Ramping up art initiatives

THERE is the academic study of the arts and there are artistic productions. For the longest time in Singapore, the criticism has been that the former hasn't kept up with the latter.

The newly established Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) at Nanyang Technological University aims to redress that. Housed at Blocks 7, 37, 38 and 43 at Gillman Barracks, the centre will present contemporary art, host a research centre in collaboration with NTU's School of Art, Design & Media, and also host a residency and fellowship programme for artists and cultural producers from all over the globe.

"The CCA was envisaged as a platform for dialogue between research in the arts and the impact of globalisation on the art world," says Professor Ute Meta Bauer, founding director of the CCA at NTU's School of Art, Media and Design.