This our love letter to Singapore. We are leaving this month, but have been in Singapore for 8 years and have felt such a special connection to the city. The people, the food and the huge mix of cultures has been such a special place for us to meet and call our home.
I get tired of people saying this city has no soul, because our experience of Singapore has been very different. The problem though, is that most marketing does nothing but highlight cookie cutter tourism as if Singapore is some sort of adult theme park. Don’t get me wrong, I love Marina Bay Sands, and who doesn’t love Chili Crab, or riding around in a sidecar, but this is nail polish on a city that has a lot more going on culturally than travel sites give it credit for.
The hawker centres, the sub-cultures and the creators define the city’s soul, and these people and their crafts should be celebrated. In Japan, if a chef has been making sushi his entire life, he’s a master. I visited Rome recently and the sculptors and philosophers are like prophets. I’d love to see Singapore doing more to elevate the creators in the city. It’s hard not to be blown away by MBS or the Jewel, but Singapore’s soul is in a rocket fuelled cup of kopi, or a loud auntie’s fresh bowl of noodles.
This video for us is like a parting gift. It represents months and months of shooting and editing, but to say it was all hard work would be a lie. This video gave us a greater connection to the city and we loved spending time with the people we featured.
Video is such a great medium. Not only for changing mindsets, but I also love the idea that this will be uncovered in years to come, and people will get an insight into what it was like to live today, almost like a cultural artifact. I just hope that some of the crafts are kept alive and that future generations can take inspiration from the elders that have given this city its soul.
Mack & Tessa
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WHO ARE WE:
We’re Mack and Tessa, A travel couple living in Singapore with our Daschund Ziggie. We make videos about travel, experiences, food and lifestyle. We love experiences that are unique, authentic and affordable and love to create videos and shoot photographs to inspire people to explore and travel the world.
We also run a production agency and collaborate with brands to create video and photography for their businesses.
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Thanks,
Mack & Tessa
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14 окт 2024
