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Museum of Vancouver 10
Title
Museum of Vancouver 10
Keyword
Mapping, City, Industry, Imperialism, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a map of Vancouver dated 1898.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 48
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 48
Keyword
Land Reclamation, boundary, Mapping
Date
2018-03-01
Description
A screen with images of Singapore's changing coastline from 1975-2016. The image shown is dated 2001.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 40
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 40
Keyword
Education, Mapping, Sailing, transnational trade
Date
2018-03-01
Description
Screen with a simulation of the Vessel Traffic Information System. Other gallery exhibits visible in the background.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 5
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 5
Keyword
Education, Mapping, Culture
Date
2018-03-01
Description
A 'parchment' wall section titled "Dutch and Portuguese Accounts" with information about the early mapping of Singapore.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 52
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 52
Keyword
Re/development, Mapping, Land Reclamation, Nation Building
Date
2018-03-01
Description
A white wall with a quote from former prime minister Goh Chok Tong about "turn[ing] geography into adventure."
Roadway 2
Title
Roadway 2
Keyword
boundary, Mapping
Date
2018-02-25
Description
Photo taken from inside a car. Looking through the windscreen at the road.
Museum of Vancouver 9
Title
Museum of Vancouver 9
Keyword
Mapping, Resources, Imperialism, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a map of Western British Columbia naming the province "GOLD COUNTRY" and "THE NEW EL DORADO."
Singapore Maritime Gallery 44
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 44
Keyword
Sailing, Mapping, Education, Industry
Date
2018-03-01
Description
A simulated ship control room with an Electronic Chart Display and Informational System.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 46
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 46
Keyword
Mapping, Land Reclamation, Islands, Education
Date
2018-03-01
Description
A sign with information about "Singapore's Evolving Coastline."
Singapore Maritime Gallery 22
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 22
Keyword
Industry, Mapping, transnational trade
Date
2018-03-01
Description
Photo taken looking through a shipping container. A world map with additional information to the left, the words "You are standing in an actual 20 foot container" on the right.
Dung Kai Chung Interview
Title
Dung Kai Chung Interview
Keyword
Mapping, Language, Symbols, Maps, Colonialism, Government, Discrepancies, Contruction of reality, Land Reclamation, Coastline, Reinvention, Projected Reality, Reshaping, Time, History, Future, Reformulation, Temporal Distance, Imagination, Hong Kong, Transnational, Nation, Interaction, Identity
Date
2018-03-15
Description
This Audio recording discusses Dung Kai Chung’s Atlas and the interplay between maps and language. The interview shifts to how maps construct a reality of a place and the imaginative aspects of mapmaking. It then concludes with the topic of Hong Kong’s coastline and land reclamation and how these changes alter the perception of transnationalism within the space.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 26
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 26
Keyword
Mapping, Education
Date
2018-03-01
Description
Infographic with fun facts about maritime trade. Small labels from a map visible on the left side.
Singapore Maritime Gallery 8
Title
Singapore Maritime Gallery 8
Keyword
Education, Mapping
Date
2018-03-01
Description
Close-up shot of a map under the "Dutch and Portuguese Accounts" section of the parchment-styled wall (header for this map only partially visible as "Dutch and Por--").