SINGAPORE, 10 January 2022: The National Arts Council (NAC)
and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have partnered to launch Art Around The
City, a series of visual art installations and programmes across key precincts
in Gillman Barracks, Orchard Road, Little India and Chinatown.
Drawing on their history, culture, and landscape, the public
art activations will add vibrancy to each iconic precinct, engage with the
public, and spotlight Singapore-based artists and curators.
Art Around The City,
which runs through to April this year, brings the identities of the four
precincts to life. Each site-specific installation sits at the intersection of
Art, culture and heritage, to resonate and connect with each precinct’s
community.
At Gillman Barracks, The
Forest Institute presents a large-scale architectural installation by
artist Robert Zhao Ren Hui and architect-artist Randy Chan. A culmination of
four years of research, it elaborates on how nature co-exists…