Publication Type
News Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
2-2021
Abstract
Since 1990, The Substation has been the sole occupant of the conserved building at 45 Armenian Street. Over the years, it has transformed the once-abandoned power station into Singapore’s first artist-led multi-disciplinary arts centre. However, in February 2021, The Substation was officially asked to vacate the building. Although the current situation facing The Substation is not new or unique, its impending fate is emblematic of, and raises deep questions about the progressively precarious and capricious conditions of arts practice in Singapore. This editorial highlights four underlying problems that we should be concerned with.
Keywords
placemaking, cultural policy, arts spaces, singapore, substation
Discipline
Arts and Humanities | Asian Studies
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Arts Equator
First Page
1
Last Page
6
Publisher
Arts Equator
Citation
HOE, Su Fern, "The Substation: How many more canaries in the coal mine?" (2021). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 3476.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3476
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3476
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