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Quoting from the speech Mr Lee Suan Hiang, Chief Executive Officer, National Arts Council gave on The Parliament, (NAC), "The Singapore Arts Festival's Outreach Programme is designed to reach out to the whole spectrum of the Singapore population. As Singapore’s pinnacle arts event, the Festival aims to meet three objectives. Firstly, for our performing arts talents and industry, the Festival promotes artistic development and excellence. This is done by commissioning new works by our artistic talents and forging international artistic collaborations. Secondly, for the audience, the Festival promotes wider and deeper appreciation for the arts. It offers a broad range of enjoyable and appreciated free outreach programmes in the city and the heartlands, as well as a core programme of ticketed shows which includes new works and some cutting edge performances. Thirdly, to position Singapore as a global arts city, the Festival seeks to raise international awareness of Singapore arts by developing strong partnerships with foreign art festivals and creating an international profile synonymous with artistic innovation.
The Singapore Arts Festival had definitely meet those 3 objectives. Art is something that is considered beautiful-that was what my secondary school Arts Teacher told us once before. All of us are the same and yet different in some ways, it can be our thoughts, mindset or culture. Each country has a different culture in which it bases its artforms from and the further we are from that country, the more different our customs are. By holding such an integrated art event in Singapore, it is definite that both non-artists and artists will be able to look at the term "beauty" in a different way. I believe that the Singapore Arts Festival would impact how anyone sees arts, be it foreigners or locals.
There was a saying that we only look twice if someone is very ugly or very beautiful. Yet during the RED Special Event, majority of the passer-by looks twice, and the performance was definitely not ugly.
What about the Transport Exceptionnels? Can romance be only between animals? What about non-living things? I know there are commotions about this, like about the possibility that people might fall for robots when they are invented, but what about other machines? This event really showed us that romance can be explored further-maybe between us and construction machines?
The objective set for audience, to promote wider and deeper appreciation for the arts. The festival really has done this very well! Placing events throughout the island, from the opening ceremony (Marina Barrage) to the closing ceremony at Toa Payoh, with other events spread thoroughly throughout the island like spreading butter to a bread.
As long as we step out to our doors between May to June, the probability that we will bump into 1 of the event is high!
To me, the event has met its objectives. It certainly had refreshed my appreciation for the Art. I used to feel that I can never understand arts, but the events that I attended had changed my perspective.
I will definitely go for more arts events after this. This festival has made me realised that art can take many forms, not only through dance, pencil and paper, but also through verbal shapes.
Thirdly, to position Singapore as a global arts city.
I really appreciate the objectives and effort set by the Singapore Arts council, especially as an Indonesian living in Singapore. Despite the rich culture that Indonesia has, or the large land it owned, it is very rare for Indonesia to hold such a major event that features a vast variety of International perspectives.
Thus, having a neighbouring country to hold such event, allows us that does not the such luxury to see what has not been done in our country, and gain from it.
In addition, by compiling so many international talents in an island, Singapore has become, even for just a short period of one month, a playground for global artists. Equipped with their own opinion of art, these maestros in the field was pooled in a small island and then spread over evenly throughout the island.
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