets prompting us to explore sound through specific tasks, such as discerning noises both near and far. These seemingly simple instructions sharpened our senses, immersing us so deeply that even his calling bell faded beneath the soundscapes of birds and insects. A silent soundwalk drew us further into Coney Island’s layers: at each pause, we stood listening to rustling casuarina leaves, crash of waves, morning joggers, the various elements forming the unique characteristic of Coney Island, and each person connected in their own personal way. In the second half, childlike wonder emerged through frottage,  with coal pencils and paper in hand, we tiptoed and crouched, feeling surfaces, discovering overlooked textures, and sharing our finds in delight. The workshop closed with a discussion of our experiences before we tore and pieced our frottage papers into a collective artwork that, serendipitously, formed the outline of Coney Island itself. A gesture of connection to the land and its sounds, and to each other, as we spent a morning of connection on this island.