‘Science of the Secondary’ is a creative project by Singapore-based Alvin Ho and Clara Koh, who together go by HOKO. The series is a way for them to investigate the everyday and rediscover our curiosity about things and practices so familiar that we often overlook them.
Considering how it is almost taboo in many parts of the world today, Hoko’s decision to study the straw is admittedly, not entirely without doubt! Yet, the duo persists, with their first and best attention bestowed on those moments of straw use where the experience is the most subtle – reasons as to why the straw deserves a closer study upon. Perhaps, if presented with clarity on the straws’ role in bringing about these heightened sensations hidden in many commonplace beverages, it may be more acceptable to the reader to give this humble utensil another suck?
