Arts hats in Renaissance City : reflections & aspirations of four generations of arts personalities

Art Hats in Renaissance City is an anthology of the personal reflections and aspirations of four generations in the new ecostructure in Singapore, from those who help formulate policies to that of the individual artists, who have helped develop and build an exciting arts and cultural scene from scratch and into a viable economic model. As evidenced by the professions featured in this anthology, the scope of work within the creative and cultural industries is diverse, from backgrounds such as history, communications, management, economics, law, science, art, psychology and entertainment.Beyond theory, the anthology offers an authentic voice of real and lived experiences of the go-to people, their personal role in heritage development, and their thoughts and insights on our, albeit developing, art scene since Singapore's independence.In this anthology, discover the following and more! CONTENTS 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12 FOREWORD 13 INTRODUCTION 16 Renaissance City Vision 17 Cultural Policy and Cultural Capital 18 Renaissance City Plans 19 Art Hats 20 LEADERS 22 Preparing for the Creative Economy: The Fusion of Arts, Business and Technology 23 Developing Cultural Capital 24 Upgrading Art Education 26 Right Brain and Left Brain 27 TAN Chin Nam 29 The Development of the Cultural Ecosystem in Singapore, 1991–2011: A Personal Journey 30 Introduction 30 American High Culture 30 National Arts Council 31 NAC’s Agenda 31 1992 Censorship Review Committee 32 Building the Esplanade 34 The National Heritage Board 36 Conclusion 38 Tommy KOH 39 The Evolving Role of Cultural Administrators in Singapore 40 Development of Arts Management as a Management Study 40 Emergence of Arts Administration in Post-Independent Singapore 41 Volunteers 42 Employees 42 Civil Servants 43 Duties of Cultural Affairs Officers 43 Emergence of Arts Management in the 1980s and 1990s 45 Development of Arts Infrastructure 45 Future of Arts Management in Singapore 46 Arts Administrator as Middleman 47 Development of Arts Management in the Global Arts Hub of Singapore 47 LIEW Chin Choy 48 Strategic Intent with Artistic Integrity 49 Initial Journey — Festival of Asian Performing Arts 50 Cultural Policy and Artistic Activity 51 Programming Reflections 53 Internationalisation 58 Opportunities and Conundrums 60 Cusp of New Festival Future 61 GOH Ching Lee 62 In Making Museums and Heritage Accessible! 63 Singapore Rocks 63 Steady Stream of Visitors to Museums 63 Kids and PMEBs Are Coming 64 Visitors Do Know Better 64 New Ministry, Renewed Emphasis on Culture 65 Plan It Right: Destination Edifices versus Urban Mix 65 Design to Invite 66 Cross the Threshold 66 Free the Space 67 Buildings Come Alive 67 Make the Place: Go beyond the Building 68 Who’s Afraid of Heritage? 69 Blockbusters WOW 69 The Popular Appeals 69 Building Bridges 70 Use a Soft Touch 71 Programmes Attract 71 Use Plain English 71 Bring Heritage Home 72 Get It to Where People Are 72 Satellites Near You 72 Say Hi to HIs 73 Go Take A Hike! 74 Community Can Curate 74 Bring IT around 75 In the Pocket 75 At Home and School 76 Involve Everyone 76 Giving Time 76 Gifting Hearts 77 Conclusion: You Be the Judge 78 Michael KOH 79 A Knight at the Esplanade 80 Benson Puah 86 Carol Tan 87 Tier 1: Singapore Season 2005 and 2007 90 Tier 2: Singapore Encore/Showcase 91 Tier 3: Mission Ambassadorship 93 Key Takeaways from Organising Cultural Diplomacy Programmes 94 Arts Programmes and Venues 95 Associate Programmes 96 (Gala) Dinner 96 Support of Singapore High Commission 96 Conclusion 96 CURATORS • CRITICS • HISTORIANS 100 Crossroads of History and Art 101 Cultural History 101 Asian Civilisations Museum 104 Alan CHONG 106 A Museological Challenge: Presenting Living Cultures of the South Asians in a Museum Context in Singapore 107 Background 107 Storyline for the South Asia Gallery 109 Design Inspiration for the South Asia Gallery 110 Display of the South Asia Gallery 112 Gauri Parimoo KRISHNAN 118 A Re-look at the Genesis of the Nanyang School 119 KWOK Kian Chow 125 Modern Art in Singapore: Pioneers and Premises 126 T. 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SABAPATHY 133 The Slow Burn: Privatised Protest in Recent Contemporary Art from Singapore 134 TAN Boon Hui 141 Nan Qi: Authority Sex Money 142 CHONG Huai Seng 148 Acquisition Quek Tse Kwang in Dialogue with Renee Lee 149 Building a Collection 151 ARTISTS • PRACTITIONERS 160 My Theatre Journey 161 The Non-Formative Years 161 The Beginning 163 The Learning Journey 164 The Professional Stage 165 The Formation of a Company 167 The Future from Here 168 Nelson CHIA 170 Who’s Who Among Asian Americans: The Mind Palace 171 Seminal Works 174 Wenhai Ma 182 Being Human: Music Therapy 183 My Journey 183 Music and Being Human 184 Case in Point: What Type of Music is Most Effective? 185 Case in Point: Music Therapy and Sound Healing 186 Transformations in Music Therapy: Two Stories 186 Case in Point: What Is Progress in Music Therapy? 188 The Final Point: My Evolving Music Therapy Philosophy 189 NG Wang Feng 190 Moving Forward with Tradition: A Personal Dance Journey 191 The Malay Archipelago 191 The Seeding Years of the 1950s 193 The Ploughing Years of the 1960s 194 The Blooming Years of the 1970s 195 The Harvesting Years of the 1980s 196 The Globalisation Years in the 1990s 198 The Successive Years from 2000 199 Malay Dance in Transition Again 200 Moving Forward with Tradition 201 Som M. SAID 202 Very Special Arts (featuring Chng Seok Tin, Azariah Tan Peng Chay, Tan Kok Leong & Fern Wong Li Ting) 203 Local Scene of Arts and Disability 204 Chng Seok Tin: Art as Expression of Her Vision of Life 205 Azariah Tan Peng Chay: A Hearing-impaired Musician 207 Tan Kok Leong: From Lion Dancer to Professional Artist 208 Fern Wong Li Ting: Sharing Her Joy with Everyone around Her 209 Conclusion 210 YEO Lanxi 210 A Vision and a Mission: Development of Nanyang-Inspired Music 211 Towards SCO’s Nanyang Vision 212 Multi-thematic Approach 214 SCO’s International Competition 215 Conclusion 216 Eric WATSON 217 Tsung YEH 217 Adrian Pang on the Arts Scene 218 Passion Benjamin Chee (featuring Terence Ho) 221 A Passion for Arts, A Passion for Life 223 Frame 223 Course 224 Give 225 Sound 226 Role 227 Life 229 ACADEMICIANS 232 Music in Singapore since the 60s: A Personal Account 233 Colonial Singapore 234 Independent Singapore 235 The Singapore Festival of Arts 236 The Singapore Symphony Orchestra 237 Esplanade — Theatres on the Bay 238 The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory 242 Singapore’s Musical Scene Today 244 Bernard TAN 247 Music Education in 21st Century Singapore 248 The Early Years 248 Context 248 Music Education 249 The Last Decade 250 Context 250 Music Education 253 Research in Music Education 256 Conclusion and Implications 257 Eleanor A. L. TAN 258 Chee Hoo LUM 258 Contemporaneous, Contemporisation, Contemporary Expressions in Dance 259 Caren CARINO 267 New Asian Imaginations 268 Michael SULLIVAN 274 Cultural Medallion Visual Artists Do Artists Think? (featuring Wee Beng Chong, Tan Kian Por & Ho Ho Ying) 275 Their Formative Years 276 Learning and Teaching 277 Founding Art Societies 280 Critics 280 Oeuvre 288 Thinking, Creativity and Creative Process 292 Conclusion 295 Creativity (In Dialogue with Tan Swie Hian) 297 TAN Swie Hian 302 For All Things Bright and Beautiful (featuring Ong Kim Seng) 303 The First Colombo Plan Scholar in Art and Design (featuring Loh Khee Yew) 309 Education — World War II and Scholarship 310 School of Applied Arts at BVI 312 The Fledgling Design Industry 313 LaSalle College of Arts 314 Degree in Applied Arts 314 Industrial Practice 315 Thoughts on Epistemology 316 Chiew Sien Kuan & Boo Sze Yang 1980s and Beyond at NAFA 318 Critical and Creative Thinking in Contemporary Art Practice 318 Art Is a Marathon — Are We There Yet? 318 Guo Liang on Education and Career 324 Joyce Koh on Balancing an Academic with Artistic Career 327 Poem Edwin Thumboo 329 GLOSSARY 333 INDEX 343 About the Editor 360 "Arts Hats in Renaissance City is an anthology of the personal reflections and aspirations of four generations in the new creative ecostructure in Singapore -- from those who help formulate policies to that of the individual artists, who have helped develop and build an exciting arts and culture scene from scratch and into a viable economic model. As evidenced by the professions in this anthology, the scope of work within the arts and culture sector is diverse, from backgrounds such as history, communications, management, economics, law, science, arts, psychology and entertainment. Beyond theory, the anthology offers an authentic voice of real and lived experiences of the go-to people, their personal role in heritage development, and their thoughts and insights on our, albeit developing, arts scene since independence. In this anthology, discover the following and more! Behind-the-scenes champions of the arts in Singapore ; Cultural diplomats vs art professionals at work ; What constitutes a conducive art scene ; Which is the most expensive painting a prominent art collector has bought ; Talents that know no bounds -- beyond disabilities ; Why "being able to play games" is important ; How museums became popular ; The considerations before starting a theatre ; A career using music to soothe the emotionally and physically disabled ; Techniques or philosophies behind artwork of some artists including Cultural Medallists Wee Beng Chong, Tan Kian Por, Ho Ho Ying and Tan Swie Hian."-- Provided by publisher Este manual de bolso foi desenvolvido pela primeira vez por Ken Bontrager em 1994 em resposta à necessidade de estudantes e técnicos de obter um guia de bolso mais abrangente e ainda assim prático relativo aos aspectos aplicados de posicionamento e técnicas (fatores de exposição) radiográfi cas. 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