People sitting in meditation together on a city plaza at The Big Sit in Singapore
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The Big Sit

Singapore, and London · 2020 to present

Don't just do something, sit there.

Nov 2020
first sit, Singapore
London
Meditatio Centre
1 bench
the smallest working scale

What the ground was

Public space in Singapore, open to anyone passing, asked to hold stillness in the middle of a working week.

What was made

Group meditation held in the open since November 2020, sized to a bench and a shaded edge, and carried on to the Meditatio Centre in London.

What changed

Strangers now sit together in places they used to walk straight through. It needs no building, which makes it the lightest programme a district can adopt.

The Big Sit under the canopy at Guoco Tower, Singapore, at dusk
Two participants talking on their mats after a sit
Tree canopy and open sky seen from below in the city