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Substation The Substation A Home for The Arts
The Substation is a place
dedicated to the research, interaction and practice necessary for the
creation of an original, indigenous voice for Singapore's arts and
culture.
It
provides room for the arts to grow and for young artists to grow to
maturity.
It's a small, nimble, free and open space - outside of the official arts
institutions.
Since 1990, when it was converted from an old disused PUB power-station,
The Substation has seen more than 1000 events for some 300000 people
from all walks of life, races and cultures. It has a 120-seat
theatre, a dance studio, two multi-purpose rooms, a cafe, an art shop, a
box-office and a garden courtyard for performances and other arts
events.
CORE PROGRAMMES AT THE SUBSTATION Dancespace An experimental dance
platform
New Criteria Platform for contemporary
visual arts practices - 2D, 3D, multi-media and installation. Musicspace Performances of new and
improvised music
Septfest & The Annual Conference The Substation's annual
omnibus arts festival, which includes dance, music, theatre,
exhibitions, and outdoor events. Forum
For The Arts
A popular series of talks by specialists and experts on objets d'art,
art history and theory. Includes a schools' outreach for Junior College
students.
Theatre Festival Focuses on experimental
theatre/drama; generally performer-centred, non-narrative and non-linear
presentation idioms. Previous participants have included Theatre OX,
Metabolic Theatre Laboratory, SRT Young Company and teater Ekamatra. Rock
The Garden & Blues In The Basement Dates vary; takes place
throughout the year.
Rock gigs in the Garden feature local bands; Blues in the Basement is a
series of gigs dedicated to blues music. Moving
Images
Dates vary; takes place throughout the year. Film promotion and
appreciation programme, focusing on local short film, experimental,
documentary film and video from around the world. A platform for
Singapore filmmakers to show their work and to exchange ideas. Includes
an annual thematic film festival. Their website is at substation.
The Substation 45 Armenian Street Singapore 179936 Tel: (65) 6337 7800/6337
7535 Fax: (65) 6337 2729
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Notes on
its history |
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The
Substation idea was introduced in the mid-1980s by KUO
Pao Kun, its founder and artistic director until 1995,
who saw the possibility of turning an abandoned power
substation in Armenian Street into an art centre. |
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With the
help of the Ministry of Community Development and the
financial support of the Guinness Brewery, the power
substation was resurrected from its ruinous state and
ceremonially opened as The Substation in October
1990.(1) |
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Credits: |
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(1)
Page 52, Latent Images: Film In Singapore by Jan Uhde
& Yvonne Uhde. Published by Ngee Ann Polytechnic
2000. ISBN 0 19 5887 14X. |
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