Blueprint Issue #5

Taking root

Taking root

“You can’t be truly connected to a place unless you start digging and see what has been before you." - Kuo Jian Hong
An inconvenient truth

An inconvenient truth

"When you push forth your own opinions as the objective and absolute truth, that’s where bullying becomes the status quo." - Chong Tze Chien
Our national arts festival: an origins story

Our national arts festival: an origins story

The Singapore International Festival of Arts 2018 celebrates its four-decade heritage as the premier arts and cultural event in independent Singapore. In this essay, we look back even further in our history to see how our national arts festival came about. Within the…