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Art student’s unapproved gold staircase sparks debate

For her school’s final-year project, she decided to make a mundane everyday thing interesting and attractive.

So Miss Priyageetha Dia, 25, turned the staircase on the 20th storey of her Housing Board block at Jalan Rajah in Balestier from grey to gold.

She covered the grey staircase with gold foil and pictures of it started circulating online on Monday.

On Tuesday, the final-year fine arts student at Lasalle College of the Arts revealed on Facebook that she was the person behind it.

Speaking to The New Paper at the staircase yesterday, Miss Priyageetha admitted she was apprehensive over the possible consequences for what she did.

“I was uncertain of the regulations, but I wanted to be spontaneous,” she said, adding that she had consulted her lecturers before going through with it.

Miss Priyageetha came up with the idea a month ago and executed it on Sunday, spending five hours using adhesive to cover the staircase in gold foil.

She said: “My practice involves dealing with space, and it prompted me to move away from my household and into public spaces.

“I used gold because my family has a history with goldsmiths, and I thought, why not use the material to invigorate the space?”