Just like in Hong Kong, Singapore was hit by graffiti artist duo Utah & Ether in 2011, who travelled across Asia with the sole purpose of vandalising subway trains. All in the name of art it seems, and they’ve since published a book compiling stories and photographs from their illicit adventures.
In a holiday video diary like no other, the American couple showcase how they managed to break into the Bishan depot, cutting through the fences, sneaking into the restricted compound and tagging “Jet Setter’s” on the side of a parked carriage.
Danielle Bremner (“Utah”) and her boyfriend Jim Clay Harper (“Ether”) have been dubbed – or romanticised, your call – as the “Bonnie and Clyde of graffiti”.
Following some “legal problems” in their native country (read: jail stints for vandalism, getting banned from an entire city), the couple has been travelling the world for the last five years and tagging various subway trains along the way.
The duo, however, seem to think that their actions directly caused the forced resignation of former SMRT CEO Saw Phaik Hwa. Untrue, of course — we couldn’t care less about some unattractive graffiti on the side of a train — she resigned due to public uproar over repeated train service breakdowns.
With text by Coconuts Hong Kong
