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A8 | Monday, September 27, 2004 The Bristol Press TTHHEE TTAATTTTOOOO BRISTOL PRESS MAKING A PERMANENT IMPRESSION SINCE 1994 VOLUME 11 No. 5 Urban Dream Capsule is life in a fishbowl By KAISHI LEE gram, and stayed inside the quarrels though – Thomas the road! There was also a While inside the capsule, Some said Urban was mak- The Tattoo capsule for 15 days. claims that they are too busy, guy who cycled from here to Thomas said he missed his ing a statement. “We are inside the middle tired and smart to fight or the zoo with a live python in son, fresh air, riding his bicy- “We are way beyond that!” SINGAPORE – Four men of cities, and shop windows argue in the capsule. a plastic bag tied under his cle and rain. He said he Thomas replied. “We are sealed inside a shop window are where people dream He said he preferred a seat.” wished to find Singapore’s involved in a process, an for 15 days. Forget illusionist urban dreams of things we longer stay. Each place elicits a differ- funky clubs and go dancing, investigation, a journey into David Blaine, this is the real can have, life styles we are “It (the capsule) builds and ent response from the people check out a few trees and buy unknown territory on many thing: Urban Dream Capsule, told we should have,” wrote builds over time, people who look at the capsule. some new underwear imme- levels and always tightly inte- a performance art installa- creative director Neil Thomas become involved and return,” “It is challenging for the diately after getting out. grated into the local environ- tion, has captivated the in a May e-mail interview on Thomas said. Singaporeans just to look in While most have been cap- ment in which we are sited hearts of locals with their act. the inspiration behind their But for Urban to arrive in at us,” Thomas said. “They tivated by Urban’s similarity where everyone creates some- First created in 1996 for act. Singapore, it required four don’t know how to behave to reality TV, Thomas said thing together.” the Melbourne International Their performance is not years of organization. exactly. They are reticent to unabashedly that though he Indeed, such is Urban Festival of the Arts in the radical, Thomas said. Thomas evidently enjoyed the be personal, to talk about almost got involved in Dream Capsule’s global Myer Melbourne windows, “Personally I like to make Singapore experience. themselves or their lives.” Australian Idol, the capsule is appeal that it has been greet- Urban Dream Capsule, an art that challenges the norms, “Gosh, Singapore is a In contrast to Singapore, better. ed with crowds and applause “arts-tronauts” group from gives people space to think, beautiful place from where which Thomas said lacked the “Reality TV on the whole at the end of their stay. Australia, has built capsules to change, to wonder, to we sit, the people are beauti- interactive experience, was isn’t good; I think it has lost “I think David Blaine made in places such as Sao Paulo in dream, but not to provoke or ful to look at, smiling faces Brazil. the drift,” Thomas said. a big goof,” said Thomas in Brazil, London, Gent in upset gratuitously,” he said. and loving eyes,” he wrote. The South American “It’s a shame when there is the May interview. “He came Belgium and Chicago, to Every day is different and “The drunken tourists bang- nation, Thomas said, was so much that could be and out of it with egg on his face.” name a few. everything is spontaneous in ing on the glass was pretty “memorable for the audi- should be said about the Urban Dream Capsule can They arrived in Singapore the capsule where they eat, horrible, but the storm that ences, their love of music, world and people and where only be the real thing. in late May, in conjunction wash, shave, exercise, dance, woke us at five was amazing! dancing and their uninhibited we are going on every level,” Check out photos from the with the annual Singapore cook, clean, interact and play There were complete drifts of passion for life and the said Thomas. “This should be Urban Dream Capsule’s time Arts Festival’s Outreach pro- to the public. water, land sliding across the incredible softness of the peo- the place for it, rather than in Singapore at www.urban- Do not expect any fights or square, and cars flying down ple.” trivial competing.” dream.com. Mother-daughter duo spills the beans on teens By KATE HAIRE hassle. “Later is better,” she said. But she The Tattoo “It really does make life easier,” she went on to say that she was happy explained to the teenagers in the audi- that Natalie tried these things in high Like most teenagers, I am tired of ence. “It’s easier to tell the truth than school as opposed to college because the stereotype placed on us that we to lie.” like to rebel against everyone in our It’s more convenient to not have to lives- parents, teachers, or basically cover up a trail, she said, or come up News with a view any other higher authority. with more lies to keep your story It is said that teenagers will exper- going. she was still there to protect her, as a iment with drugs, sex, and alcohol at Her mother had much to say about safety net. an all-too-early age. A book discussion how parents should attempt to get Doris Fuller said if she could last Monday night at the Ethel Walker information out of their kids, which is change one thing about how she School for Girls supposedly set the something that teenagers might want raised Natalie, she said that she would story straight- from an interesting per- to know, too. have “been clearer earlier” on her val- spective. After all, it’s best to know what ues for her daughter. Two perspectives, actually. you’re going to be up against if your Because Natalie was “a good kid,” Together, Doris Fuller and her parents read the book. her mom assumed too much. “I had no daughter Natalie Fuller wrote Doris Fuller suggested that mothers reason not to believe her.” “Promise You Won’t Freak Out.” start by talking about their child’s Parents who attended this discus- In the book, Natalie spills her friends. She said that teenagers will sion came away with an altered view teenage guts, telling all of our secrets. gossip about friends to their parents. about how all teenagers act. It was just Her mom responds with her Then, the story could turn into a ques- another way to stereotype all thoughts and opinions after every one tion for their own child. teenagers into one more drug-loving, of Natalie’s passages. Kate Haire / The Tattoo It’s all about “asking the right ques- sex-having, alcohol-drinking group. Natalie’s little secrets include how Natalie and Doris Fuller speak in Simsbury last week. tions, saying the right words,” Doris Yes, there are teenagers who do we sneak out at night, do drugs, drink Fuller said. She said she realized that “Parents would know so much Fuller said. these things. But one thing that Doris alcohol, and have sex with our signifi- she “had no clue what [her] daughter more if they checked up on us,’ spilled Asking personal questions directly Fuller said at the beginning of the talk cant others at every chance we get. was doing.” Natalie Fuller. can be startling to a teenager, and it really stuck with me. She said they And all this is if you’re one of “the Parents see their son or daughter The teen advised parents to be sure could make them close up to any other were now going to talk about “what all good kids,” according to Natalie’s as a perfect child who would never to phone the home where their teenag- conversation. ‘good’ kids are doing behind their par- mother. She later went on to say that experiment with drugs, or drive home er is allegedly staying – to make sure To my horror, Doris Fuller also sug- ents’ back!” every so-called “good” kid is really drunk from a party, Doris Fuller said. that they’re really there. gested that parents break into their Doris Fuller, you’re wrong. I’m sure doing something behind their parents’ “One of my closest friends was The key to any open relationship kids instant messaging conversations that more than one ‘good’ kid is read- backs. drinking too much,” Natalie Fuller with a daughter or son is to be open, and email to see what they’ve been ing this article – and doesn’t partake But, luckily, the mother-daughter said. Later, Natalie’s friend was date- Doris Fuller said, and to share secrets doing. in those activities. duo has written this book to help raped by two of the girls’ male friends. with each other. “It’s in their best interest,” she said. This book discussion was supposed solve the communication problems Going to her mom for help would But why would teenagers want to So, what about your parents’ wild to bring out the truth – and the views that have plagued teenagers and their have been hard, Natalie Fuller said, share secrets with anyone … let alone days? They were teenagers once, right? of teenagers and their parents. It was parents for centuries. since she wasn’t supposed to be at the their parents? What gives them the right to butt-in so to better communication between the They covered a “myriad of subjects” party in the first place.

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