Life after a creative education can be productive, fulfilling and equally stable, as reported by four arts graduates in Singapore. It is not without challenges though but as with any other nine-to-five corporate job, these artists persevere with passion.
The Business Times: The new abnormal and where we shouldn't zoom to
Is the touted ‘new normal’ world of post-coronavirus one to be excited for? According to Professor Steve Dixon, President of LASALLE College of the Arts, we should not be too quick to embrace full digitisation. While the pandemic has certainly opened up new opportunities in global collaboration, thanks to the democratisation of the digital sphere, it is an inadequate substitute for actual face-to-face, human interaction.
Lianhe Zaobao: Service design helps to enhance medical work
BA(Hons) Design Communication alumnus Chua Jia Xiang is a member of the Kaizen Office at Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he explores ways to improve work processes via service design. An example is his recent project of upgrading the protective goggles of frontline medical workers to a face shield model. Tested by staff currently battling the coronavirus pandemic, the new prototype offers better comfort, safety, ease of wearing and taking off, and is cost-effective to produce.
MEDIATED REALITIES
Mediated Realities made me feel like I was in a time warp, finding my way through past memories that were captured and conveyed artistically with the use of materials and mediums. All four, that took place in various spaces of Esplanade, twisted one’s perception of reality, invoked a sense of nostalgia, giving the viewer an experience of an energy that was once present, unfolding its own story.
RECOLLECTING EMOTIONAL THINGS BY IAN WOO
I’m trying to remember this feeling. We had this argument about something petty, something about an ex-girlfriend. We were walking towards The Esplanade through the route that we usually take by foot walking from the train station. It’s quite long and it seems every time we take that path we’re always rushing for something. That day was no different, we were going to be late for a play. It was some overseas theatre troupe’s version of 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 brought in by some local art festival. I really can’t recall properly.
OBJECT OF DESIRE
Two things captured my attention as I entered the exhibition space: one, the tangibility of the silence that permeates it and two, the diversity of works which runs the gamut from prints, installations, to film and performance.
INTERNSHIP WITH BOTH SIDES, NOW
by Clara Lim Hsiu Ying and Peng Ting, BA(Hons) Fine Arts Level 2 (2019)
MONOTONIC SYMPHONIES
I had always used painting as my choice of mode of artistic expression. It was always my comfortable medium, but recently, for the first time in LASALLE, I took up performance as a medium to convey my thoughts.
ARTWALK LITTLE INDIA
This year, I was fortunate to be part of ARTWALK Little India. Together with Soumee De and Davindran s/o Krishnamurthi, we presented River Ramble, a 20 minute Odissi-inspired performance about the Singapore River – an organised dance programme that was held at the open space, at Sate Kelinci Pak.
MESHMINDS X LASALLE: ART X TECH FOR GOOD 2019
Last year, I had the opportunity to be part of the second edition of Meshminds x LASALLE collaboration. Other participants included my peers from Fine Arts, Odelia Yen, Guyrence Tan, R. Yashini, Denise Yap and Desiree Tham, and many other students from Broadcast Media and Music.
Meshminds is a creative technology studio, and its non-profit arm Meshmind Foundation worked with LASALLE students to create through technology, an awareness of sustainable development.