Song-Ming Ang
Dublin Core
Title
Song-Ming Ang
Description
Currently based in Berlin Song-Ming Ang has spent almost ten years away from Singapore. The residency will allow him to research and reflect on the changes in Singapore society, in its ideals and ideology, through music. Ang will use resources available at the National Library and at the National Archives of Singapore to excavate posters, recordings of interviews and official speeches, and other audio-visual materials related to key and fringe figures of Singapore’s music scene, such as Zubir Saiz, composer of the national anthem. Chris Ho, a former radio DJ/journalist known for his anti-establishment stance; and the Chinese xinyao college folk movement that sprung in the 1980s. He also plans to address the performative aspects of patriotism and leadership by revisiting the state-commissioned National Day songs as well as the television broadcast of National Day Rallies.
Date
1 February – 31 March 2017
Coverage
Residency Item Type Metadata
Short Description
The residency will allow him to research and reflect on the changes in Singapore society, in its ideals and ideology, through music.
Cycle
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Theme
Files
Collection
Citation
“Song-Ming Ang,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/1368.
Item Relations
| Item: Song-Ming Ang | References | This Item |
| Item: Residencies Studio Sessions: Can’t Help Falling in Love performance by Song-Ming Ang (Singapore), Artist-in-Residence | Is Part Of | This Item |