SINGAPORE – In the days after SMRT erased his power-washing artwork in Mountbatten, Marcus Pang has been flooded with messages expressing support and offers of collaboration and commissions.
“I have not gone too far in finalising collaborations yet because my Instagram, my e-mail, even my WhatsApp is in total chaos. I am still filtering them,” the 24-year-old power-washing artist told The Straits Times on June 8.
Pang, who runs the power-washing art company Gazing Power Wash full-time, recently made headlines after a work of art he created near Mountbatten MRT station was removed by SMRT.
Since the incident went viral on June 5, he has received about 20 business inquiries, compared with one inquiry every week or two before the incident.
When asked for his reaction to the white-washing incident, Pang told ST: “I was upset. I stood there for a good five minutes thinking about what to do next.”
What followed was his June 5 Instagram post, which drew an outpouring of support from netizens and companies and the attention of MPs like Mountbatten SMC’s Gho Sze Kee, Jalan Besar GRC’s Shawn Loh and Sengkang GRC’s Jamus Lim.
One of the commenters was SMRT, which said: “We’d love to chat about collaborating on something with a longer run.”
Pang said SMRT told him in a direct message on June 6 to e-mail its customer service e-mail address but he has not done so because he is trying to organise his inboxes.
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