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Thoughts on the Singapore Arts Scene
How do you think the arts help with child development? There are a myriad of ways a child can use and engage with the arts. Coupled with age-appropriate facilitation, activities and materials, the non-directive nature of the arts allows a child to explore across and along a spectrum of possibilities, and mastery need not be the end goal (although it can be). This means a naturally curious... -
Thoughts on Singapore Music
What are your thoughts on the development of the local music scene vs other Asian and Western countries? Singaporean music is a developing and growing genre, and I think that we are in an exciting stage of growth where we are exploring and finding our own sounds. We are a very young country compared to others, but Singapore’s music scene is already brimming with... -
Thoughts on Singapore Film
What are your thoughts on the development of Asian Film vs. Western Film? First of all, these are very broad terms. What do you mean by 'Western film'? Is it Hollywood, European, films from Australia/NZ? Same goes for Asian films...we have East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian films etc and they are all very different culturally. So if we put away the generalisations to... -
DRIVE: Ang Geck Geck, Singapore Film Director
Ang Geck Geck Priscilla is a graduate of School of Art Design Media (ADM), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU). She has directed short films, commercial works, and corporate videos. Her debut short film, Broken Crayon received a few accolades and won the Best Short Film award at the Singapore Short Film Festival 2013. She is also an Alumni of Busan Asian Film Academy... -
NICOLE ONG of Sticky Lil Fingers
Name: Nicole Ong Title: Photographer & Marketing Professional The Blake in Ivory & The Lauren in Dark Tan Work WORK: Family Photographer & marketing for the Singapore International Film Festival Life's WORK: Love, community, yoga, conversations, hosting, nature The Molly Pullover in Cream How she MAKES IT WORK at: IN LIFE: Living in the NOW and accepting that everything is temporary WORK: Real conversations with... -
Luanne Poh of The Artground
Name: Luanne Poh The Lauren Knit Skirt Title: Chief worm at The Artground Work WORK: I run The Artground ("TAG") at Goodman Arts Centre. TAG is an art play space for children from birth to 12 years and their accompanying carers, as well as an incubation play space for art makers to create positive arts experiences for and with the children. The Freya Draped Top Life's WORK: I...
