School of Creative
Industries
BA(Hons) Arts Management
An island of possibilities: Holding space for independent and alternative artists in Singapore
The study examines the emergence of independent and alternative art spaces in Singapore. Often manifesting in commercial spaces, they are self-organised, run by artists or curators, and show work that are more unconventional.
Incited by the lack of documentation and inquiry into the autonomy and organisational structures of such artistic practices as well as the forms they have taken, the study analyses independent space I_S_L_A_N_D_S. The study situates the space in its context, allowing art managers to gain a better understanding of the importance of such a space for experimentation, community-building and artistic freedom.
independent, art spaces, alternative arts, self-organisation, organisational structures
arts management, self-organisation
Roxana Yeo
Roxana is an arts manager and curatorial researcher. She holds a diploma in law and will graduate with a BA(Hons) Arts Management from LASALLE College of the Arts in 2023. She also has a Curating Contemporary Art and a History of Art certification from the University of the Arts London.
Synthesising her background in law and passion for the arts, Roxana's research is rooted in the documentation of experimental arts in Singapore. She strongly advocates for the development of local, independent and alternative art spaces.
Roxana has assisted with the programming of The Substation's SeptFest 2021: In The Margins and has served as a communications executive for Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Project Rediscover 2022. She currently manages the international art collection at Singapore Tyler Print Institute as part of the registrar team and takes on freelance creative projects on the side.