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Why Not? Lab

Why Not? Lab

10:00 am

*SCAPE Ground Theatre, L2

✨💪 Empowering ourselves to envision a future we can be proud of!

What would Singapore look like if we actually followed through on the things we quietly wonder about?

You’ve probably thought “why not?” before – about how we live, how we work, how Singapore is set up. Most of us have. Most of us don’t say it out loud.

The Why Not? Lab is a one-day participatory research experience at *SCAPE. We’re investigating a simple question: what do Singaporeans really think about the future, and what gets in the way of building it?

Everything you do here is part of that inquiry. Walk through an exhibition of how we think now. Build an artefact from the future you want. Place your ideas alongside hundreds of others. Join a workshop where bold “why not?” possibilities get stress-tested against real conditions.

Your contributions are anonymous, and the findings will be published for everyone. This isn’t research done on you – it’s research done with you.

 

Inspired by the book Why Not? Thinking About Singapore’s Tomorrow, edited by Margaret Thomas and Kanwaljit Soin. Come for an hour or stay all day.

💫 Event Schedule:

10am – 11:30am
Opening and Walking Panel Discussion
Authors of Why Not? Thinking About Singapore’s Tomorrow explore the Why Not? Lab with you.

 

10am – 6pm
The Why Not? Lab
Question what’s normal. See the present as if it were already the past. Build the future with your own hands.

 

1pm – 3pm
The Why Not? Workshop – Session 1
A small-group, deep-dive workshop where your why not? possibilities get tested against the forces that shape Singapore.
Sign-up required.

 

4pm – 6pm
The Why Not? Workshop – Session 2
A small-group, deep-dive workshop where your why not? possibilities get tested against the forces that shape Singapore.
Sign-up required.

💫 Workshop Registration:

🧡 Sign up for The Why Not? Workshop – Session 1 or 2 here!

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1 May 2026

10:00 am

*SCAPE Ground Theatre, L2

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