gce a level general paper arts content notes

8/10/2019 GCE A Level General Paper Arts Content Notes

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sciences

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will

make us

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To

progress:

Culturally

.

Arguments

to

show

how the Arts can

progress

culturally


10/20

More

funding

necessary

for arts scene

to flourish

PAIRON

OF

IHE

ARTS

WHILE reclpints

of

the sponsorchlps

have benefited

subslantially,

an undelying

sense

that rnole

can be done

by

ihe

privaie seclor

jn

suppod

ofthe

localarls

scene

stillexisls.

Beneficiadesin200TWercspreadacrossVaiolscalegones_iromanslnslilUtiongllkeNanyangAcademyo'Fine

Arls

(NAFA)

and the

young

Tatent

Devetopmenl

Fundio schoLa6h

ps

such

3s

lhe shell

NAc scholaGhip

forlhe

Arts

and

Georqetle Chen

Ads Scholarchip

to ads

groups

llke

The

Theatre Practice,

Wild Rice

Drama

Bdx

and The

Olher

beneflcia

es were events

like the Singapore

Arts Festival.

Dans Feslival

and Singapore

W

lers

Festival

community

Arls,Ieatuing lhe

DistdctAds F;

ival by NTUC

Faiprice was another

area

which reaped

benefits

lntereslino

y,

in many cases, beneliciaies

seem to be chosen

on the

basis of svnchronicitv

or simllariiv

in

identitv

betlveen the

sponsor and recipieni.

'Fundlng

ls

a continuous

process.lt

is allaboutthe

ideniityof both

padies

growing

intandem"savs

Naialie

Hennedige,

adistic direclorof

Cake

Theatrical Prcductions

which is one

ollhe

recipienls ofsponsorchip

vvtLlianr

l-tm. chiel

ereclrive ofiicerof

localst\4E

old

chanlt

Kee, sha.es

how it decided

lo

sponsor a

chinese

muslcal

rvlr Lin addeil:

'lhe

srory

also louches

on lhe ups and

downs oi venlu

rrg ovelseas

dea ng wrlir cuilure

and

survival.

.

simitarto

old chang

Kee."

Fundlng is especially

imporlantfor non

prolitcompanles inclLrding

TheTheat

Praciice becausethev

lelv

heavilvon

ind

ivid;at volu nteers such

as students flom secondary

schoot,

iunior

college and

university as

wellas

ptofessionals.

''For

s

ponsorsh

ip for our

maln slage

prograrn

mes, ihe suppo( allows

us

to spend

rnore

ilme

more

effo{ and

aflord

us

wilh

more resources io

prodlce

belter wotks,'said

generalrnanager oi The Theatre

Praclice Koh

Wee Giap

Cake

TheaticalProduciions,

which sees up loihree

maln season

produclions,

has similarly

been

able to focus

on

oiher

prctects

with lhe help

of

sponso6hips

One

such

prciecl

is

Paradise

Allev

is a

free annual

outdool

pedormance

whlch brings theatrc

into common

spaces and

promises passerc-bv

a

visualdelighl

Nonelhetess, an undertying

consensus exisls

among recipients

from the vadous

categories thal

there

is room forthe

privale

sectorto

contribute

more in support oflhe

localarts scene

'\ryhat

we have now

is definilely not enough

for lhe localarts

scenelo creale

more dive6e

and

good

wo*

We

mn'l

just

do commercial

produciiona

in order

6 survive

-

we also

need to do

wo ihat is meant

lor

a smaller

audience

iterefore

less box

6fiice lnlake) but

impodant io challengelhe

adsts, and

to strelch the

audience.

saidMrKoh'

''Like

R&D in science

and medicine. ads

needs

the'lab

for newworks,

iorexpeiments, and

for the oppodunities

io

fa

l. [4r Koh added.

t\,1r

Lim agreed:

Ads is something allseciors

have lo be

involved

in, forthefulure arts

create a culture

unjque

to any

individuaicountry.

A younq counlry

like

ours needs a

lot

of privale

and

governmenlal supporl for

Io"1

ads

'

Framing S'pore

as

arts capital

MINISTRY

OF INFORI,4ATION,

COMN,4UNICATIONS

&THE

ARTS

SINGAPORE

ls making

iis mark as a

global

citv for lhe ads,

with Foftes

magazine

lisling lhe

muntry as

among

10

of

the

world

s cultu re capitals.

Quoling

{iom the article

yesierday, Rear-Admjral

(NS)

LuiTuck Yew

said il declared

thal

while

manv

percelve

Singap;re

as a steile

business centre,

ils culturalpesence

in the

East is now

undeniable"'


11/20

The Senior Minisler of Siale

for lnformalion,

Communlcations and the Arls

(l,,lica)

ciled

the arlicie

published

last

month io showthat Singapore has come a

long

way

in

its

bid

io bea

globalal1s

capilal.

A key measure, he said,

is

lhe vibrancy of the arls and culturalscene here slnce

the Renaissance Cily Plan

(RCP)

was unveiled

in 2000, a masterplan to develop

the

locala'1s

and cullure induslry.

ln

the past decade, the

numberotaris

aclivities

has

quadrupled

to

more

than 27,000 events

a

year, with

licket

sales

hilting

$46

million last

year.

One

in

three Singaporeans

altends

at least one arls evenl annually, ihree iimes

the

paidcipation

rate 10

yea6

ago.

RADM Lui also

pledged

sustained s'rpporl for

the arls despite lhe downturn.

Itwas

made in response

to

[,1s Penny Low

{Pasir

Ris-Punggo]GRC) and Nominaied

N,lP

Gautam Baneiee,

borh of

whom had urged

lhe

Governrnentto continue investing in lhe al1s

even in a recession.

'We

undersland the diffrculties lhatlocalarts

groups

willface

and are committed

10 sustaining the

aris

during

this

downturn," he said duing ihe debate on his minislry's

budget in Paniament.

Overlhe

nen

year,

lVica wjll injecl an additional$8

million to suppo( arts and

cullure aciivities. ttwittbe

overand

above theaverage annuallunding oI

$23.25

million

lrom the

ihird

phase

oilhe

RCP

scheme announced in December.

To

dothis,

l,lica

willsuppodthe

creation

of oiginalarlislic

contentthrough measures tikethe

NationatAds

Counc]ts

(NACs)

lnlemational

Residency Scheme, which

willbe

launched

this month.

About

92

million will be sel aside in the nexl five

years

lo altraci regional adisls

to collaborate with toca

airlsts as wett

as

support local

a

sis abroad.

It4ore funding will be

pumped

in if lhe scheme

is successful, he added.

The NAC willalso invesl

$3

5 million in ihe next five

years

to build a body of new works

wiih locatand Asjan

ftavour io

appealio

audiences here

and

overseas.

Two, buildlng capabililies

and

talent.

Mica

wilcontinueto

provideseed

flnding to businesses,

hesaid, citing toctcompany

Vee V tnleractive

as an early

recipient. ll is now

producing

an lntenet

TV documenlary

on Singapores Pioneer

Artists.

Groomins talenl also remains a key

pdorily

dudns toush times, he assured

DrOng Seh Hong

(Marine

parade

GRC),

who

wanted

l\,lica

lo conlinue its

aft

schobrships

and butsanes.

RADM Luisaid

NAC'S

fimncialaid

for scholarchips and

bur.saries has increased by30

percenl

in

lhe tastfive

years,

with

$1.02

million

given

to 71

people

lasl

year.

Three,

enhancing

institutions

and inflastructure.

[4ica

and the Tote

Board

will inc.ease iunding

lorthe

developmenl and mainrenance of setected heritage

sjles

such

as the Malay Heritage Centre,

lhe Sun

Yat

Sen Nanyang Memorjal

Hatland the

proposed

tndian He age Centre, he

roJr.

elqaorng lhe conrnunrly.

The ministrywillslep up community

oulrcach effons

io

broaden

access to the arts, he

said, adding:.Ads and

culture

have a valuable role lo

play

in developing

a more

gracious

and inclusjve sociery

lo tide us over these

d

iflicutt

times.',

Govt

seed

funding scheme

to nurture

a

s businesses

Pians alsolo foster

growth

olgalledes,

auclion houses, speciatised

seruices

THE

governmeni

will iniroduce seed lunding

schemes

io

help develop localarc

businesses

and integraie ihem tnto

the Arts Housing Scheme as

part

ofthe

lhid

phaseofihe

Renaissance City Plan

(RCp ttl)

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The move s

pa(

of a

push

to

grow

lhe

clusier" eltect of lhe

ads seclor

so there

will be a complete

value chain

Senior

[4in ster of Staieior

Education and

lnfomailon, Communications

and

TheAris.

LuiTuck

Yew. said atthe

launch

oflhe

plan's public

repon

yeslerday.

Besjdesseedfunding,theMlnistryoflnformaiion,CommunicalionsandtheArts(['4ica),lheNaiionarArisCouncjl

(NAC)

and Naiioml

iteitase

Boa;d

(N

HB)

will padner the Economic Development Board io help gmw

lhe localbase

;l au;ion houses.

galleiea

and speciallsed

arl servjces

such as slorage,

logislics and

pmfessional

conservaiion

The amounl of

seed funding has

not been revealed. But

i.

September,

NHB launched

an

$8

milion

Heriiage lndustry

lncentive Programme

(HlzP)to help develop ihe heilage

seclor overthe

next five

vears

RCP lll, announced

by [4ica Minisier

Lee Boon Yang

in Februarythis

vear,

is Singaporc's

arls and

coliualmasler

plan

for 2008-2015. A total

oI

$115

mlljion will be allocated

over the

next five

vea.s

to

help develop

'ontent

and an

ecosystem

and lo engage

lhe communily.

RCPlllaimstobondSingaporeansbygivinglhemasenseottootedness'lhroughtheadsandcultu/lrLuisaid

yesterday.

Anolher

aim is

lo

allracl loreign talenl by

plomollng

a

vlbra

ans environment

Content

ls the core of lhe arls

and culture, said MrLui. So

RCP lllwillintroduce

new conient

cteation funds

lo

encourage grealer Asian

conlenl

creation

in

Singapore

or by

Singaporeans

l.i^a,,rlL.,i..h.nAillsiR.qrds^.vS.F.r.r.ri..ir.,r.r.n:l.r-1qfi'r^.:.r'rl.sS":'.rc'n

To help develop

a dynamic ecosystem,lhe

33,000 sq m Arls

Housing Schemewilibe

enlarged two

years

from

now

When the

school oI ihe Ads vacates

its cu.rent campus al Goodman

Road in 2010,

an extm 15 000

sq m of

aits

housing

space wlll be created.

Holsing wlll be

provided

not only for anisis

blt

oiher

players

in

the arts ecosystem,

such as ari

businesses

or

speciallsed arl services.

RCP

lllwas

built on the

slccess

of

the ptevious Renaissance Cily Plan,

ilr

Luisald

"lfvou

look

at

the

slatistics

and

hard fiqures, lthink

weve done

quitewell,"

he sajd

Mica

has released the fircl Singapore

clrllural

Siatisiics Report,

which

glves figurcs on the

groMh

of ihe cullural

sector

irom 2003io

2007. covedng

arts, heitage, libraries

and film.

'What

is signlficant s thai

there has been subslantial

increase in aris attendance

ln lhe

I'4alay communily,

among

people

aged 35-49,

BDB onetothree-room dwellerc

and thosewlh'O

leveleducation

and below

'Mr

tuisaid'

Asforan anlicipated

drop in corporale sponsorship

otihe arls

next

year,

l\,4ica

willcontinueto

cullivate

relationships

with companies while

looking ai how to make corpo.ate

sponsoFhip

schemes

more atlraclive

he said

Bul lhis

year

will regisier signiflcant

coniributions, wilh a

$12

rnillion donation

by Ngee Ann

Kongsito lhe

Schoolof

the Arts and lhe donation

of$66 milllon of

works by renowned artist

Wu Guanzhong

lo SingaporeArt

l\'4useum

Mica

is

looking at ways

1o

encourage members ol the

public

lo

make

small

donalions

to

the

arts

ln (US

Presidenl'

elecl) Barack

bbamais campaign,

ieopl

made small contribulions

bulihese

engendered

a sense

ofownership,"

Mr

Luisaid.

We thlnk lt's impo(ant

for all Sinoaporeans

lo feelengaged

RCP

lll aims io bond Slngaporcans

by

giving

them a sense ol

tooledness' through

lhe ans

and culture

Anolher

aim

is to

allraclforeiqn lalent

by

promoting

a

vibnt arts environment.

Highlghts oI

Singapore's Cultutal

Stalistics

2003-2007

TicketedattendancesJolperfomingartseventshavehitl'5million'withticketsa|esofmoreihan94Smillion'


13/20

Performancs

atlhe

Esplanade

grossed

$39

million in 2007, more than doubleihe

amount in 2003.

The

n

umber of

visilors

lo

museums trebled from 20031o

more

lhan

5.2

million

in

2007.

Contributions to arls and cullure,

in

cash

and kind.

rcse lo

$47

7 mil

on

last

year,

from

$29.5

million in 2004

Key

projects

lor

RCP

lllinclude:

The NalionalAd Gallery, openinq in 2013.

Ihe

$

1

80 milllon .eturbishmenl

of Victoria Thealre

and Viclo

a

Conce(

Hall,

which stads

in

ear

y

201 0. Facilities and

spacewillbe enhanced io beller harmonisewiih cultural insiiiutions in lhe Empress Place llisloric

Clusier and lhe

Civic

Districl.

Enlarging the Ads Housing Scheme trom 33,000 sq m 1o 48,000

sq

m

by 2010.

Key investments

overthe

next five

years

in the RCP

lll

include:

$3.5

million fo.an Ans Crcation Fund lo support lhe

crcaUon and incubation of new works.

q5

rnilllon

for

an

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