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Time and Space is a Cultural Compass initiative to raise funds for the restoration of the Shuang Lin Monastery. Cultural Compass is producing a set of postcards showing an old photo of Shuang Lin Monastery alongside a photo taken from the same spot today. The space between the 2 photos may be almost 100 years so this project illuminates the passage of time and space since the 2 photos were taken.
Read about the restoration details, the social significance of restoration and history of Shuang Lin Monastery.
Individuals who support the restoration project become the agents of history connecting yesterday with tomorrow; history with the future. For sponsorship details please see Sponsors section. Previous postcard sponsors include diplomats, professors, academics, business person and individuals. To date, Cultural Compass has 40 sponsors from 10 countries & territories. See the list of previous sponsors.
Cultural Compass invites photographers to produce a photo from the same spot as the old photo. Photographers of all ethnicities and nationalities are welcomed.
When you contribute a photo, you own the copy right but allow Cultural Compass to use the images for activities relating to cultural compass without charge or royalty. Photos must be at least 300 dpi.
You will be acknowledged for your contribution. Your name will be mentioned at the back of the postcard and you are welcomed to add your contact details or websites. Please e mail (ccw@culturalcompass.org) cultural compass to arrange for a shooting.
Calling for Sponsors Each design costs S$300 for 500 prints. The sponsor's name will appear at the back of the postcards as an appreciation. You can also add your company details.
Each sponsor will get 42 copies of the sponsored postcard and a set of all the postcards in the collection.
The postcards will be distributed at the end of Cultural Compass tours and 100% of the tour contributions go to the Restoration Fund. By becoming a sponsor, you contribute to the restoration efforts in various ways.
To sponsor, please fill in the form below. Payment details will be advised.
The Monastery is embarking on Phase 6 restoration in 2007. This involves restoration and reconstruction of the Preaching Hall and back areas of the monastery. The project is managed by a panel of experts and based on UNESCO World Heritage restoration guidelines to maintain a delicate balance between restoration and preservation of a monument.
Phase 6 restoration proposal has been submitted to the Urban Renewal Authority of Singapore (URA). As a gazetted national monument, restoration works must be approved by the URA. The restoration is expected to cost S$13 million and the Monastery has to raise 100% of this amount. (S$13 million is about US$7.6 million, 4.3 million pounds, 6.5 million Euro)
Significance of the
restoration Time and history has left an imprint on the material culture of the monastery. The restoration project is more than rebuilding of a physical structure but an effort to protect and preserve the collective social memory of a society that is in turned shaped by global history.
The participation of sponsors and photographers of different nationalities and ethnicities represents an international effort to preserve an institution that is part of the global cultural landscape. At the same time, it demonstrates how people from diverse backgrounds can come together to celebrate collective human heritage while respecting different ways of seeing and being.
Related articles: Brief History of Shuang Lin Monastery
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