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The programme will unfold as a keynote followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A, and will use the text Art in Public Space, Singapore (2022) edited by Lilian Chee, with an interview with T.K. Sabapathy and essays by Selene Yap and Nicholas Lua, as anchor. Here, the panel circulates the book’s discussions into the city and its publics, and art. Approaching the question of public art from a spatially grounded perspective, the complexities of the city are interrogated along the perspectives of critical urban discourse, architecture, state objectives, and the public. What is the function of art in the city? Who determines the aesthetics of public art? What are the ideologies and spaces within which art is situated? Can public art endure in Singapore?
Please note that you do not have to have read the book referenced in order to attend this panel discussion. You can find more details of the book here.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Audrey Yue is Professor in Media, Culture and Critical Theory, Head of Communications and New Media, Convenor of the Cultural Studies in Asia multidisciplinary programme and Director of the Cultural Research Centre at the National University of Singapore. She is recipient of three international and university-wide teaching excellence awards. She supervised to completion 21 PhD theses as Principle Supervisor; developed and coordinated subjects on Asian media cultures, digital diasporas and cultural policy, and; conducted executive masterclasses on cultural evaluation. Currently, she also serves as External Academic Advisor to the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Speakers
Associate Professor Lee Kah Wee (NUS Department of Architecture)
Dr Joshua Comaroff (Yale-NUS Geography)
Associate Professor T.C. Chang (NUS Department of Geography)
Dr Emily Chua (NUS Department of Sociology)