Benedict Anderson’s concept of an ‘imagined political community’ illustrates the potentiality of using media to construct a politicized idea of ‘nation’ (Anderson 1991, 6-7). In Singapore, public housing remain an immensely politicized subject, positioned to construct and perpetuate the ‘ideal’. The modernist face of HDB blocks have been frequently publicized and archived for multidisciplinary discourse, while a comprehensive understanding of the interior - that potentially celebrates subjectivity, individuality and expression - remains elusive in the national narrative. On the other hand, the richness and multifacetedness of the domestic interior are being employed in local films. A paradigm shift in the understanding of the domestic interior is necessary to continually remain critical of normative representation and celebrate one’s distinctiveness and identity apart from a politicized construct...
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