The Kapor Chatparty by the Octopus Residency connects community and creative energies in the Kampong Kapor neighbourhood. How can a group of organisers, facilitators and artists help to provide creative excuses for the diverse groups in Little India to meet and do something fun together? Is there a way to break the ice? How do we help prepare the ground for deeper conversation? Who from the neighbourhood will join us?
We were fortunate to work with Ng Xi Jie, Vijaya Mohan and Participate-in-Design on participatory arts and design efforts, with engagement sessions from 19 June to 13 Aug 2016.
We began our ChatParty with a question: what sort of stories lie behind this curious building along Kampong Kapor Road we call the Singai Tamil Sangam Building? Behind its quaint character, and since its days as the Kg Kapor Community Centre, what has tied the building to the neighbourhood? As we began to facilitate these conversations, we experienced a wonderful yet diverse community.
