Dates
Tue 1 Oct – Sat 5 Oct 2024
Venue
LASALLE College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
Singapore 187940
Contact
Registration
The event is open to all and free of charge. Register here.
LASALLE College of the Arts, in partnership with Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity, presents the Singapore satellite of Creative Brain Week from 1 to 5 October 2024 at LASALLE's creativity-led and practice-driven research and learning spaces in the centre of Singapore.
This pioneering week of events leverages embodied and experiential exchanges that synthesise neuroscientific and artistic knowledge to explore and extend the Creative Brain Week 2024 themes of attention, connection, and love in the context of brain health and health equity in Southeast Asia.
Interactive discussions and immersive workshops will gather local researchers, medical professionals, educators, and arts practitioners to consider sustainable conditions for art and ageing, art and neurodiversity, and art and neuroplasticity, culminating in a pop-up exhibition and a potluck picnic to welcome communal processing and promote the creative brain in Singapore.
We look forward to welcoming you to the creative brain community.
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Creative Brain Week Singapore 2024 takes place at LASALLE College of the Arts from 1 to 5 October, with a field trip to Enabling Village on 3 October.
Please download the full programme schedule and speakers’ list here.
The event is open to all and free of charge. Please register here.
For inquiries, please e-mail creativebrain@lasalle.edu.sg.
For our partners and friends joining us remotely from Trinity College Dublin, Global Brain Health Institute, and the Atlantic Fellowship in Europe, the Americas, Southeast Asia, and around the world, live streams of select events are accessible via Zoom webinar:
Tue 1 Oct 2024
Creative Brain Week Singapore 2024 opening event
4:00pm – 5:30pm SGT / 9:00am – 10:30am IST
Wed 2 Oct 2024
Interactive talk by Dr Geraldine Teo
10:30am – 12:00pm SGT / 3:30am – 5:00am IST
Art and neuroplasticity roundtable
5:30pm – 7:00pm SGT / 10:30am – 12:00pm IST
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Interactive talk by Dr Felicia Low
10:30am – 12:00pm SGT / 3:30am – 5:00am IST
Fri 4 Oct 2024
Interactive talk by Peggy Ferroa
10:30am – 12:00pm SGT / 3:30am – 5:00am IST
Art and ageing roundtable
5:30pm – 7:00pm SGT / 10:30am – 12:00pm IST
Sat 5 Oct 2024
Creative Brain Week Singapore 2024 closing event
3:00pm – 5:00pm SGT / 08:00am – 10:00am IST
A body map is a life-sized drawing of the body’s outline that reveals thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and memories through decorations such as marks, images, colours, words, sentences and symbols. Join this guided workshop devised by Dr Trudy Meehan (Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences) where participants map their embodied experience of the feeling of ‘love’ through the making of a body map.
Sessions:
Wed 2 Oct 2024, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Thu 3 Oct 2024, 12:30pm – 2:00pm & 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Fri 4 Oct 2024, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
This workshop is open to all and free of charge. Limited tickets available, please register here.
Thu 3 Oct 2024, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Discover how art and neurodiversity intersect through discussions on fostering inclusive learning environments, digital tools for accessibility, and empowering individuals with disabilities through employment and independence.
Join Dr Damaris Carlisle (Lecturer-in-Charge, The Learning Centre, LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore), Edmen Leong (Director, Specialised Educational Services, Dyslexia Association of Singapore), and Winston Wong (Diversity & Inclusion Partner, Inclus) for this roundtable at Enabling Village Singapore.
Thu 3 Oct 2024, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Explore iconic inclusive spaces that merge architecture, lifestyle, technology, and universal design for visitors of diverse abilities to meet and interact with one another.
This off-site programme is open to all and free of charge. Limited tickets available, please register here.
From 1 to 5 October 2024, 12:00pm to 7:00pm, come experience these works of art and science in the Creative Cube:
- An interactive social sculpture:
- an apparatus for a domestic scream (stoneware clay and fabricated wood structure, 2023) by anGie seah
- A selection of short films about mental health created by students from LASALLE’s Puttnam School of Film and Animation:
- The World I Live In Doesn't Exist by Ker Wei Tan
- Through the Looking Glass by Jun Ming Cho
- A Day in Blk 815 by Zhao Shiqing
- Overstimulated by Syafiqah Muhammad Noh
- Fishing for Words by Alton Ron Tan
- Under Control by Aisyah Rasyidah Reduan
- The Man Obsessed with the Perfect Egg by Janna Caganap
- A reel of bite-sized videos by Trinity College Dublin neuroscientists:
- How Neuroscientists Make Knowledge by Dr Alejandro Lopez Valdez
- Neurodiversity and Brain Health by Dr Eimear McGlinchey
- The Neuroscience of Ageing by Prof Ian Robertson
On Saturday 5 October 2024, from 11:00am to 7:00pm, a pop-up exhibition of body maps by participants in Dr Trudy Meehan’s workshop This is what love feels like will join the works already in this space. Come feel the love!
To celebrate Creative Brain Week Singapore 2024, LASALLE’s Ngee Ann Kongsi Library (Block F Level 4, McNally Campus) features a display of physical and electronic holdings that connect neuroscience with the arts.
Come browse during library hours from Tuesday 1 Oct to Friday 4 Oct 9:00am to 8:00pm.
Tue 1 Oct 2024, 11:00pm (Singapore Standard Time) / 4:00pm (British Summer Time)
Online via Zoom, please reserve your free ticket to The Creative Age here.
On 1 October 2024, to celebrate the United Nation's International Day of Older Persons, The Creative Age brings together creative older people from around the world for a groundbreaking online performance.
This one-hour event showcases the creative talents of older performers from Wales to Brazil, New York to South Africa, and beyond, using spoken word, music and dance. The Creative Age challenges ageism by celebrating the voices and experiences of our global elders.
This free event is accessible worldwide with live transcription in over 30 languages.
The Creative Age is produced by Re-Live, an Arts in Health charity based in Wales, working with underrepresented communities to explore their life stories through the arts.
The performance is co-created with an international team of Atlantic Fellows from the Global Brain Health Institute.
Supported by: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, The Arts Council of Wales, Creative Aging International, Global Brain Health Institute, Atlantic Fellows.
The Creative Age poster designed by Casey Raymond.
24 Aug 2024 – 25 Feb 2025
Discover Hold Me Now, an immersive caregiving exhibition developed by Montfort Care in collaboration with Drama Box, that delves into the depths of care work through innovative art and interactive experiences. Engage with creative prompts designed to reflect on your own caregiving experiences.
The showcase features a thought-provoking short film by Tan Wei Ting and an inventive reimagining of walking sticks by anGie seah, crafted with 20 seniors from Montfort Care.
Led by Kok Heng Leun, Cultural Medallion recipient and founder of Drama Box, this exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore new perspectives on caregiving and embrace a journey of compassion and creativity.
For more information, please visit the exhibition registration page.
Thu 26 Sep – Sat 5 Oct 2024
Well-being Reimagined is an exhibition exploring how the future of homes can evolve to nurture well-being.
This forward-thinking showcase of works from LASALLE's School of Design Communication delves into the intersection of sensory experiences, cherished memories and vibrant social connections, all within the context of the future home.
The works presented are innovative design interventions that stimulate the senses, spark joy through personalised memory triggers, and foster deeper social connections.
For more information, please visit here.
Project team
Lead: Cissie Fu
Manager: Susanna Tan
Administrator: Angie Wong
Documentarian: Sarah Noorhimli
Steward: Francis Maravillas
Project advisors
Dominic Campbell
Joanne Ngeow
Terence Lau
Trinity College Dublin academic contributions from
Alejandro Lopez Valdez (video)
Eimear McGlinchey (video)
Ian Robertson (video)
LASALLE academic contributions from
Aprille Chua (moderator)
Cissie Fu (moderator and facilitator)
Damaris Carlisle (speaker)
Emylia Safian (moderator and facilitator)
Janet Teoh (facilitator)
Mythili Devi (facilitator)
Nora Samosir (moderator)
Woo Yen Yen (moderator)
Special thanks to
Chris Shaw
Malar Nadeson
Melissa Quek
Trudy Meehan
With much appreciation for the continuous support from the Divisions of Communications, Advancement, Facilities, and Information and Communications Technology.