How does art shape our cities? by Vere van Gool (The Netherlands/United States), Associate Director, IdeasCity, New Museum, New York]]> Urbanism]]> Public Sphere]]> Vere van Gool]]> North America]]> Architecture]]> Public Sphere]]>
A public programme of Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.]]>
Marc Glöde]]> Marc Glode]]> North America]]> Middle East]]>
Gut-Geographies: Queering Public Space and the Narratable Self after Feminism by Sophie Goltz and Dr Tania Roy]]> Feminism]]> Body]]> Public Sphere]]>

22 August 2019

Love and the Politics of Seclusionary Action by Adriana Cavarero, with additional readings by Luce Irigaray and Hannah Arendt 

26 September 2019

Gut-Knowledges by Elizabeth Wilson 

24 October 2019

Precarity, Plasticity and Entanglement in texts by Catherine Malabou and Judith Butler

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Sophie Goltz]]> Tania Roy]]> Asia]]> North America]]>
Why intervene at all? by Lin Shiyun, Creative Director, 3Pumpkins (Singapore)]]> Public Sphere]]> 24 Aug 2019, Sat 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The Seminar Room, Block 43 Malan Road

Registration required via Peatix: whyintervene.peatix.com

Fee: $12

Developed for all ages.

When, why, and how do artists play a role in the community?

While neighbourhoods in Singapore may appear homogenous, each local community faces a unique set of issues due to its distinct social demographics. There is no fixed formula for creative intervention that conveniently applies to all. In this workshop, Lin Shiyun will share her practice in community engagement and development projects, carried out in public spaces,as a constant search for answers to understand and reorganise social patterns. Through case studies, participants will attempt to unravel the purpose and examine various methods of creative intervention in communities, and question if such intervention is necessary at all.

Note: No prior experience in community engagement and development is needed to attend this workshop.

A public and education programme of Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.]]>
Lin Shiyun]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Public Sphere]]> Performance]]> Urbanism]]>
In this conversation, Dia will introduce her artistic intervention Golden Staircase (2017). Taking over a block of steps from a HDB staircase in Jalan Rajah, the work stirred controversy and public debate on how contemporary art could relate to the built environment we live in. The debate was exceptionally amplified on social media. Palay will discuss his artistic practice and his public performance 32 Years: The Interrogation of a Mirror (2018), a conceptual work in progress. In 2018, the public (performative) action led to his arrest and resulted in an island-wide debate around what can be considered a work of art in public. The discussion with both artists will look into recent urban developments and artistic approaches in the public sphere.]]>
Priyageetha Dia]]> Seelan Palay]]> Sophie Goltz]]> Southeast Asia]]>
]]> Architecture]]> Public Art]]> Public Sphere]]> 1 Oct 2019, Tue 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Over the last two decades, Dr Colin Okashimo has sought to fuse art and landscape architecture as well as sculpture and design through a strong research narrative that highlights the unique aspects of each location. Incorporating sculptural works into his landscape designs, Okashimo creates environments that are inspired by the research of the place’s culture, history, and society. In this talk, he will reflect on the potentiality of sculpture and public art in transforming a space into a place-specific environment offering meaning and memory.

A public programme of Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.
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Colin Okashimo]]> Asia]]> North America]]>
Public Sphere]]> Urbanism]]> 10 Oct 2019, Thu 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
The Lab, Block 43 Malan Road

Using best practice examples from Singapore, Hamburg, and beyond, artistic and activist strategies, with which urban spaces have been appropriated as democratic forums, will be examined. In addition, the methodological question will be raised: how can regionally differently situated practices of artists and activists be described more generally as art in the public sphere? Hence, which cultural and political implications do arise for a mutual understanding of urban and public space in theory and practice today?

A public programme of Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.]]>
Sophie Goltz]]> Regina De Rozario ]]> Southeast Asia]]> Europe]]>
Public Sphere]]> Institutional Critique]]>
Part of Art, Urban Change, and the Public Sphere: Public Art Education Summit from 17 - 19 October 2019.]]>
Amanda Crabtree]]> Europe]]>
Urbanism]]> Public Sphere]]>
Part of Art, Urban Change, and the Public Sphere: Public Art Education Summit from 17 - 19 October 2019.]]>
Nikos Papastergiadis]]> Southeast Asia]]> Asia]]> North America]]> Europe]]>
Public Sphere]]> Postcolonialism]]> place with regards to (Buddhist) subjectivity and Cambodian diasporic affect. The presentation will focus on artistic performances by Amy Lee Sanford and Anida Yoeu Ali which comment on, intervene in, and shape public space in contemporary Cambodia. In the context of the symposium, these practices can be taken to probe the haunting place of arts precincts established in Phnom Penh over the course of the colonial and independence periods, their destruction and/or commodification.

Part of the Art, Urban Change, and the Public Sphere: Public Art Education Summit from 17 - 19 October 2019.]]>
Ashley Thompson]]> Southeast Asia]]>