Street Artist in Singapore (busking artist)

It was glad to see 2 of my friends who do busking being interviewed by Channel 8. Doing street art in western country could be always respected by the public, but in Asian country, they saw street artist was equal to someone who are lazy fellow that now willing to work hard, or even saw them equivalent to a beggar! Being a street artist, was really a tough job in Singapore.

Alan was in the TV!

Roy and his partner (girl friend that looks like Jolin Tsai?)

A Rainny day

Rainny day
I was quite sometime did not go Orchard for busking (doing caricature and silhouette cutting at the street). Basically, since last two years, the weather was changed a lot; if I am not wrong, 60% of time in year 2006 was raining, and 20% of time was having hazel due to Indonesia’s forest fire, in year 2007, most of the time was raining as well.

As street artist rules down here, we can’t work under the building’s shelter, because it belonging to private property; most of us work at an open space, maybe the most was under the tree or in the underpass.

As a caricaturist, I cannot do my drawing in the underpass which “raining-proof”, because it will be attract lots publics surrounding the place when I am drawing a customer; the crowd will jammed the whole underpass.

During my 4 years as street artist live (since 2004) I had learned how to watch the sky to decide if it will be rain during my working day, that means doing street art is very depending on the weather.

Singapore is a tropical country, was raining often. I realized that it will be raining down here after the earthquake happened in Indonesia every time.

Nowadays, the weather in Singapore seems like if not a rainy day, it will be having sunny day for a week or more, the weather became heat, otherwise if will keep raining for 3 or more days mostly.

He is The Legend!

Passing by Orchard underpass that link to Marriot Hotel and Tangs Shopping Centre, saw this Street Artist who doing his singing performance. He is the longest busking artist (street artist) at this point since this underpass built! He is the first street artist in Singapore! He is the Legend! As an entertainer, I salute him!Basically, this underpass is the one of most crowded underpass in Singapore, other then people passing by, there were lots of other busker (street artist) like balloonist doing their stuffs there as well. Lots leaflet givers also like to be giving leaflet at this underpass.. I guess nowadays was more then 10 street artist who plat music and sing down the street and in the underpass.

Roy, "Statue" Street Artist

Roy was a pioneer street artist from Singapore; I guess he had been doing busking at Orchard at least 8 years or more. I know him about 4 year ago. To night pass by Ang Mo Kio Centre, saw him doing busking in front the space of McDonald. Seems he never busk at Orchard anymore.

Rainny day

I was so long never go Orchard to do my busking (drawing caricature at the road side) due to busy of doing some researching stuffs. Basically Singapore had been raining often, if no wrong, last year totally having approximately 2 months was having smoke surrounding the country due to Indonesia’ s forest fire, and having 60% of the day was raining.

Usually during Christmas I may have some business while I draw at Orchard road, but this year, thought 70% (or more) of the days was rainy day (like today).
Thought this year will be a ‘Snowy Christmas’ in Singapore (I mean snowy = rainy).

Thought life was a bit tough, luckily covered by some event jobs to survive.