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Diese Initiativen von Kuratoren, Galerien, alternativen Kunstprojekten und Sammlern verändern die weltweite Perspektive hin zu einem asiatisch konnotierten Umfeld und steigern den Marktwert. Aus dieser Position heraus gewinnt die indonesische Kunst ihre globale Relevanz in der Gegenwart.

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Spielmann, Yvonne. Indonesische Kunst Der Gegenwart. Logos Verlag, 2015. [Expanded and updated English edition: Spielmann, Yvonne. Contemporary Indonesian Art: Artists, Art Spaces, and Collectors. Translated by Mitch Cohen, NUS Press, 2017]

Part one of this article considers two phases of gathering and dispersal of this body of work, first in the mid-nineteenth century and subsequently in the twentieth century. Individuals, situations and institutions are identified in order to assist with the necessary corrections and reinterpretations. In part two, Itier’s journal and Gimon’s articles are cross-referenced in relation to new source materials in order to undertake an in-depth investigation of a number of plates presented in chronological order. This has resulted in the correction of a number of erroneous dates and statements made by Gimon. In the process, an unexpected new name in the early history of photography was revealed in relation to the earliest clearly dated photograph of India. This article concludes with a new reading of Itier’s work and its significance for the history of photography in Asia.

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Massot, Gilles. "Jules Itier and the Lagrené Mission." History of Photography, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 319-347, doi:10.1080/03087298.2015.1106714

Of those, only two tertiary institutions are equipped to cater to students seeking a career in animation and VFX industry in Singapore. The industry has become increasingly competitive; calling for a need for educators to question if institutions provide adequate resources for students’ career sustainability. Through e-mail interviews with industry professionals, fresh graduates and current students, this study will present first-hand insights into awareness and real-world strategies for career sustainability in the industry. Findings seek to educate policy makers and educators on how to better prepare students for future careers.

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Oh, Jae-Eun. "Nurturing Aspiring Young Artists for the Animation and VFX Industry: A Singapore Perspective." Proceedings of the 11th DesignEd Asia Conference Hong Kong, 2015.

Drawing on interviews with French and Chinese artists, critics and curators, it argues how the politics of intercultural encounters influenced the curatorial frameworks of both these exhibitions. Such politics ranged from the conditions of artistic exchanges between France and China initiated under French cultural policies to issues of linguistic and cultural translation.

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Pocock, Melanie. "Terms of Encounter: The ’85 New Wave and France, Magiciens De La Terre and Chine Demain Pour Hier." Journal of Curatorial Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2015, pp. 35-54, doi:10.1386/jcs.4.1.34_1.

While the perception of fashion, as a social phenomenon, has been positioned by users and researchers in relation to modernity, its social relevance is beginning to see a shift from an over-emphasis on interactions towards adaptability and longevity within diverse social groups (Buckley & Clark, 2012). This chapter addresses the interdisciplinary roots of fashion studies and introduces a research framework proposing the meaning-making process as a step towards achieving relevance and longevity. Following a sociological approach to fashion research, the role of fashion objects in everyday life is discussed as communicating design intent and extending into the construction of new meanings.
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Chon, Harah. "Exploring Research Space in Fashion: The Fluidity of Knowledge between Designers, Individuals and Society." The Routledge Companion to Design Research, edited by Paul Rodgers and Joyce Yee, Routledge, 2014, pp. 72-86.

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Wong, Audrey. 25 Years of the Substation: Reflections on Singapore’s First Independent Art Centre. Ethos Books, 2015.

Aleksandar. Cultural Policy Frameworks: (Re)Constructing National and Supranational Identities: The Balkans and the European Union. European Cultural Foundation, 2014.

It explores the range of musical and compositional strategies employed for the project, from textual analysis to associative methods, and particularly emphasizes the complex interweaving of and interactions between synthetic and concrete sound samples which complement and, it is argued, enhance the "musical', imagistic and psychological elements within the poetic text. The performance built on Eliot's 434-line poem, and is a collaboration between Steve Dixon, who produced, performed and created the video projections, and Joyce Beetuan Koh, who composed the music and soundscape. It has been performed in Singapore, Brazil and the United States between 2013-17.
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Dixon, Steve and Joyce Beetuan Koh. "The Music of T.S. Eliot's Poetry: Integrating Text, Live Performance, Sound Design and Video in a Multimedia Theatre Production of 'the Waste Land'." eContact! Online Journal for Electroacoustic Practices, vol. 16, no. 2 - Special Edition: Sound Art and Interactivity in Singapore, 2014.