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October 2017 ON THE WATERFRONT ARTHUR TAY rides high on the waves of change CONTENTS Managing Director Corinne Ng EDITORIAL [email protected] Group Editor Jane Ngiam Thought leaders plugged Deputy Editor Karishma Tulsidas into the most pressing Project Editor Hong Xinyi Sub-Editor Hashirin Nurin Hashimi global conversations share Editorial Services Manager Ethel Lee their insights about the art Contributors Jonathan Evans, Adeline Loh, Karen Tee ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY [email protected] of hub-making and strategies Senior Art Director Matilda Au for growing beyond Singapore Art Director Jana Tan Contributors Darren Gabriel Leow, Alex Lim, Sam Tan DIGITAL [email protected] 2 ARTS & CULTURE: Critical Mass Group Editor Kissa Castañeda National Gallery Singapore’s Low Sze Wee on the Content Director, Digital Daphne Chen-Cordeiro Digital Editor Elizabeth Lee challenges of creating a hub for Southeast Asian art Director, Digital Bhakti Shet Webmaster Reynald Dimatulac 4 TECHNOLOGY: Unchained Melodies ADVERTISING [email protected] Spotify Asia’s Sunita Kaur on why Singapore is the perfect General Manager–Commercial Stephanie Tay regional base for building a music streaming revolution Account Directors Wendy Seah, Stephanie Tan Associate Account Director Garant Pang 6 AEROSPACE: To Infinity and Beyond Digital Sales Manager We e P i n g Singapore Space and Technology Association’s MARKETING Jonathan Hung explores how the space sector [email protected] / [email protected] can catalyse technological leaps for the little red dot Senior Marketing Manager Desmond Lee Marketing and Circulation Manager Patsy Ang 8 BIG PICTURE: A Whole New World PRODUCTION AND TRAFFIC [email protected] Burgeoning regional groupings and potential trade routes Production and Traffic Director Grace Lim are poised to reshape connections both commercial Traffic Executive Jane Lau Production Executive May Tan and cultural, especially in Asia 10 SPOTLIGHT: Call of the Sea Asian tourism is growing in tandem with the region’s booming economies. SUTL Enterprise’s Arthur Tay believes these travellers will be entranced by the waterfront lifestyle 14 ENTERPRISE: Mapping the Road Ahead Spring Singapore’s Poon Hong Yuen offers a big picture EDIPRESSE MEDIA ASIA [email protected] perspective on how Singapore enterprises can flourish Chairman and CEO Michel Lamunière in the new global economy CFO, Asia Ida Cheung CCO, Asia and MD–Edipresse Media Hong Kong Sean Fitzpatrick 18 SUSTAINABILITY: Here Comes the Sun Chief Innovation Officer, Asia Julie Lee Sunseap Group’s Frank Phuan on how renewable energy Head of Generation T, Asia Tamara Lamunière could launch a great leap forward for Southeast Asia’s developing economies EDIPRESSE GROUP Chairman Pierre Lamunière CFO & COO Michel Preiswerk 22 HOSPITALITY: Branching Out Vice President Sebastien Lamunière Banyan Tree’s Ho Kwon Ping on how the hospitality group is charting its new era of expansion Published by Edipresse Media Singapore Pte Ltd. 14 Kung Chong Road, #06-02 Lum Chang Building, Singapore 159150. Tel +65 6323 1606. Fax +65 6323 1692. E-mail: [email protected] 24 LAST WORD: Out of the Dot Copyright ©2017 by Edipresse Media Asia Limited. Six visionary Singapore-based entrepreneurs share All materials published remain the property of Edipresse Media Asia Limited. Materials submitted for publication are sent at the owner’s own risk and, the biggest challenges and most valuable lessons while every care is taken, neither Singapore Tatler nor its agents accept any they learned from taking their businesses global liability for loss or damage. INDUSTRY INSIDER | ARTS & CULTURE Singapore’s bid to become hold a scholarly the visual arts hub of exhibition, but Southeast Asia has gone use a trendy through highs and lows. way to market How would you describe the it. I co-curated “Southeast Asia current visual arts scene an exhibition last and market? year titled Artist is not frequently on There are certain aspects of and Empire: the international radar. “hub-making” that can be (En)countering realised in the shorter term, Colonial Legacies, Trying to market such as infrastructure. Our in collaboration museums, theatres and art with Tate Britain. Southeast Asian art schools all contribute to the We made a heavy within this international hub effect. Other pieces of topic accessible the puzzle are also in place, through our climate is a big challenge” like Singapore’s strong collaboration with arts logistics and insurance local blogger sectors as it’s a financial and Mr Brown. We ART MATTERS The Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow exhibition transportation centre. worked with (above) at the National Gallery Singapore garnered a lot of public attention; However, another aspect of him and the Low with blogger Mr Brown (below) at the gallery’s Artist and Empire: (En)countering hub-making is about creating British High Colonial Legacies exhibition a critical audience mass that Commissioner to can support the creative output Singapore to do of our artists. This piece of the a tongue-in-cheek audio tour reason other museums want to the government can have a puzzle is going to take a much and we were quite successful in collaborate with us. direct impact. We have to longer time to realise. In terms of attracting new audiences. For a long time now, I’ve felt acknowledge that we just can’t the art market, we’re not quite that Singapore has a crown rush or overly control certain the hub yet, because the current What will continue to make jewel that’s not so well known, things. Even if you spend a pool of collectors here isn’t large Singapore an attractive and that’s the Singapore Tyler lot of money on it, you might enough to support the local visual arts hub in the face Print Institute (STPI). It’s a not get a lot of return out of ecosystem of artists. of growing competition with printmaking workshop whose that investment. other arts markets? technical expertise lies in helping I would say international As a curator, what are some We realise the current limitations artists realise their artworks. interest in Singapore and of the biggest challenges you that we have in terms of our Singapore might not be so the region is growing quite face in growing audiences? collector pool, and we’re hoping strong yet in having high levels organically through the efforts of It’s a constant balancing to tap on the larger regional of local content or demand, artists such as graphic novelist act. We want to draw in new market. Singapore must be able but we’re able to provide Sonny Liew, and film-makers audiences, but we also have a to make a value proposition of technical expertise for artists to Boo Junfeng and Kirsten public responsibility to increase how it can play a different role create artworks of a very high Tan. We need to recognise knowledge on Singapore and within these regional markets. For international standard. That’s these artists who are slowly Southeast Asian art. That’s the National Gallery Singapore, something that Singapore making an international impact, when programming and our clear distinction comes from should try to develop. regardless of whether they marketing efforts become quite our collection, which has a focus received a grant, or not. CRITICAL MASS APORE NG important. For instance, you can on Southeast Asia, and that’s the What role do you think I Low Sze Wee, the director of curatorial, collections and S Singapore can play to bring What role does the gallery education at the National Gallery Singapore, tells art from this region onto a play in Singapore’s ambition Adeline Loh ALLERY that he believes a creative and committed approach to building G global stage? to be a major regional and AL We need a reality check. global arts player? N audiences is a key prerequisite for nurturing a vibrant arts hub Southeast Asia is not on the Our primary responsibility in ATIO N international radar. Trying Singapore is to grow a large S: E to market Southeast Asian base of arts lovers here. G ow sze wee describes his job at the national art within this international The other role is to cast an IMA Gallery Singapore as akin to working in a start-up climate is a big challenge. international light on Southeast —a sure indicator of the challenges he faces to win Interest in the region needs to Asian art and we do that through audiences over to Southeast Asian art and build develop naturally over time. our international collaborations : ALEX LIM; a world-class visual arts museum. The director of N We should also recognise with museums, bringing our curatorial, collections and education chats candidly that there are only certain shows overseas, and making TRATIO about Singapore’s bid to become the visual arts hub of S aspects of our arts ecosystem, sure our publications are well the region, and the challenges of building a homegrown base of art lovers. ILLU such as infrastructure, where circulated internationally. INDUSTRY INSIDER | TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PLAYLIST Homegrown artists we want the world to stream “Being based in Singapore really lends itself to ease of doing business across Asia” What makes Singapore playlists, Spotify’s Indonesian such a good testing ground music experts put together for Spotify? the best playlists from top We launched in Asia by Indonesian hits to Bali lounge introducing Spotify to Singapore, and dangdut. That’s what we Malaysia and Hong Kong at the aim to do with every market, same time. Singapore was a and what we see music fans Gentle Bones good place to start our venture absolutely loving. Joel Tan’s (pictured above) alter ego has made original into Asia as it’s a good base to Another good example is the music since 2013, but in the last two years, he’s figure out the intricacies of the payment options available to become a major star in Southeast Asia, becoming rest of the region.