In what sociologists call our “imaginative geography” of cities, there’s a border that separates clean, orderly civilization and wild, uncontrolled nature. 

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"...We don’t like it when grass and weeds begin to grow through cracks in the sidewalks, because that’s nature breaking out of those boundaries that we want to keep in.”

Many wild animals in Singapore like pigeons, monkeys, and otters cross those boundaries frequently and visibly, inhabiting the spaces that we think of as our own. As a result, humans chase these wild animals away to feel safe and claim back our "territory". However, many of us do not realise that these spaces were also once theirs. We clear forests and natural spaces, driving these animals out of their homes and into ours. 

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Similar to How to be a bird, we hope to evoke empathy and reflection among our participants as they experience an environment that seems to be welcoming, yet repulsive when you enter their space.