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Book SynopsisArt 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!
Table of ContentsLeaders: Preparing for the Creative Economy: The Fusion of Arts, Business and Technology (Tan Chin Nam); The Development of the Cultural Ecosystem in Singapore, 1991-2011: A Personal Journey (Tommy Koh); The Evolving Role of Cultural Administrators in Singapore (Liew Chin Choy); Strategic Intent with Artistic Integrity (Goh Ching-Lee); In Making Museums and Heritage Accessible! (Michael Koh); A Knight at the Esplanade (Benson Puah in dialogue with Renee Lee); Imprints (Carol Tan Mei Mei); Curators, Critics & Historians: Crossroads of History and Art (Alan Chong); A Museological Challenge: Presenting Living Cultures of the South Asians in a Museum Context in Singapore (Gauri Parimoo Krishnan); A Re-look at the Genesis of the Nanyang School (Kwok Kian Chow); Modern Art in Singapore: Pioneers and Premises (T K Sabapathy); The Slow Burn: Privatised Protest in Recent Contemporary Art from Singapore (Tan Boon Hui); Office Orchitect: Making Sense of a Hoax and Thinking around It (Joanna Lee); Acquisition (Quek Tse Kwang in dialogue with Renee Lee); Artistes & Practitioners: My Theatre Journey (Nelson Chia); Who's Who in America: The Mind Palace (Wenhai Ma in dialogue with Renee Lee); Being Human: Music Therapy (Ng Wang Feng); Moving Forward with Tradition: A Personal Dance Journey (Som Said); Very Special Arts (Yeo Lanxi); A Vision and A Mission: Development of Nanyang Inspired Music (Tsung Yeh in dialogue with E J Watson); Passion (Benjamin Chee); Academicians: Music in Singapore since the 60s: A Personal Account (Bernard T G Tan); Music Education in 21st Century Singapore (Eleanor A L Tan & Chee-Hoo Lum); Contemporaneous, Contemporisation, Contemporary Expressions in Dance (Caren Carino); New Asian Imaginations (Michael Sullivan); Cultural Medallion Visual Artists (Renee Lee); 80s and Beyond at NAFA (Chiew Sien Kuan & Boo Sze Yang); Poem (Professor Edwin Thumboo);
