Pour&Ponder: Why Buildings Aren't Real

Concrete, wood and glass, standing there like plain facts of the world — that is usually where the questioning stops. Pour&Ponder: Why Buildings Aren't Real picks it up instead, asking whether buildings are quite as solid as they appear, and entertaining the rather less comfortable idea that they may end up being hallucinatory fictions. The discussion ropes in Singapore's ghosts, professional wrestling, disability and Jacques Lacan's topological models, which is either an unholy mess or exactly the kind of company those questions deserve.

It runs on Fri 16 Oct 2026 at the Alma House Lobby Lounge, with doors at 7pm and the evening wrapping at 9pm. S$32 gets you the talk and the drinks, and given the ground being covered, the latter may well be load-bearing. Bring someone who enjoys an argument.