Message from the President / 4

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Offbeat@Winstedt / 14

Awards / 23

Highlights / 43 CONTENTS The LASALLE Show / 63

Convocation / 75

Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore / 83

Patron, Board and Management / 91

Credits / 93 LASALLE strengthened its links with industry significantly National Arts Council (NAC) also sponsored a second year of through initiatives including the establishment of Industry Advisory the Dance Talent Development Programme that provides intensive Boards for all Faculties and a new central Division of Industry workshops and residencies for over 150 secondary school pupils, and Community to spearhead the College’s external engagement with the aim to encourage more to take up educational pathways activities with both the creative industries and community agencies. towards a career in professional dance. The number of funded commissions increased including major contracts with the Singapore Tourism Board, CapitaCommercial The College and its students continue to engage wholeheartedly Trust, and with the National Arts Council. in social and community-based arts projects, working with local organisations ranging from youth groups and community centres Students gained invaluable experience working on industry projects to mental health charities and hospices. Students and staff have with leading companies including Porsche Design, SONY, Ubisoft, also conducted arts workshops and projects with community Watsons, Robinsons Department Store, Zalora, Goods of Desire, Art organisations much further afield, including Fine Arts students Stage, Fox Television, Starhub, Singapore International Festival of at an orphanage in Bangalore, India, and Art Therapy students in Arts, the Esplanade, ArtScience Museum, the National Day Parade Fukushima, Japan, supporting children in the aftermath of the and the National Library Board. nuclear accident.

The College’s research culture has become increasingly vibrant, MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The new Strategic Plan with activities including the publication of a new edition of Singapore’s only critical fine art journal, ISSUE, edited by Provost provides LASALLE’s staff Venka Purushothaman, and major book publications by lecturer Dr Aleksandar Brki´c and Assistant Curator Melanie Pocock. Other 2014 was a historic and momentous year and students with an notable research projects include the development of an innovative for the College, as we celebrated our 30th archive of photographs and video recordings documenting the anniversary of trail-blazing arts and design inspiring set of objectives behind-the-scenes rehearsal processes of major Singaporean theatre MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT education in Singapore. to take the College through and dance companies. Co-funded by the National Arts Council, Work in Process is a collaboration with photographer Dr Tan Ngiap Special events were staged throughout the year that gave pause its next exciting stage Heng, led by our Senior Fellow Aubrey Mellor and staff from the to reflect - with fondness, nostalgia and pride - upon the many Ngee Ann Kongsi Library. significant milestones and achievements that have taken place since of development, and to the late Brother Joseph McNally founded LASALLE in 1984. The College hosted three important research conferences and further enhance its unique symposia: on Art Therapy in collaboration with the Australian The anniversary year culminated in a fantastic celebration on & New Zealand Arts Therapy Association (ANZATA); on Arts

5November during which the Guest of Honour Prime Minister position at the forefront of Management and Policy (ANCER: Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Lee Hsien Loong delivered an inspiring speech about the growing Winners of other competitions include fashion students for their Education and Research) and on contemporary sound art research in importance of the arts in Singapore, and LASALLE’s vital role in the uniform designs for the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; arts education in Singapore

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT THE FROM MESSAGE collaboration with the Liquid Architecture festival, Australia. nation’s arts education. Broadcast Media students at the Thailand Film Destination Festival; and Animation students at film festivals in Amsterdam and Uruguay. and Asia. A host of high profile artist’s lectures included Victoria Beckham, It was a night to remember with electrifying music performances Edith Podesta, Programme Leader of BA(Hons) Acting won the Best the ex-Spice Girls singer turned fashion designer, and celebrated by alumni Stella Seah, Sara Wee and Sheikh Haikel, a specially Actress award at the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards; a Cultural The College strengthened other partnerships through the signing performance artist Stelarc, who discussed his extraordinary ‘cyborg created animation film envisioning the future of Singapore, and Medallion was conferred on pioneer lecturer, Chong Fah Cheong; of formal Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) in Singapore art’ including extending his body with a range of advanced robotic the opening of two spectacular exhibitions. The highlight of the and LASALLE alumni Ian Loy, Jow Zhi Wei and Lee Mun Wai won with the School of the Arts (SOTA) and the American Embassy; prostheses and undergoing extensive medical surgery to create evening was a live charity art auction conducted by Sotheby’s three out of the five Young Artist Awards for 2014. and further afield with prestigious institutions including Kyoto and ‘grow’ his famous Ear on Arm. Other special lecture highlights which, together with an earlier ‘silent’ auction of works donated by University of Arts and Design and Musashino Art University in include the Cultural Medallion award-winning dance artist Angela 46 alumni and staff artists, raised over $500,000 for the loveLASALLE Japan, and Sangmyung University in South Korea. Our Faculty of Liong, Southeast Asian art expert Dr Caroline Turner who delivered Education Fund to provide bursaries for financially disadvantaged Closer to home at the Design has collaborated annually with Sangmyung since 2011 on the MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture, and renowned students. pan-Asian Crowbar Awards the Linking Cities, Designing Experiences project involving extensive scenographer Jean-Guy Lecat (theatre director Peter Brook’s student exchanges and joint exhibitions. long-term collaborator) who also led an interdisciplinary student 2014 has been a remarkable year for student awards, with workshop project. LASALLE becoming the first Asian institution ever to win a 2014, LASALLE was crowned This year, students also undertook ethnographic studies and cross- prestigious One Show Young Ones Award. Based in New York, this is Institution of the Year. cultural field trips across Asia including to Bandung, Malaysia, Finally, 2014 saw the launch of a new Strategic Plan (2014-19) considered the world’s foremost advertising, interactive and design Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines and India, and European cities in for the College, which was developed following an inclusive and student competition. The College was also the leading College in Italy, Turkey and the UK. Dance and Acting students were invited collaborative process involving all of LASALLE’s staff, student Asia, and the only one to win a top award at the equally competitive The College also celebrated the official opening of a new campus to perform in festivals in Laos and Shanghai. LASALLE’s Tropical Lab representatives, and key stakeholders from government ministries 2 D&AD (Design and Art Direction) New Blood Awards. Faculty of at Winstedt Road, near Newton Circus, which provides 5,000m 8, led by Senior Fellow and Cultural Medallion recipient Milenko and the creative industries. It resulted in a bold and ambitious plan Design students won two Yellow Pencils, a major achievement given of fine art and design studios, fashion and textile workshops, and Prvacki, hosted 24 postgraduate students from 17 leading arts for academic excellence with priority areas including innovative a field of 6,000 entrants from over 100 international institutions, photography labs. The event featured a stylish fashion parade and institutions from across the world. They participated in two weeks pedagogy and cutting-edge practice, industry collaborations, competing for just 33 awards. impressive exhibitions and performances, with Guest of Honour of intensive seminars, workshops and fieldtrips, culminating in community outreach activities, and international academic and Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. dynamic and memorable group art exhibition. research partnerships. Closer to home at the pan-Asian Crowbar Awards 2014, LASALLE The Minister also kindly presided over another great highlight of the was crowned Institution of the Year and picked up three other top College calendar, when 941 students graduated at LASALLE’s 28th Drawing inspiration from that project, and also led by Milenko The new Strategic Plan provides LASALLE’s staff and students with awards: Best of Advertising, Best of Design and Best of Film. Convocation in September, with over 2,500 guests in attendance. Prvacki, Baby Tropical Lab was commissioned by the Ministry of an inspiring set of objectives to take the College through its next Education (MOE), with 33 students and nine teachers from exciting stage of development, and to further enhance its unique Art Elective Programme (AEP) schools. MOE together with the position at the forefront of arts education in Singapore and Asia. LASALLE30 LASALLE hascomealongway LASALLE30 in theselast30years… On 5 November 2014, LASALLE turned 30 in style with a rousing spectacular night of performances and exhibitions by LASALLE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was the Guest of Honour at a celebration of the College’s past, present and future, and a heartfelt tribute to its founder, Brother Joseph McNally. - PrimeMinisterofSingapore, students, staffandalumni. Mr LeeHsienLoong

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Guest of Honour Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Loong Hsien Lee Minister Prime Honour of Guest was invited to reflect on the past, present and future of design in Singapore in of Design. an exhibition by the Faculty LASALLE30 12 OFFBEAT@ SECOND WINSTEDT Unfolding Artistic HOME Experiments OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT

“Offbeat” is the theme of tonight’s event – and in truth, it’s a theme close to the heart of everything we do at LASALLE. We celebrate the unconventional, the daring and the bold. - Professor Steve Dixon, President of LASALLE

LASALLE’s new campus at Winstedt Road was officially opened by Conceptualised, curated and executed by an intrepid Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Mr Lawrence Wong, on team of BA(Hons) Level 2 Arts Management students, 4 April 2014, with a bold, daring opening event, Offbeat@Winstedt - Offbeat@Winstedt showcased a widely varied programme of experimental and collaborative works by LASALLE organised entirely by students, for students. lecturers and students across all Faculties.

14 15 PASS | ON showcased works jointly developed by Porsche Design and students from the first graduating cohort of the Diploma in Product Design programme. The project aimed to research the development of more sustainable products with a longer life cycle. OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT

PULSE is a site-specific light installation by Andreas Schlegel, Lecturer, Media Lab, and a team of alumni and student artists. It is constructed from 1,000m of meranti wood, 24 white LED tubes and custom- built electronics and represents the vibrant heartbeat of the new Winstedt Campus.

16 17 BA(Hons) Arts Management students Jacqueline Kee, Head of the VIP and Audience Experience Team and Lizanne Teo, Head of the PR and Marketing Team, share their experiences working on Offbeat@Winstedt.

From sculptures to video art, students contributed works inspired by the interior spaces and surrounding environment of the Winstedt Campus.

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS...

JK When the project was introduced to the class it felt very sudden and daunting at first!

LT It was our first time orchestrating an event with minimal help and supervision from our lecturers. It was liberating to be given the honour of organising the opening of our new campus - allowing us to see how our arts management skills could finally be put to the test. OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT CHALLENGES

JK We had to work together to overcome many challenges, such as last-minute changes and decisions that affected planning and stretched our timeline.

LT Three months into the planning of the event,

OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT we had to re-think the concept, but in the end we came up with an idea which was better than the one before and it got us truly motivated.

WHAT WE LEARNED

LT Fast problem solving skills was a major takeaway!

JK As a leader, I learned that you have to be responsible not only for yourself but for the people around you as well.

LT Cross-collaborations with other faculties, connecting with other faculties and students to come up with a successful programme, made things really interesting. It gave us the opportunity to reach out and understand the work of our school mates throughout the College.

18 19 Designed as a comprehensive creative centre for students’ independent studio work and research, the Winstedt Campus provides a beautiful and inspiring natural environment for artistic creativity, complementing the core lectures and teaching programme of the College at the McNally Campus.

AWARDS OFFBEAT@WINSTEDT 2014 was a banner year for LASALLE, with students, staff and alumni making waves in Singapore as well as on the world stage.

Our main campus at McNally Street is an elegant and awesome set of interconnected, high-tech glass buildings. There’s a great sense of futuristic grandeur. This new campus is quite different. It has an old-fashioned, utilitarian charm - it has a certain grit and rawness. We like that. - Professor Steve Dixon, President of LASALLE

20 CULTURAL MEDALLION 2014 The Cultural Medallion is Singapore’s highest artistic recognition, awarded to individuals whose commitment to excellence and contributions to the arts have enriched and shaped the country’s cultural landscape. AWARDS

“The reason I CHONG FAH CHEONG do this… it’s the Pioneer Lecturer (1984 - 1987) Chong Fah Cheong’s foray into sculpture Fah Cheong is best known for his public privilege of being started as a happy accident in the 1970s, commissioned works, with a number when he was relief teaching at St Patrick’s of prominent pieces around Singapore School. LASALLE founder Brother Joseph including First Generation (2000), the the eyes and hands McNally, then Principal of St Patrick’s, iconic sculpture of five boys jumping into invited the self-taught artist to use the the Singapore River near The Fullerton of a time, place wood from felled angsana trees in the Hotel. He has received numerous local school compound to create artwork, and international awards, and exhibited and people.” sparking off his interest in sculpture. extensively in Singapore and round the region. Fah Cheong went on to become one of the College’s pioneer lecturers when LASALLE was founded in 1984, and a founding member of the Singapore Sculpture Society. Working with wood, stone and bronze over a span of 40 years, his works are distinctive for their subject matter that evoke shared memory, Singaporean history and identity of childhood past.

23 AWARDS 25 Ian Loy is a theatre actor, playwright and director who specialises in specialises who director and playwright actor, a theatre is Loy Ian his passionate Ian began that It theatre. was at LASALLE children’s pursuit of theatre and During performance. those formative years, he under Centre Research trained with (ATRC) the Asia-in-Theatre the tutelage of LASALLE lecturer Elizabeth de Roza and the late William Teo. Theatrical MySuperFuture of Director Artistic and founder the is He audiences, young with and for theatre produces which Productions, programme Esplanade an PLAYtime!, directed 2013 to 2009 from and aged children among theatre for appreciation an cultivating at aimed 2-4 years. With Ian PLAYtime!, conceptualised and directed more than 10 well-received original productions and collaborated with on Company the Theatre Project mOOn ballOOn Patch Australia’s annual Esplanade’s at performances sold-out five boasted that (2013) children’s festival, Octoburst. IAN LOY Diploma in Drama (2002)

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Mun Wai is unrelentingly LEE MUN WAI Zhi Wei humbly, lives JOW ZHI WEI hardworking. I partnered Diploma in Dance (2006) and breathes cinema. BA(Hons) Film (2010) him in a small section Any conversation with of a dance that we were Lee Mun Wai is a founding member, full-time dance artist and dance Zhi Wei would always Filmmaker Jow Zhi Wei’s work is focused on telling honest stories of writer at T.H.E Dance Company. He has performed over 20 dance lesser known communities. His short films have been screened and in, and he would never works with the company, displaying technical finesse and style revolve around film and competed at prominent film festivals in Singapore and the region, stop rehearsing it. The marked by a unique fluidity and acute sense of musicality, and has how we continue to be and he has earned numerous local film accolades including Best Script toured extensively at festivals in South Korea, France, China, Poland and Jury Special Mention for Best Director and Best Performance for moment we arrived at and more. arrested by the flickering Waiting (2009) at the 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards. rehearsals, before I was images on the screen. It As a choreographer, Mun Wai is known to be a highly collaborative In 2013, Zhi Wei’s short film After the Winter was selected for done warming up, he artist who works across disciplines, such as with local filmmaker is without a doubt his competition at the prestigious Cinéfondation Selection at the 66th would have asked me Royston Tan on his Singapore Biennale work Ghost of Capitol (2013), maturity as a storyteller Cannes Film Festival in France, making him the first Singaporean and with Jeffrey Tan on Command Pattern (2013) which incorporated filmmaker to compete in that category. It went on to be selected for to practice that section technology with dance. He was also commissioned by the Singapore will shine with every film. other festivals worldwide including the 37th Montreal World Film with him. Writers’ Festival in 2012 to choreograph City of Desire, a piece inspired Festival in Canada and the 41st Huesca International Film Festival by literary artist Gopal Baratham’s short stories. - Mardhiah Osman, in Spain. His films have also been screened at the San Sebastian Lecturer, The Puttnam School International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival He is always bursting of Film in South Korea. with energy. He doesn’t really stop talking unless he is dancing or watching dance.

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26 27 28 AWARDS NEW BLOOD ON THE STAGE THE LONDON ON BLOOD NEW D&AD NEWBLOODAWARDS Vincent Wongso bringinghometwocovetedYellow Pencils. Design Communication students Lena Paik, Nicholas Cheong and Design & Art Direction (D&AD) New Blood Awards 2014, with LASALLE was the only Asian institution to win at the prestigious showcasing thebestofNewBloodAwards. Award winners and displayed at the New Blood Exhibition in Old Spitalfields, London, The award-winningentrieswerefeaturedinthe 1990s vintage style. while Vincent repackaged British multivitamin fruit drink Purdey’s in whimsical, eye-catching app where users can hone their inner stylist by casting votes for their favourite outfit photos, Lena and Nicholas impressed the judges with their entry ASOS FACE/OFF, a virtual outfit battle set uptopromoteexcellenceindesignandadvertising. briefs set by global brands. D&AD is one of the world’s most well-regarded design organisations, graduates and under-24s around the world the chance to take on a variety of industry standard These internationally recognised, highly respected awards give full-time students, recent Structure Material D&AD14

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, LASALLE studentsfromfourteamsalsotookhomeMeritAwards. of global fashion brand “Organic by John Patrick”. Seven other York, taking home a Silver Pencil for their creative re-imagining the prestigious annual One Club Young Ones Competition in New Fauzan became the first Singapore students to win an award at Design Communication students Tannia Sari Surijadjaja and Ahmad cream ofthecropcreativestudents. from over 125 schools across 31 countries in 2014 alone, the competition exists to recognise the the opportunity to create original work, build their portfolios and vie for an award. With entries competitions, dating back to 1986, the Young Ones Competition offers students across the globe One of the most renowned international advertising, interactive and design student among thebest.” prestigious design institutions from all over the world. LASALLE has truly proven that we are proud that the works of our students are now recognised alongside award-winning entries from competition for young creatives,” said Nur Hidayah, Dean, Faculty of Design. “We are very “It is a great honour for LASALLE to fly the Singapore flag high at this highly acclaimed Silver Pencil winner, Fresh Fashion

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Originally conceptualised as part of 24 Hour Comics Day 2013, where it emerged the winning work, The Boy in the Whale Suit grew into a BA(Hons) Animation Art thesis film by Marie Teo, Teo KiKi and Michelle Wong that has gone on to win hearts and charm audiences worldwide. The Boy in the Whale Suit won Best International Student Short at the Festival Internacional de Animacion (Montevideo, Uruguay), Outstanding Creativity Award at the Digicon Animation and Film Awards (Singapore) and Best of Film and Gold: Animation category at the Crowbar Awards, and has been screened at film festivals locally as well as internationally in the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Spain, Portugal and Dubai. ABOUT THE FILM Link to film Daiyu is intrigued by the boy in the whale suit who passes by her flat every day. A solitary creature, Daiyu plays with her dinosaur toy on her own, until one day,

her beloved toy falls out the window. Fearless and unthinking, she finds a way to AWARDS retrieve her toy, and sees the boy from afar. As she follows the boy in the whale suit, Daiyu goes on a mini adventure to discover who this mysterious stranger is and how friendships are formed. AWARDS

Yang Yang’s winning design, COMMUNI CROSS, is a medical mask with a simple built-in audio system and an organic shape that not only protects but also aids medical personnel in communicating clearly during surgery, while Nerissa’s Freund is a wearable technological device that dampens the wrist tremors felt by those with Parkinson’s disease. Identifying good design since 1955, the Red Dot Design Award received more than 16,500 applications from 70 countries in 2014, making the competition one of the biggest and most prestigious design awards worldwide.

32 33 GONG CREATIVE CIRCLE AWARDS Congratulations on your huge successes! How does it feel to achieve such recognition? It’s a bit overwhelming! I never expected this because I don’t come from an advertising YOUNG ART DIRECTOR background. I was from the Graphic Communication specialism, so winning these awards OF THE YEAR feels like a validation that the hard work I’ve put in has been worthwhile. How did you come to work at BBH Asia Pacific? LASALLE alumna Germaine Chen was the Art Director behind I was recommended by my classmate, and had an interview with BBH Asia Pacific Executive the wildly successful IKEA BookBook campaign by BBH Asia Creative Director Scott McClelland. He was willing to offer me a job despite the fact that I had no prior experience in advertising! I’m very grateful. Pacific. The print and video ad has made international headlines and grabbed audiences’ attention all over the world for its cheeky, CREATING THE clever take on the product launch for IKEA’s 2015 catalogue. IKEA BOOKBOOK With over 13 million views on YouTube, 82,000 likes on Facebook and over 1 million shares What were some of your roles and responsibilities as an Art Director on the across social media, it was the world’s most shared advertisement in September 2014. BookBook campaign? For her work on the campaign, Germaine was awarded Young Art Director of the Year at In the beginning it was brainstorming and getting concepts out. After that, it was getting the the Gong Creative Circle Awards 2014, Singapore’s most prestigious advertising awards. ad looking right, overseeing and art directing the print shoot/video, basically making the campaign look seamless across all channels.

What was the toughest challenge you faced? Learning the ropes on the job with two other very senior creative directors. I was their hands and feet, and I had to constantly pick their brains to find out what they really wanted the ad to look and feel like. As a junior art director that was the toughest thing for me to manage. But even though it was challenging at first, we managed to make it work and became a good team throughout the entire campaign. You can say it was really teamwork and a belief in the idea that pulled us through.

What about the high point? When the idea was realised in print and in video. It’s amazing when you finally get to see the work in totality after you’ve slaved over it for months on end. It was such a huge campaign and I worked on it for so long that I inevitably felt jaded and tired at times, because it was the only

thing I was doing for ages and working late nights over. AWARDS But after your project goes out and gets 13 million views, you look back and go, “Hey that was pretty brilliant! How did we think of that again?” It really puts things back in perspective and

AWARDS reminds you that nothing is impossible with hard work and dedication.

MY TIME AT LASALLE

The most important thing LASALLE taught you was... The value of teamwork. Though school can be a competitive environment (and soon enough, you realise that work is as well), you learn to work with your peers rather than against them. That’s important in building your career because with more people by your side, you’re able to push ideas further and generate better concepts.

Advice to students... Be hungry. Work for what you want, fight for your ideas if you really believe in them. Make things happen instead of waiting around for it to hit you because it will be too late by then. Understand yourself first, then play to your strengths and improve on your weaknesses.

Link to IKEA BookBook video

34 35 THE STRAITS TIMES LIFE! THEATRE AWARDS SINGAPORE DESIGN AWARDS BEST ACTRESS BEST OF STUDENT DESIGN Edith Podesta, Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Acting, was named Best Actress at The Straits The Faculty of Design did LASALLE proud at the Singapore Design Awards, bagging a total Times Life! Theatre Awards 2014 for her stunning performance in Cake Theatrical Productions’ of four out of 20 winning entries in the Student Design Awards Category. The awards were experimental new work Illogic (directed by Cake Artistic Director and LASALLE alumna, Natalie presented at a gala ceremony on 13 March amongst a gathering of Singapore’s design associations, Hennedige). The challenging, highly physical role saw Edith cycle through multiple characters as part of Singapore Design Week and its anchor event SingaPlural. in various vignettes in the first half of the show, with an overarching role as a male playwright- BA(Hons) Fashion & Media Industries Level 2 students took home an award for the project Come director creating a piece of work for his muse. Closer where the museum meets the retail space, while alumni Catherine Chew, Ella Zheng Meisi and Lum Pui Mun all won awards for various student projects conceptualised and executed during their time at LASALLE.

SPROUTS AWARDS SINGAPORE SHORT FILM AWARDS MOST PROMISING AWARDS ACCOLADES CHOREOGRAPHER BA(Hons) Dance alumnus Sufri Juwahir took home the top prize for ‘Most Promising Work’ at FOR THESIS FILMS SPROUTS 5th Edition, Singapore’s foremost competition for budding choreographers. Sufri, a principal dancer with Maya Dance Theatre, blew the judges away with his piece All in Line, which The Puttnam School of Film alumni Wu Linfeng and Joey Ho Wei won honours for their thesis fused elements of bharatanatyam dance with Western contemporary style. films, Tightrope and The Kings respectively, at the 5th Singapore Short Film Awards in March. Linfeng took home a Special Mention while Joey received the Best Editing accolade. The Singapore Short Film Awards (SSFA) is the only platform that recognises excellence of short films in Singapore. Over 100 members of the film community attended the awards ceremony at The Substation Theatre.

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THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME

Preparation for our film started three weeks before the competition started. Having heard of the competition from our lecturer, Wesley Leon Aroozoo, we were excited about it and even made a short teaser Diploma in Broadcast Media to present our film to the selection committee of the Amazing Thailand Level 2 students, Chervin Film Competition. A little less than two weeks before the competition commenced, we received notice that we were selected for the competition. Chua and Andrew Kose, Without delay, we started liaising with our Production Assistant in had the trip of a lifetime Thailand on filming locations, props and other logistics, so when we to Thailand as invited arrived at Thailand we were ready to start shooting. Because we planned participants for the Amazing ahead, we managed to shoot at three locations - Bangkok, Ayutthaya and Kanchanaburi - which was quite a feat considering many teams chose a Thailand Film Competition. single location.

Part of the Thailand International Film Thailand was an amazing experience. We had the most freedom in AWARDS Destination 2015, Chervin and Andrew shooting, the people were hospitable and many smiles were received. joined over a hundred filmmakers from We would wake up thinking about the film and sleep (not much) still

AWARDS all walks of life for one unforgettable with the film in our mind. It was filmmaking heaven, no distractions! week when they were challenged to use their imagination, creativity, resourcefulness, and ingenuity to research, travel, and make a film in this limited time. Their short film Canvas of Possibilities took home the prize for Most Outstanding Presentation of Thailand (Chao Phraya Basin).

Chervin shares his experience of the competition with us.

The chance to network with Although it might sound like our journey was smooth sailing, it was not. We met with many unprecedented circumstances. For example, there filmmakers from around the were many budget constraints and also locations which we weren’t able world was an eye-opening to shoot at, and we had to improvise solutions many times along the way. The competition really challenged our ability to think on our feet and experience, being able to come up with creative ways to solve problems. see the different styles This competition was the “Amazing” we were looking for when we taken towards filmmaking applied. We will definitely be participating in many upcoming film competitions around the world, hungry for experience and exposure from countries such as in the filmmaking industry. the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, USA and the UK. We made many friends from around the world and we enjoyed the experience in Thailand thoroughly.

38 39 Singapore Women’s Weekly GREAT WOMEN OF OUR TIME AWARD LASALLE alumni Yuni Hadi and Jying Tan were among those honoured by The Singapore Women’s Weekly in the Great Women of Our Time Awards, an annual award that honours the achievements of the nation’s most inspiring women.

MA Arts & Cultural Management alumna Yuni, who is Executive Director of the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), co-producer of Ilo Ilo and co-founder of Objectifs Films, was feted for her accomplishments in the Arts and Media category. The SGIFF returned from a three-year hiatus to widespread acclaim in 2014 under Yuni’s leadership. Jying Tan, a MA Fine Arts alumna, won the award for the Design category. She has exhibited at galleries and installation sites in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Turkey. She was invited to be part of the influential OH! Open House installation event in 2010, and two years ago became the youngest artist ever to take part in the prestigious international residency programme, Tokyo Wondersite. “I hope to contribute even more through exhibitions, education and forming a platform for young artists to exhibit their work,” says Jying.

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40 President’s Artistic Vision THE WASTE LAND HIGHLIGHTS

LASALLE President Professor Steve Dixon, an award-winning actor and director whose performances have toured internationally in Europe, Asia and North and South America, dazzled audiences with his first ever show in Singapore. In his 50 minute solo performance, T.S. Eliot’s poetic tour de force The Waste Land was dramatically brought to life through a fusion of live theatre, film projection, and a mesmeric original sound design by Singaporean composer and NAC Young Artist Award winner Joyce Koh.

“I have long wanted to present the poem in a theatrical form, and travelling in Southeast Asia over the past two years finally provided the inspiration,” said Professor Dixon.

“The vivid landscapes, cultural traditions and images I’ve encountered have ignited surprising connections and counterpoints to the poem’s ideas.”

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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS TO DEVELOP ARTS EDUCATION IN HIGHLIGHTS SINGAPORE LASALLE’s newest postgraduate programme, the MA Artist Educator, was launched in June 2014. It was created in response to the needs of practicing artists in Singapore who spend a portion of their creative time in the classroom. The programme is unique in Southeast Asia, and one of only a few in the world. Programme Leader, Dr Kie Watkins, said: “Artist Educators continually reinvent their connections to their students as well as to the community in which they work. The MA Artist Educator programme helps to strengthen these connections by creating a multidisciplinary space for members to learn and grow together while investigating their own practice as well as the practice of others through research and practical application of current pedagogical thought in the arts.” “The greatest difference in myself from the MA Artist Educator programme is a change in my thinking,” said student and independent drama artist Peggy Ferroa, President, Singapore Drama Educators Association. “On a professional level, learning LAUNCH OF NEW BOOK and co-creating with educators from different art forms makes me question how I can teach better, be more productive in ON CULTURAL POLICY administrative work, and how I can open up new dimensions in my own art practice. On a personal level, I now look at issues through multiple perspectives.“ FRAMEWORKS Dr Aleksandar Brkic´, Lecturer, BA(Hons) “I hope it will be an inspiration, and a guide Arts Management, launched his book for students and colleagues who wish to Cultural Policy Frameworks: (Re) explore further the notions of the relation constructing National and Supranational of cultural networks, cultural policy and Identities: The Balkans and the European identity frameworks from a European Union at LASALLE in February. The book perspective,” said Dr Brkic´. is a culmination of Dr Brkic´’s research He added: “For me personally, it becomes for which he received the prestigious a new starting point of an extended scope Cultural Policy Research Award in 2011. of research that will try to focus on similar issues, but in the Asian context.”

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College of the Arts, Singapore. University, Hong Kong; RMIT University, University, RMIT Kong; Hong University, UK; Arts, of Academy Royal Australia; University Thailand; University, Silpakorn LASALLE and USA; Washington, of Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Indonesia; Indonesia; Arts, the of Institute Indonesia Sciences, and Arts of University Nagoya Zealand; New University, Massey Japan; RMIT UK; Plymouth, of University Academy of Fine Art, China; University University China; Art, Fine of Academy Lucerne Germany; Düsseldorf, of Switzerland; Design, and Art of School Participating institutions in Tropical Lab 8 Lab Tropical in institutions Participating Bandung USA; University, Columbia were: Indonesia; Technology, of Institute Central USA; Art, of Institute California explore ports as sites of intercultural and and intercultural of sites as ports explore Singapore’s as well as imagining, nautical of hub a as position longstanding international trade. contemporary art. art. contemporary edition year’s this Call’, of ‘Port Themed to participants invited Lab Tropical of edition. 24 Master’s candidates from 15 15 from candidates Master’s 24 edition. two for Singapore in gathered countries experiment research, to July in weeks new of creation the over collaborate and Tropical Lab, an annual international international annual an Lab, Tropical in founded programme residency art Prvacki, Milenko Fellow Senior by 2006 successful eighth its for 2014 in returned TROPICAL 8 LAB HIGHLIGHTS 48 50 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CHILDREN FROM FUKUSHIMA CHILDREN WITH RETREAT ART TROPICAL ARTCAMP volunteers inSingapore. children of Fukushima as well as and inspirational for both the The project was deeply empowering artwork at the finale of the retreat. feelings and created an exhibition of music, shared their thoughts and drawing, photography, ceramics and through different art forms such as children explored self-expression Over their ten days in Singapore, the Red Pencil. MA Art Therapy programme, and The Fellow Milenko Prvacki, LASALLE’s The camp was supported by Senior TODAY IS THE DAY Foundation. Art RetreatExchange experience, attend an innovative and hands-on power station, came to Singapore to 30 km of the Fukushima nuclear from Hirono town, located within In August, eight children aged 9 - 11 Tropical Art Camp: an , organised by

Shoreditch andSpitalfields. areas of London such as the South Bank, site-specific performance piece, exploring students had the opportunity to work on a joint student projects. Additionally, Dance workshops and classes and developed summer programme. They attended special University of London, as part of a new LASALLE’s partner institution Goldsmiths, Design had the opportunity to visit Arts’ School of Dance and Faculty of 30 students from the Faculty of Performing PROGRAMMES SUMMER GOLDSMITHS actors from the two highly esteemed professional showcase their craft, while learning from where the LASALLE actors could worked together to create an event Programme Leader Edith Podesta. “We of LASALLE’s BA(Hons) Acting,” said were aware of the excellent reputation “The team at FOX International Channels with studentsdeckedoutaszombies. LASALLE campus green – doing battle combat skills in an obstacle course on the January, where they displayed their Reedus paid a visit to LASALLE in Dead Stars ofthehitdramaseries STARSDEAD WALKING WITH THE PERSONAL AND CLOSE UP Andrew Lincoln and Norman The Walking Dead The Walking .”

remember itfortherestofmycareer.” gave me a jolt of confidence and I will you. Simple as this piece of advice is, it truly you – there’s no one out there like instincts, because that makes the role that actors should always trust their gut her. “Andrew and Norman both said particular piece of advice that inspired Acting student Chanel Chan recalls a with AndrewandNorman. of attending an exclusive masterclass session. Students then had the privilege 500 at a one-and-a-half hour dialogue their acting careers with an audience of anecdotes and insights on the show and Andrew and Norman also shared 51 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 53 Keynote speakers Dr Lynn Kapitan (USA) (USA) Kapitan Lynn Dr speakers Keynote their shared (Australia) Fenner Patricia Dr and therapy art(s) contemporary on knowledge connectivity, on emphasis an with research critical fostering and ideas exchanging the time second the marks “This discourse. large-scale a such hosted has Programme of development the to both speaks It event. well as locally services therapy art professional said itself,” Programme the of maturity the as MA Art Therapy. Programme Leader, Ron Lay, NEW VOICES, NEW CURRENT PERSPECTIVES Network Pacific Asia the of Conference second The held was (ANCER) Research and Education Cultural for “New Themed November. 15 to 14 from LASALLE at and Policy Management, Arts Perspectives: Current Voices, participants 110 gathered conference the Asia”, in Development with connected frameworks identity cultural larger discuss to challenges, the and Asia Southeast and Pacific Asia of region the of total A field. the in decision-making and strategies visions, with conference, the at represented were countries diverse 18 as Thailand and Indonesia Malaysia, Singapore, from delegates Portugal. and Spain Serbia, Lithuania, from afield further as well young for panel a hosted also conference the time, first the For cultural on session dialogue a and researchers policy cultural Europe, and Asia between exchanges and collaborations Cultural of Network European the with organised jointly supported and (ENCATC) Centers Training Administration by the Asia-Europe Foundation. LASALLE/ANZATA THERAPY SYMPOSIUM ART collaborated Programme Therapy Art MA The Zealand New and (Australian ANZATA with a provide to Association) Therapy Arts research therapy art(s) international two-day the at symposium practice professional and group diverse a were attendance In College. from students and professionals 200 over of Lanka, Sri Malaysia, Thailand, UK, USA, the Australia, Japan, China, Kong, Hong Indonesia, Caledonia New (UAE), Dubai Zealand, New Singapore. and CONFERENCE ANCER: ARTS MANAGEMENT

LASALLE has also been invited to to invited been also has LASALLE Arts Living Cambodian with consult on a cultural fellowship. the cultural industries. As a testament testament a As industries. cultural the Toronto the success, project’s the to created has Canada in Council Arts Lab. Leaders’ Cultural Toronto the Through the Lab, LASALLE has has LASALLE Lab, the Through the spearheaded partnerships, built links international of strengthening in leadership thought championed and Guggenheim Museum, the New York York New the Museum, Guggenheim Arts Kong Hong the and Philharmonic Development Council. DC, New York and Hong Kong, where where Kong, Hong and York New DC, meet to opportunity the had they key and policy cultural of heads with the as such institutions of leaders arts international experts in the field and and field the in experts international personal research projects. six the Lab, the of course the Over Washington Toronto, visited Fellows in Singapore through a sustained sustained a through Singapore in overseas included that programme renowned with sessions trips, field for recipients of the National Arts Arts National the of recipients for Fellowship, Cultural (NAC) Council first-of-its-kind a was Lab the leaders cultural develop to initiative conclusion of the Cultural Leaders’ Leaders’ Cultural the of conclusion by directed and designed Lab, Faculty Dean, Bereson, Ruth Professor Developed Industries. Creative the for 2014 marked the successful successful the marked 2014

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“It was a real honour to be involved in in involved be to honour real a was “It Singapore for milestone momentous this celebrate to and women, Singapore and such in Day Women’s International Knight, Tony said company.” august Musical BA(Hons) Leader, Programme a was this students, the “For Theatre. large a for perform to opportunity great and guests, distinguished of audience who who’s the to talent their showcase Singapore.” of at The Singapore Singapore The at An Afternoon with with Afternoon An SINGAPORE WOMEN’SHALL OF FAME Musical BA(Hons) the of Students had LASALLE at programme Theatre International celebrating of privilege the Tony President with 2014 Day Women’s Tan Mary Mrs wife, his and Yam Keng Tan Women’s Singapore the of launch the at performed they where Fame, of Hall in acclaim widespread to songs three front of a packed hall of 550 guests. AN AFTERNOON WITH AFTERNOON AN BECKHAM VICTORIA collaboration in Group, Pedder The Design, of Faculty LASALLE’s with presented Victoria Beckham The May. 14 on Theatre Airlines icon style renowned internationally about spoke Girl Spice former and her and career design fashion her label eponymous successful hugely students of audience packed a to guests. industry and

THE GREAT EGG-VENTURE Easter decorate to together came staff and alumni Students, Easter largest Singapore’s Egg-venture, Great The at eggs with conjunction In April. 12 of weekend the on fiesta, life than larger 30 celebration, Anniversary 30th LASALLE’s and hand-painted each were 1m by 1.5m measuring eggs for interpretations creative own their with decorated uniquely area Harbourfront the Faber, Mount spanning hunt egg giant a organisations various among was LASALLE Island. Sentosa and to take part in this event with over 100 eggs painted.

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CANNES ROGER HATCHUEL ACADEMY was Ng Eugene Elijah student Communication Design BA(Hons) the to representative Singapore’s be to MediaCorp by handpicked International Lions Cannes Academy, Hatchuel Roger prestigious a was It June. 21 to 15 from France in held Creativity, of Festival only to Open designer. young the for days” seven “life-changing Hatchuel Roger year, each world the around from students 35 unique a offers and Cannes at Academy running longest the is people influential and inspiring most the meet to opportunity industry. communications global the from Mid Rhombus. at the Tent@Orchard Tent@Orchard the at BETWEEN WORLDS LASALLE continued its long- Audi the with partnership term most Singapore’s Festival, Fashion when runway, fashion prestigious and Design Fashion BA(Hons) the presented class graduating Textiles 2014 Show Fashion Degree the Between Worlds collections 20 of total A May. 17 on Womenswear Menswear, from were Cutting Pattern Creative and Fashion acclaim. warm to showcased Boey Daniel personality media and day same the spotted later was by (pictured) coat quilted a wearing her of part Yehua, Gong graduand Menswear collection

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MODE CHANGE JEREMY SHARMA:JEREMY same space for the first time, resulting in an interesting tension and and tension interesting an in resulting time, first the for space same reading of abstraction in the present context of Asia and the world. exhibition, bodies unique two between discourse a on Centering May. in Barracks works three-dimensional showcases exhibition the work, Jeremy’s of the in object and sculpture painting, between lines the straddling Fine Arts alumnus and lecturer Jeremy Sharma held his first solo solo first his held Sharma Jeremy lecturer and alumnus Arts Fine appearance at the a-nation Japanese Japanese a-nation the at appearance for opened she where festival, music Hamasaki. J-pop legend Ayumi warmly received debut Mandopop Mandopop debut received warmly EP Music Butterflies Ocean heavyweights an with up followed She October. in Music alumna and winner of the 2012 2012 the of winner and alumna Music competition, Fantasia Academy Sunsilk her released Xian, Hui Seah Stella DEBUT EP DEBUT SEAH STELLA FOR HIGHLIGHTS 56 24-HOUR LIQUID COMIC ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGE Australia’s premier sound art event, Liquid Architecture, was presented in Singapore for the first time over a two-day festival Following a first successful run in 2013, in collaboration with LASALLE’s School of Contemporary Music the Singapore edition of the worldwide and Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, supported by Arts 24-Hour Comic Challenge returned to Victoria and the Australia Council. The festival featured a series of LASALLE over the weekend of 4 to 5 lectures and performances by leading sound artists addressing the October with a new record high of 180 HIGHLIGHTS theme “The Ear is a Brain: Sound Beyond Sound”. participants from all walks of life, ready to take on the task of creating 24 pages of Multidisciplinary artist Bani Haykal, recipient of the NAC Young comics in 24 hours. Highlights included a Artist Award in 2013, was specially commissioned to produce a surprise visit from local legend Bill Teoh, HIGHLIGHTS sound installation for the festival. His ongoing series Dormant owner of Comic World, Singapore’s Music+ saw the Brother Joseph McNally Gallery transformed into longest-running comics store and one an acoustic chamber to house various interactive, de-constructed of the few remaining in the business. musical elements. BA(Hons) Animation Art student Alize Martinez, winner of the student category, walked away with a limited edition Nikon 1 camera sponsored by Nikon.

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS PARTNERS WELCOME TO THE LASALLE TO CREATE NEW WORK In September, the Singapore International Festival SINGAPORE FAMILY of Arts (SIFA) and LASALLE embarked upon a LASALLE joined in the SG50 celebrations early, collaborating with the National new collaboration, the LASALLE-SIFA Creative Population and Talent Division to design a congratulatory card for the SG50 Baby Platform, to develop and stage a new work at SIFA Jubilee Gift. Designed by final year Diploma in Design Communication students 2015. This marks SIFA’s first commissioning project Rachaell Mary-Lyn Mathews, Truong Tuan Phong, Zhang Jingyao and Kenneth with an arts education institution. Wang Soo How, the card reflects the well-wishes of this generation to the next and Over the course of the year-long collaboration, will accompany each gift pack presented to all Singaporean babies born in 2015. more than 40 students from LASALLE’s Faculty of Performing Arts will work with Chinese director Wang Chong to explore Madame Mao’s Revolutionary Operas and create a new work in response. Wang Chong, named Experimental Artist of the Year 2012 by The Beijing News, has been specially commissioned by Festival Director Ong Keng Sen for this project.

58 59 LOVE TO COME CLOSER AT ROBINSONS Following a successful exhibition at LASALLE in 2013, the Come Closer project by the BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries programme returned in February for a special edition at Robinsons Orchard titled Love to Come Closer. Conceived as an art installation where museum meets retail space, Come Closer invites shoppers to take a moment for a closer look at their objects of desire. The circular installation for Love to Come Closer, specially tailored for the centre atrium of Robinsons Orchard, featured 20 miniature peepholes in the signature polka dot style of Come Closer. Each meticulously crafted window displayed fashion items and unique handmade accessories by students, available exclusively at Robinsons Orchard.

AMERICAN THE CONNECTION HIGHLIGHTS PARTNERSHIP LASALLE LASALLE formalised its second American Connection Partnership with the American Embassy in Singapore, renewing one of the most fruitful ongoing SHOW partnerships of the College. Since 2005, the Embassy has been one of the largest The LASALLE Show 2014 unveiled over donors to The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library, with contributions of over 1,600 items 950 works from students of all faculties, in print and digital form. Collaborations in an annual showcase by graduands from have also been made possible with the Library of Congress, Columbia University the Diploma, Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Library, New York Public Library and other and Master of Arts programmes. institutions. The Embassy also supports the annual Grad Musical and other LASALLE Provost Venka Purushothaman and Deputy Chief of Mission Blair Hall College projects through sponsorships renew the College’s partnership with the American Embassy. and grants.

GOLDSMITHS-LASALLE FILM EXCHANGE From mid November to early December, LASALLE hosted a group of MA Cinematography students from partner university Goldsmiths for a week-long exchange programme with students from The Puttnam School of Film. The visiting students, who had just completed their thesis films, collaborated with LASALLE’s final year BA(Hons) Film students on the colour grading of these films. “When I first heard of this exchange programme, I thought it was an amazing opportunity. I had never been in Asia before. I think it’s been a really good process getting to know people from a different culture and background, and learning different kinds of ways to see my film,” said Goldsmiths student Fabio Guerreiro.

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Ten outstanding graduates received the LASALLE Award for Academic Excellence. The award is given to outstanding students who maintained high academic standing throughout CONVOCATION their education at LASALLE and demonstrated achievement in their respective creative fields. In 2014, a total of 941 graduates received their Diploma, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Arts certificates.

AWARDS CONFERRED

Acting Asian Art Histories Fashion Design & Textiles Musical Theatre BA(Hons) Master of Arts Diploma, BA(Hons) BA(Hons)

Animation Audio Production Fashion Media & Industries Performance Diploma Diploma BA(Hons) Diploma

Animation Art Broadcast Media Film Product Design BA(Hons) Diploma BA(Hons) Diploma, BA(Hons)

Arts Management Dance Fine Arts Technical & Production BA(Hons) Diploma, BA(Hons) Diploma, BA(Hons), Management Master of Arts Diploma Arts & Cultural Management Design Communication Master of Arts Diploma, BA(Hons) Interior Design Technical Theatre Diploma, BA(Hons) BA(Hons) Art Therapy Fashion Master of Arts Diploma Music Theatre + Performance Diploma, BA(Hons) BA(Hons)

75 LASALLE AWARD MCNALLY AWARD FOR ACADEMIC FOR EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

THAÏS CONVOCATION BRETON DIPLOMA Nerissa Arviana Prawiro BA(HONS) Khaleedah Binte Sairi Diploma in Product Design BA(Hons) Design Communication Named after LASALLE’s Founder, Brother Joseph McNally, the AWARD Faculty of Design AWARD Faculty of Design When I was six years old and my family

CONVOCATION WINNERS WINNERS and I had recently moved to Singapore, McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts is awarded to the most Leow Wei Li Christine Therese Fernando my mother held an exhibition at the outstanding student of each year’s graduating cohort. It recognises Diploma in Fine Arts BA(Hons) Arts Management Alliance Française and I was there the role of the artist in society, their academic excellence and Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty for the Creative Industries with her to set it up. As part of her significant contribution to professional and social communities. Andrew Guojun Unwin Nandita Mukand work, she had created a line of small The McNally Award for 2014 was awarded to Thaïs Breton. Diploma in Animation BA(Hons) Fine Arts rocks on the floor, and I was very fond Thaïs is a French filmmaker, born on Reunion Island in 1991 and Faculty of Media Arts Faculty of Fine Arts of this little pathway. On the night of raised in Singapore since 1996. She graduated from LASALLE the exhibition’s opening, I remember College of the Arts with BA(Hons) Film, majoring in Directing for Jelene Luar Xue Ling Thaïs Breton staying all evening by the rocks to tell Documentary and Post Production. Diploma in Music BA(Hons) Film every visitor to be careful not to stand Faculty of Performing Arts Faculty of Media Arts Thaïs has a strong multi-cultural background, having travelled and on them. lived in multiple cities. Her sensitivity towards society’s political and Aya Sekine economic issues, as well as her eye for visual details, gives her films a BA(Hons) Music Low Hwee San One of these visitors I warned turned strong personal imprint. MA Faculty of Performing Arts AWARD MA Art Therapy out to be Brother Joseph McNally Faculty for the Creative himself, the guest speaker of the Her thesis film The Collectors documents testimonies of subjects WINNER Industries whose parents suffer from Alzheimer’s. These individuals find exhibition. During his speech, Brother themselves at the heart of a local and collective cultural amnesia, Joe mentioned to the crowd that he provoked by the mass destruction of every remainder of an was touched by the fact that even a kid “Old Singapore”. understood and valued a work of art! Thaïs works actively as a conceptual filmmaker with international It is really meaningful for me to be clients and travels all over Southeast Asia for shoots. Being exposed to such cultural diversity in countries that offer stunning backdrops standing here today to receive an award provides her with great inspiration and further strengthens the that holds the name of the man who artistry in her personal work. participated in urging my life towards the arts. Thaïs is currently preparing a documentary on the cultural neo-colonialism present in Cambodia. - Thaïs Breton BA(Hons) Film

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CONVOCATION 79 CONVOCATION 78 80 CONVOCATION FOR GOLDSMITHS-VALIDATED PROGRAMMES GOLDSMITHS-VALIDATED FOR EXAMINERS EXTERNAL STATISTICS GRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEVEL BY FACULTY BY University ofWestminster, UK Built Environment School ofArchitectureand Department ofArchitecture Interior Architecture BA(Hons) Leader Course Ms RoSpankie INTERIOR DESIGN University ofCumbria,UK Arts, the of Faculty Leader GraphicDesign&Illustration Programme & Lecturer Principal Mr SimonDavis DESIGN COMMUNICATION DESIGN OF FACULTY Lecturer, UniversityofRoehampton Principal Therapies, Arts Leader, Subject Dr JanekDubowski ART THERAPY (MA) Programme, CityUniversityLondon,UK Pathways Management and Policy Culture, MA for Director Programme and Management and Policy Cultural for Head Centre Translation, and Languages Culture, for Department of Ex-Head Mrs VickyWoollard Management (MA) Cultural & Arts ARTS MANAGEMENT CREATIVEINDUSTRIES THE FOR FACULTY

University oftheArtsLondon,UK Camberwell CollegeofArt (MA FineArt) Reader &Pathway Leader Ms RebeccaFortnum FINE ARTS OU-Validated ArtHistory(MA) for Examiner External Also London, UK Art, of Institute Sotheby’s Chinese Art Contemporary and Modern Leader, Consultant LecturerandCourse Chinese Art Contemporary of Office Director, Dr KatieHill HISTORIES (MA) ASIAN ART Glasgow SchoolofArt,UK Head ofProductDesign Dr GordonHush PRODUCT DESIGN FINE ARTSFINE OF FACULTY Shanghai & Paris Academy, Fashion International Director ofQualityAcademic Ms SusanJenkyn-Jones & INDUSTRIES MEDIA FASHION & TEXTILES DESIGN FASHION CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PERFORMING ARTS MEDIA ARTS FINE ARTS BA(HONS) DIPLOMA FACULTY DESIGN LEVEL

MA

Hong Kong,SAR Kong, Hong of University City School ofCreativeMedia Assistant Professor Dr RobertEllis-Geiger MUSIC PERFORMING ARTS OF FACULTY University CollegeFalmouth, UK Lecturer, Mr PhilipShingler FILM Art Video and Art Interactive OU-Validated for Examiner External Also for theCreativeArts Centre Attenborough Director, Professor ofPerformance Technologies Dr SallyJaneNorman ANIMATION ART MEDIA ARTS OF FACULTY

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371 520 98 54 50

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Dr JoelAnderson MUSICAL THEATRE ACTING PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE Rose BrufordCollege Arts Technical and Management Design, Head ofSchool Dr NicholasGeoffreyHunt TECHNICAL THEATRE PROGRAMMES OU-VALIDATED FOR Dance, UK and Music of Conservatoire Laban Trinity Subject ConvenorChorerography Programme Leader, MAChoreography/ Mr Tony Thatcher DANCE and Drama,UK Central SchoolofSpeech (Performance andtheCity) Studies Theatre Leader, Course PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE

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ARTS SINGAPOREARTS CONTEMPORARY OF INSTITUTE A YEAR OF NEW THINKING

2014 was a year of new thinking at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. Under the directorship of Bala Starr, appointed at the end of 2013, the institute produced diverse events, five publications and 36 exhibitions, culminating in the LASALLE 30th anniversary exhibition Modern Love, opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in November. Behind the scenes, resources were directed towards increasing curatorial capabilities, improving technical skill levels, and building industry networks. We achieved a major redesign of the basement galleries, and renovated the gallery architecture across all seven discrete exhibition spaces. New curatorial appointments were set in motion, and important new exhibition partnerships established with the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, key international relationships that add dimension to the ICA Singapore. In August, the institute presented sculpture, drawings, film and performance by Zai Kuning at the annual Asian Arts Space

Network (AASN) exhibition, this year held in Gwangju, South Korea. INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE

Behind the scenes, resources were directed towards increasing curatorial capabilities, improving technical skill levels, and building industry networks… New curatorial appointments were set in motion, and important new exhibition partnerships established.

In 2014 the ICA Singapore developed the means to target the broadest capacity of international contemporary art and curatorial practice along with high standards of exhibition presentation. The three upgraded basement galleries functioned from mid-year as a single large impressive space, offering flexibility and higher spaces, exchanging know-how and information, and observing varied visibility. From August 2014, the programme was separated into two installation methods and processes. strategic strands: major contemporary exhibitions in the lower- level galleries, and curriculum-related, individual and collaborative Among several strategic exhibitions in the year’s programme, projects developed with LASALLE faculty staff and students on level SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes presented a critical overview of one. These two distinct strands enabled us to coherently present sound art in Singapore. The Beach that Never Was, an exhibition a spirited and diverse range of Southeast Asian and international developed by artists’ collective Hayama Projects, presented works creative practices. Important curated exhibitions that strengthened by artists based in Singapore, Japan and the USA in the context of the ICA Singapore’s reputation as a leading centre for contemporary the ‘globalised city’. Towards the end of the year, Countershadows art were presented concurrently with focused, often experimental, (tactics in evasion) looked at the reciprocal relationship between exhibitions developed by and with LASALLE staff and students concealment and exposure in works of art and the exhibition across all levels and academic faculties. experience. Countershadows was nominated by The Straits Times as the best contemporary art exhibition in Singapore in 2014. In June 2014, Melanie Pocock, a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, was appointed Assistant Curator. The internship Highlights among projects undertaken with LASALLE’s faculties programme, initiated in January, enabled four LASALLE Fine include the first solo exhibition in Singapore of paintings by lecturer Arts and Arts Management students to take up appointments at Antoine L’Heureux, and Fish Umbrella, a group exhibition that different times through the year. The internship programme enables presented works in a range of media by staff from the Faculty for curatorial and industry learning, and provides an environment where the Creative Industries. In both exhibitions, students were invited students can explore careers in arts administration and curating. to tackle the ideas and practices of teaching staff, through dialogue ICA Singapore aims to build sureness in the arts and technical sessions, presentations and workshops. Renowned Johor Bahru- experience at all levels. For example, the leader of our technical based artist Zai Kuning also worked with students and alumni team, Hafiz Osman, travelled to Melbourne and Sydney to meet from LASALLE who developed new works which were exhibited in with his Australian peers at major museums and contemporary art September alongside a major installation by Zai.

83 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE 85 comprised a series of of series a comprised and Dixon Prue was

Strangers In The Day - 6 Apr 7 Feb Dixon Steve and Dixon Prue the Day Strangers in that films and prints installations, assemblages, connections the whether about ideas explore things other and people other with make we them, to strangers being beyond us take ever and strangers to ourselves. Strangers in the Day and together, exhibition first Dixon’s Steve Singapore. in exhibition arts visual first their book and printmaking in specialises Prue Her internationally. exhibited has and arts, the from ranging themes explores work imagined to body human ‘proprioceptive’ of space. utopias and the politics of President is Dixon Steve Professor has and Arts the of College LASALLE with education higher in career his combined multimedia of fields the in practice continuing videos His arts. interactive and video theatre, often manipulations, temporal on focus creating a poetic or uncanny sense of time. , 6 February 2014. , 6 February , 19 February 2014 , 19 February , 2014. Silent Walk ARENA b.2 Untitled (Bukit Brown Cemetery III) Untitled (Bukit Brown Cemetery Zai Tang, Zai Tang, Zul Mahmod, Ang Song-Ming,

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experimental music, and the blurring of their their of blurring the and music, experimental boundaries. complex divergent developments in sound in the the in sound in developments divergent engage to opportunity an provided It arts. ideas and forms of confluence the with and art sound of registers the surrounding practices developed by Mark Wong. SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes explore to Singapore in exhibitions first the in and outside of the gallery space, including including space, gallery the of outside and in changing of series a stations, listening curated selection a performances, sound installations, sonic of archive an and scores, sound of and media artists, the exhibition engaged engaged exhibition the artists, media and invited that works sonic of scope wide a with listening. various possibilities of components five of consisted exhibition The who share the use of sound as a medium and and medium a as sound of use the share who artists, visual by works Featuring subject. a as artists performance composers, musicians, AND JOLEEN LOH SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes Singapore in artists 17 of work the together 7 FEB – 16 MAR 7 FEB – 16 CURATED BY BANI HAYKAL SOUND: Latitudes And Attitudes INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE ARTS CONTEMPORARY OF INSTITUTE 84 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE 87 , 2014. A Difficulty (Grey) Ho Rui An, 2008–14.

focused on artworks artworks on focused

, Monument to the people we’ve conveniently forgotten (I hate you), , Monument , 2007 Heman Chong Something Nothing Countershadows (tactics in evasion)Highlighting aesthetics. and concepts evasive their by characterised it for order in seen be must it camouflage—that of paradox the and exposure how explored exhibition acknowledged—the be to and qualities the revealing each intertwined, often are concealment axioms of the other. sculpture video, sound, installation, presented exhibition The from artists emerging and established seven by photography and means aesthetic and conceptual both used works The Singapore. were or overlapped, works the of number A viewer. the ‘escape’ to around within, look to viewers inviting space, gallery the in hidden and beyond for insight. Countershadows (tactics in evasion) – 26 Oct 20 Sept Curated by Melanie Pocock Sai Hua Kuan,

. Their work work Their . kikokushijo The Beach That Never Was explored the concept of home in the the in home of concept the explored century are more similar than different. st The Beach That Never Was character dual the to alluded title Its city’. ‘globalised the of context but foreigners to paradise a are that towns beach tropical many of disconnect—between This locals. to backdrop a than more little the in cities that fact the ‘local’—camouflages the and ‘foreign’ the 21 Developed by Hayama Projects, a loose artists’ collective begun by by begun collective artists’ loose a Projects, Hayama by Developed Juka Araikawa and Krister Olsson in 2012, Tokyo. and Singapore Angeles, Los from artists by works presented Many of the artists are ‘third culture kids’ or both as cities multiple in lived having of experiences mixed reflects the explored exhibition the in works Other outsiders. and insiders in cities the of psychogeography the and home, of psychology which their makers live.

, 2012 . Photo: Ken Cheong

Blind, 2014

Just the Two of Us Just the Two

Pimeriko, Mike HJ Chang,

Mike HJ Chang and Krister Olsson and Krister HJ Chang Mike 7 Aug – 14 Sept 7 Aug Curated by Juka Araikawa, The Beach That Beach The Was Never INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE ARTS CONTEMPORARY OF INSTITUTE 86 Modern Love: The Familiarity of Things, LASALLE Thirtieth Faculty of Fine Arts Anniversary Exhibition 12 Apr – 11 May 6 Nov – 4 Feb Curated by Khairuddin Hori and Bala Starr INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE

Lina Adam, The Culinary History of Singapore Performance Art Re-presented, 7 November 2014.

Yuri Dahlan, The Curse, 2014. INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE ARTS CONTEMPORARY OF INSTITUTE

Modern Love brought together more than 50 works by 30 artists who have graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts in the The Familiarity of Things presented works in a range of media by three decades since the college was established in 1984. Presented 27 Diploma Level 3 students. over two levels in the largest galleries of the ICA Singapore, it represented the diverse approaches and independent thinking of The artworks in the exhibition were produced using found LASALLE graduates, and their engagement with art communities objects and text as their starting point. The students then in Singapore and Southeast Asia. attempted to thwart, subvert, or redefine the original meaning and context of their materials. Through re-imagining how their Founded on the exuberant and at times overwhelming experience chosen objects and words might be perceived, the students of modern life, the exhibition reflected on the aspirations that attempted to free the materials from the confines of their artists associate with learning, their aspirations for a civil society, familiar meaning and significance. their dedication to knowledge and the pedagogy of an institution, and the necessity of independent art practice and collaboration. The final works evoked oddity, wit and a strange kind of poetics. These feelings were also highlighted in the experimental display, which underlined similarities and contrasts in the works’ ideas, materials and forms.

Victoria Tan, Agyo/Ungyo, 2014.

88 89 LISTINGS PATRON MANAGEMENT Mr George Yeo Professor Steve Dixon President NATIONAL AND Cities and Their Thesis, 24 Hour Comics Exhibition, BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL Faculty of Design Faculty of Media Arts Venka Purushothaman EXHIBITIONS 15–26 Feb 29 Nov – 7 Dec Vice-President CHAIRMAN (Academic) & Provost Tales from the Wardrobe, Jessica Gabrielli: Nimbus Aura Faculty of Design Mr Peter Seah Barbra Gan 17 Jan – 26 Feb 12 Apr – 11 May PUBLICATIONS Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd Vice-President Chairman, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes The Familiarity of Things, GLOSSARY, vol. 2 (Strategic Developments) 7 Feb – 16 Mar Chairman, National Wages Council Faculty of Fine Arts This anthology features essays and 12 Apr – 11 May Dominic Ang The Art Incubator 5: interviews by artists, curators, academics, lecturers, researchers, and film directors MEMBERS Vice-President (Operations) From When We Last Met Landings: MA Fine Arts, 7 Feb – 6 Apr on exhibitions and programmes held at Faculty of Fine Arts the ICA Singapore in 2013. Mr Edmund N S Tie Nur Hidayah Bte Abu Bakar 25 Apr – 11 May Executive Chairman Thinking of Landscape: Dean, Faculty of Design SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (SEA) Pte Ltd Paintings from the The LASALLE Show Exhibition 2014, Yeap Lam Yang Collection All Faculties Published to accompany the exhibition Professor Ruth Bereson Bro Paul Ho Kok Chee 8 Mar – 16 Apr 23 May – 4 June SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes, Dean, Faculty for the Creative Industries this publication includes essays and Brother President Hafiz Osman: Maps and Meetings Tropical Lab 8: interviews by curators Joleen Loh and St Joseph Institution Dr Amanda Morris 8 Mar – 6 Apr Port of Call, Bani Haykal, artists’ statements and Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts Faculty of Fine Arts biographical information. Mr William Lim SUPERPOSITION(S) 7 Aug – 7 Sept (15 July 2011 to 30 September 2014) Wolfgang Muench 22 Mar – 20 Apr MANAGEMENT & DIRECTORS OF BOARD PATRON, The Beach That Never Was Deputy Director Dean, Faculty of Media Arts In a Space Across from You: Higher Education, Ministry of Education Mark Thia: Night Throwing Published on the occasion of the Works by Students in Diploma Fine Arts, 12 Apr – 11 May exhibition The Beach That Never Was, Faculty of Fine Arts Professor Yvonne Spielmann this catalogue includes an introduction Mr Tan Lin Teck 7–31 Aug Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts Singapore Youth Festival 2014 by curators Juka Araikawa, Mike HJ (from 1 October 2014) Art Exhibition Deputy Director Antoine L’Heureux: Chang and Krister Olsson, and texts by Steve Golden 10 – 23 Jul Higher Education, Ministry of Education The Lonely Emperor’s Journey a.k.a. Kathleen Ditzig, John Freeman, Diana Director, Division of Industry & Community Nawi and Darryl Wee. The Beach That Never Was Becoming New Gods a.k.a. …, Mr Koh Seow Chuan 7 Aug – 14 Sept Faculty of Fine Arts Lee See Ee Countershadows (tactics in evasion) Founder-Senior Consultant 7–31 Aug Academic Registrar and DP Architects Pte Ltd Countershadows (tactics in evasion) A catalogue that explores art Director of Student Administration 20 Sept – 26 Oct Inspired by Light—A Traveller’s Journal: characterised by its evasive concepts Watercolours by Winston Oh, and aesthetics, with an essay by curator Ms Kirtida Mekani Alvan Loo Zai Kuning: Faculty of Fine Arts Melanie Pocock, descriptions of Director Director, Division of Advancement The Fleeting World of Dapunta Hyang 6–28 Sept artworks and biographical information. CIS Agriferts Pte Ltd Singapore 20 Sept – 26 Oct The Grass is Always Greener on the Low Seow Hua Modern Love: LASALLE Thirtieth Mr Robert Tomlin Modern Love: Other Side: The Winston Oh Travel Director, Division of Information & Anniversary Exhibition Vice Chairman LASALLE Thirtieth Anniversary Award 2014, Faculty of Fine Arts Communications Technology INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE ARTS CONTEMPORARY OF INSTITUTE Exhibition 6–28 Sept Published to accompany the group Lepercq de Neuflize Asia Pte Ltd exhibition Modern Love: LASALLE 6 Nov – 4 Feb Malar Nadeson Fish Umbrella, Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, this Mr Alain Vandenborre Director, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library Faculty for the Creative Industries notebook includes an introduction Executive Chairman and Founder 4–26 Oct by curators Khairuddin Hori and Bala Singapore Diamond Investment LASALLE Marcus Ngiow Starr, and reference material including Exchange Pte Ltd FACULTY EXHIBITIONS Bani Haykal: Dormant Music+, descriptions of artworks and artists’ Director, Division of Quality and Planning Faculty of Performing Arts biographies. ON: SHOW, Faculty of Design Mr Lee Suan Hiang 4–26 Oct Bala Starr 17 Jan – 9 Feb CEO Director, Institute of Real Estate Developers’ Perspectives, Contemporary Arts Singapore Open House: Animation and Media Arts MA Art Therapy programme, Association of Singapore (REDAS) Exhibition, Faculty of Media Arts Faculty for the Creative Industries 17–26 Jan Tan Poh Seng 1–23 Nov Ms Jane Ittogi Director, Division of Finance BIG-BANG, Partner idreamofmona: Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore Faculty for the Creative Industries MA Fine Arts Work-in-Progress, Agnes Wan 17–26 Jan Faculty of Fine Arts Director, Division of Human Resources Professor Steve Dixon 1–23 Nov Should We Look at the Other Side?, (Ex-Officio Director) Wong Meng Kong Faculty of Fine Arts President Present Futures: Director, Division of Facilities 17–26 Jan BA Design Communication, LASALLE College of the Arts Limited Faculty of Design Pho Pho, Daren Woo 6–23 Nov Faculty of Design Director, Division of Admissions 17–28 Jan WORKSHOP by McNally & Co., Faculty of Design Prue Dixon and Steve Dixon: 13 Dec – 15 Feb Strangers in the Day 7 Feb – 6 Apr

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