Education]]> Ecosystems]]> Course Details
Date: 10 September 2022, Saturday Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 6 Lock Road, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108934 Course Fee: $85.60 (incl. GST), per adult/child pair

About The Course

Edible Wild is a 2-hour workshop aimed at bringing parents and their children closer to nature. Despite the greenery that surrounds us in our concrete jungle, it is easy to overlook the plants that flank our sidewalks. As the world moves at an ever-increasing pace, we need the occasional reminder to slow down and reconnect with the earth – and one of the best ways to do so is to learn how to care for it.

This workshop is a gentle introduction to the myriad of herbs – both common and uncommon – that can be found growing around our garden city, as well as a chance to understand their history and uses. Participants will learn simple plant identification techniques, understand the structure of a plant, as well as pick up basic gardening skills that they can use at home. The overall goal is to renew a sense of wonder in our green companions, while providing the skills to identify and care for them.

At The End of the Course, You Will…

● Learn how to identify edible local plants from The Farm at NTU CCA Singapore
● Learn general plant identification techniques (leaf shape, flowers, stem structure etc.)
● Pick up basic gardening techniques to grow and care for your own edible greens (proper watering, checking/enriching the soil, checking for pests, pruning & propagation)
● Create simple infusions with ingredients from the garden

Target Audience

Parent/child groups where the children are 7 years old and above.

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Joy Chee]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Technology]]> Course Fee: $513.60 (incl. GST) SkillsFuture Credits applicable for Singaporeans.

The Upward Trend: NFTs and On-Chain Art is an introductory course designed for those who are interested to learn about the background and history of crypto art, and are keen to navigate the concept of NFTs, the technology that underlies them and the ecosystems they propel.

During the course, our instructors from NFT Asia will provide an overview of the basic terminologies that surround NFTs, blockchain and Web 3.0. They will also spotlight the relationship between NFTs and contemporary art discourses, as well as its interactions and intersections with broader art communities, such as through Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).

As a participant, you will examine case studies, recent writings on the technology and engage in group discussions. By exploring different considerations to utilising NFTs which include minting, displaying and community building you will gain insights into the future of NFTs and its potential impact on the roles of artists, creatives, museums, galleries and the art business at large.

Who Should Sign Up

Artists, Arts Managers, Cultural Workers, Designers, Collectors, Gallerists, Arts Enthusiasts

At The End of the Course, You Will…

1. Gain a confident and nuanced understanding of what NFTs are.

2. Be more familiar with art and creative infrastructures within and beyond the NFT ecosystem.

3. Develop a perspective of the implications of NFTs.

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Education]]> Ecology]]> Course Details

Date: Monday, 6 December 2021
Time: 7 – 10 pm
Delivery Mode: Online
Standard Course Fees: SGD 90.95 (inc. GST)

Concepts of Concern – A Lexicology of Ecology is a survey of terminology in social, cultural and political ecology. Old and new terms such as recycle, sustainable, green, renewable, biomass, climate change, carbon footprint, global warming or anthropocene constitute what can be called concepts of concern. They are used to propose solutions to waste, advance environmental justice and imagine new worlds, but also to justify new forms of resource extraction, industrial production and economic globalisation as necessarily eco-centric.

The 3-hour online course traces the evolution of specific eco-centric terms and their corollary discourses since the global environmental movements of the 1960s, and examines a lexicology of ecology as a springboard to engage the emerging and heterogeneous field of ecocriticism. This course will also discuss several artistic responses that operate outside the bounds of terminological discourses and its trappings.   

This course is divided into three main sections:

Part 1: Overview of dominant terminology in social/cultural/political ecology since the 1960s.

Part 2: Critical examination of selected terms, such as their use in corporate propaganda and political narratives.

Part 3: Survey of non-terminological/artistic responses to the crisis of ecology. 

Course Instructor

Jegan Vincent de Paul is an artistic researcher with an interest in large-scale technopolitical phenomenon with a focus on physical infrastructures. He received his Ph.D in Art, Design and Media from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2021. His doctoral thesis Infrastructure, Narrative, Impact: A Counter-Reading of Belt and Road uses art as a research methodology to show how “the Belt and Road” is a rhizomatic global narrative constructed in the process of interpretation and analysis. He has worked internationally as a researcher and designer and was a visiting scholar and lecturer at the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (2010–12). He has exhibited at the 4th ZERO1 Biennial in San Jose, California, Space in Kingston, Jamaica and the Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore. Vincent de Paul holds a Master of Architecture from University of Toronto and a Master of Science in Visual Studies from MIT.

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Education]]>
Course Instructor: Dr Karin Oen, Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Art and Design, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University]]>
Karin Oen]]> Southeast Asia]]>