Are you looking down on me

Openair Real(i)ty's offer: Carbon 0 homes!

2008-02-05T07:14:00.001-08:00

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Carbon O homes

– cutting edge home design to allow residents to offset their carbon emission and to save the earth on a daily basis! Most direct carbon absorption design on Earth –as carbon-zero movement has become a growing passion among home designers!

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Offer from Openair Real(i)ty: Living for Sales

2008-02-05T07:12:00.001-08:00

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Living for Sales

– A good sales is worth waiting or living for, so many city folks can confirm. So living next to a shopping centre that offer regular sales is an attraction that many modern shoppers find out-to their delight. So a new breed of residences are created right next to these shopping/sales centres for those who are into a live of sales. This is a sales of a live time!!!

Enq. Openair Real(i)ty

Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Offer from Openair Real(i)ty: Time-share Homes

2008-02-05T07:09:00.001-08:00

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Time-share homes

Waiting for an important office (eg selling concert/football tickets，low cost house etc) to open sometimes require camping outside overnight- thus the creations of a special temporary residence for such die-hard fans/ `hard-to-die’ folks as part of the design for modern sought-after offices. Despite being for temporary occupancies the residence afford tiled floor, well-ventilated interiors, all-glass walls, first-come- first-serve occupancy on a time-share basis. Getting more popular by the day and very recession-proof, according to market surveys.

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Openair Real(i)ty's offer: Sidewalk Hostel

2008-02-05T07:03:00.001-08:00

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Sidewalk Hostel

– Quiet sidewalks are places where many a romantic liaison grows- and why not also where sweet dreams are made? These group residences offer single occupancies on 1^st come 1^st serve basis- or when your basic urges surge…. No booking accepted. No official check in n check out hours. Specialty: Round the clock security provided so occupants can really feel secured.

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Openair Real(i)ty's offer: Living for Here and Now

2008-02-05T06:58:00.001-08:00

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Living for Here and Now

– Nowadays the unspoken trend of city living has turned traditional lifestyles on their head: city folks prefer to move in styles and rest in economy/poverty! This is why: modern lifestyles are always on the move –more than resting. A kind of perpetually migrating modernized gypsies! So the moving experiences are enriched while resting is simplified to the extent that are previously unthought-of! There is no need for checking in and checking out. Just take a rest here and now-while waiting for the next move. Resting has surreptitiously become the stops on a modern LRT/coach ride.

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Quick results!

2008-02-02T01:33:00.001-08:00

It didn't take long for the `homeless' who sleep at the Bangun Exhibition to collect 80 cents! But is that what which will address the issues of the `homeless' realistically? The socio-economic barriers to housing rights need more comprehensive solution -yet simplistic `solution' is the reflect of the `public'! What do you say folks?

Openair Real(i)ty's offer: 1000 stars hotel

2008-01-31T03:46:00.001-08:00

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Thousand Star Hotel

– The best hotels offer 6-star comfort –but these transient abodes offer thousand-star extravagances, literally. Well-shaded. Ample parking provided. Pets allowed. No check-in n check-out hours. Options for oxygen-rich hours.

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Openair Real(i)ty's offer: Living in Arts

2008-01-31T03:24:00.001-08:00

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Living in Arts

– Live mock the arts and vice-versa. But arts abound in daily living –so how about the luxury of living in arts? These residences are specifically located where contemporary arts are found. They are living arts for those who are tuned into the arts of living. And the best arts are free –for public consumption. The cost of these residences: negotiable according to your tastes.

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Offer from Openair Real(i)ty: 24/7 free water gushing ambient sound

2008-01-31T03:18:00.000-08:00

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24/7 water gushing sound

– These residences right next to river edge provide free water gushing sound for your homes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Most relaxing and never boring! Rank together with majestic chorus of sea-waves and the meditative rustling of a forest’s leaves. Where they are not there some people need to record them for their homes!

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Offer from Openair Real(i)ty: wall less homes

2008-01-31T03:02:00.000-08:00

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Wall-less homes

– a revolutionary concept which are actually a throw back to the original, first homes of human kind. Walling up the homes –actually squeezing out public spaces and convert them into private ones, are making prisoners of the free humans! The realization of this self-imposed barrier has caused breaking down the walls to be more than a song in new architectures!

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Part of `Are you looking down on me?' exhibit at Bangun Exhibition.

Are you looking down on me?

2008-01-31T00:31:00.000-08:00

Have you ever put yourself in a position/positions where you could have been looked down upon by others like these folks around KL city centre? If you want to challenge yourself to experience how it may feel to be looked down upon you are welcome to come to an exhibition to be held at Lost Generation Space ( at 11 Jalan Permai, off Jalan Syed Putra, Robson Heights, 50460 KL Enq.019-6838397 Refer to map on top) from Feb 1st-3rd (refer to here for full details of entire exhibition) I have put up a small exhibit at the exhibition called `Bangun'(`Wake up!') where you can try sleeping on the floor of the exhibition, to see how passer-bys may look at/look down/treat you! You can do so till the next person take over from you! Then you are welcome to blog about your experience in this blog through a lap top provided on site by adding comments to this post. Who knows your live account may attract all the active bloggers in Klang Valley to swarm in to the exhibition to try out your special experience? Certainly you will look at the homeless differently from then on!

Generally the `public' reserve a special `looking down' attitude towards people who sleep on the floor in the open -is this justified? Or could it be a convenient way to sweep the issues of homelessness and housing rights under the mental carpet so they feel right not to deal with it? If you feel that the floor is not an `appropriate' or `dignified' location to sleep on should you not inquire from the person or find out the circumstances which lead to the situation? Could they suspect that the person sleeping there is an artist looking for inspiration-or there are good reasons for their actions? Jumping into a conclusion too quickly may cause a person to miss out on what really happens...

Of course you will be doing this in a controlled environment -but don't be surprised if there are still some ill-concealed `looking down' attitudes on some supposedly more `discerning' members of the exhibition-going public. You can only find out by going through it yourself!

Broadly the idea of the exhibition is get people to take a more critical view, or improve their `resolution' of the radar in their mind/sensitivity on what goes around our society: eg there is a general `pantang'(inhibitiveness/sensitivity) about being looked down by others, especially by Malaysians. People are driven by this sensitivity to don the trendiest dress, buy the latest hand phone and gadgets, sport the latest hairstyles etc. But how about the unfortunate folks who are unlikely to have all these -and even the basic needs like a roof over their head? Won't they be at the bottom of the heap in this `I have the best/latest' high nose value? Do we consider if they could be talented in some ways, or able to contribute much to society, if given a chance?

The above `pantang' on being looked down is amply irrational when you notice that the same `public' are ever willing to overlook the vices of politicians and business people known for amassing their riches through questionable means-but donning the latest and the most fashionable of items. Think about Zakaria Deros the Klang Councilor with a million-dollars `palace', and many many more. Arguably their actions deserve your looking down/condemnations compared to the folks who have to live below a bridge?

So what if circumstances lead you to not live in the best housing or wear the trendiest of cloth? Every time you look at the `cool' ads don't they try to make you feel deprived, excluded, lacking and diffident as a human being? You would be mad to try to live up to others' gaze/values! Then do you need to feel depressed under the gaze of the `public' who are quick to look down on others? Well, If you feel that the looking down attitude is questionable may be you may purposely choose to provoke their prejudices by dressing down even if you can afford better? Why be so superficial and insecured anyway? May be you may think that so long you know what you are doing inside your mind what the hack with all these `surface scans' by the `society'?

In short we need to look at people in all their individuality and circumstances, and not to be judgmental-both for those who look and those who are looked upon. Reaching such a critical attitude generally is perhaps the requirement for building a better, happier society! That is the point of the exhibition. So folks: Are you game enough to try it out? Are you able to give an intelligent answer when asked why you are there? Do you think the homeless have a better or genuine answer to similar questions?

Good luck to your experience. You are provided with a clean mat, a hat and a sheet to go through the experience if you choose to do so! Give yourself a try! New Malaysians boleh! See you there!

Ong BK,
Exhibitor