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SELF-PUBLISHED ZINES  +  THE ODDITY OF OXLEY

The Oddity
 of Oxley



A collaboration with Oxley Stories, a local interest group, conducting walking tours across historical neighbourhoods, preserving stories and ground up narratives of tactical urbanism.

Zines will only  be shipped/ready for collection only on 02 August 2025 onward.


A5 Sized Booklet, Digital Printing Technique
40 Pages, Full Colour Print
SADDLE Stitched, Stapled Finish

Pages: 140gsm off white natural stock

The Oxley neighborhood in the heart of Singapore is both a cultural and urban bubble of entropy, shaped over time and continuously being reformed. Beyond its aging facades, quaint streets, and slower urban pace, we peel back the layers of a neighborhood over a century old, uncovering traces of the past that coexist with the present.  

Without the active institutional conservation of the Oxley neighbourhood, the project is thus spurred on by grassroots efforts to capture the oddities of the neighbourhood that lays hidden in plain sight; from its rich and vibrant history, to its strategic urban planning and architectural manipulation. Traces of history stacked upon new scribes of its succeding era, découpaging time periods and allowing Oxley to become a unique instrument of retrospection.  

This book series is based on oxley_stories’ walking tours around the neighbourhood, actualising the experience of the walk into the physical format of a photo zine.

  


COLLECTION INFORMATION
The official release of “The Oddity of Oxley” is on 02 August 2025, Saturday. Zines will only be shipped / ready for collection on 02 August 2025.


SHIPPING OPTION (LOCAL SHIPPING SG)
Pre-order the zine and proceed with payment. The zine will be shipped to you (local shipping only), ONLY after 02 August 2025.


SELF-COLLECTION (IN PERSON) You can self collect the zine on 02 August 2025, Saturday, at the National Library Building from 2:00pm to 4:30pm.
narrativeforms will be at NLB (100 Victoria Street) giving a talk at Level 1 Atrium.
More info here.

SHIPPING OPTION (INTERNATIONAL)

Please contact narrativeforms to arrange for international shipping. Shipping costs will vary.







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Write in to experience an oxley_stories’ neighbourhood tour: oxley_stories & narrativeforms.


Zoey Nguyen [ @zoey.draws ]


oxley_stories@gmail.com
@oxley_stories