CREA©TIVE 2006 ILLUMINATES NOVEMBER WITH EXCITING LINE-UP OF EVENTS

The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) will be staging Crea©tive 2006 – Reinvent Your Future throughout November.

 

2                 A collaborative effort by MICA agencies and a vast network of private sector partners, Creaãtive 2006 will provide opportunities for the domestic and international arts, media, and design sectors as well as the general public to participate, exchange ideas, and contribute towards the development of Singapore as a hub for the creative industries.  Crea©tive 2006 provides an umbrella platform to celebrate and promote the creative industries in Singapore.

 

3                 The key events for Creaãtive 2006 are:

Ÿ           Beyond 2006: The Global Summit for Creative Industries

Ÿ           Asia Media Festival

Ÿ           President’s Design Award

Ÿ           Noise Singapore 2006

Ÿ           GreenField 2006

Ÿ           Creative Youth Xchange @ Hello Kitty

Ÿ           20/20

Ÿ           10TouchPoints

 

4.       There will also be plenty of activities for everyone to participate, engage, and experience the arts, media and design at work. Four new events – Noise Singapore 2006, GreenField, 20/20 and 10TouchPoints – have been added to last year’s line-up of events. Aside from reaching out to Singaporeans, the first three events also encourage them to go beyond being passive audiences.  The full event line-up is in the enclosed fact sheet.

 

5.       Dr Tan Chin Nam, Permanent Secretary MICA, said, “As Singapore develops into a global city, it is important to channel energy into this promising area of creative industries which in recent years has grown faster than the general economy.  This is also the trend seen in other creative cities such as London[1].  In our next phase of economic growth with innovation and knowledge as the key thrusts, the creative industries have much to contribute.”

 

6        An impressive array of international creative icons, participants and enterprises are participating in Creaãtive 2006.  They include urban landscape guru, Benjamin Wood, founder of Wallpaper, Tyler Brule, advertising icon, Neil French, and fashion and celebrity photographer, Leslie Kee, Singapore’s brightest design and creative talents such as Mark Ong (international sneakers designer), Hanson Ho (founder of H55), Y J Ban (creator of Stikfas toys), Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell (founders of WOHA) and Jonathan Seow (the man behind the fashion brand, Woods & Woods) will also showcase their talent and share their experience and ideas.

 

 

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS

26 October 2006

 

 

About Crea©tive 2006 – Reinvent Your Future

 

Crea©tive 2006 – Reinvent Your Future is a month-long showcase to celebrate and promote Singapore's creative industries, which comprises the arts, design and media. Now in its second year, this international showcase is initiated by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) as part of the efforts to develop Singapore into a prominent Asian hub for the creative industries. 

 

Bringing to Singapore and international audiences an experience of world-class creativity this year are Beyond 2006, Asia Media Festival, President’s Design Award, Noise Singapore, GreenField, Creative Youth Xchange, 20/20 and 10TouchPoints.

 

 

About Singapore’s Creative Industries

 

In 2003, Singapore’s creative industries made up 3.88% of GDP (nominal value-added of S$6.3 billion) and employed 93,000 employees.  MICA’s vision is to continue to grow the creative industries to create more jobs and value-added in the years to come.  To achieve this, MICA is investing more than S$200 million to develop the creative industries over five years from FY2004 to FY2008. 

 

For more information, please visit www.mica.gov.sg/creative2006

 

 

For media queries, please contact:

Jeffrey Yeo / Sharon Teo

Ogilvy Public Relations

DID: 6213 7867 / 3

M: 9799 5255 / 9788 0207

 

Ms Irene Kang

Assistant Director, Corporate Communications Department

Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

Tel: 6837 9905

Email: irene_kang@mica.gov.sg

[1] Overall, the creative industries in Singapore grew at a rate of 7.6% per annum (between1995 to 2003) as compared to 4.3% for the general economy over the corresponding period.

 

The growth rate of the creative industries in the United Kingdom is at an average of 5% per annum (between 1997 to 2004). UK's growth rate for the overall economy was at 3% for the same period. (UK's data source: Creative Industries Economic Estimates Statistical Bulletin published in Sep 06 by the UK Dept of Culture, Media and Sport)

 

FACT SHEET

The key events for Crea©tive 2006 are:

 

Beyond 2006: The Global Summit for Creative Industries

Beyond 2006 is an inspiring, influential, and progressive forum for creative thought leadership and application. It presents an opportunity to interact with and glean insight from the world's leading creative icons under the theme: Rethinking Design and Entertainment.

 

The explosive line-up of speakers include: Tyler Brule (media and entertainment maverick, founder of Wallpaper* magazine), Duangrit Bunnag (Thailand’s modern style architect), Neil French (irreverent advertising icon), Joanne Ooi (Shanghai Tang designer, high priestess of fashion), Sheikh Majed Al Sabah (Middle East’s pasha of style & design), Adam Tihany (leading hospitality designer),Benjamin Wood (urban landscape guru), Mike Yamashita (lensman extraordinaire), JØrgen Vig Knudstorp (Lego head honcho), and Cory Ondrejka (Second Life’s first avatar).

 

Date:       27, 28 November 2006

Venue:     The Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Admission:    S$1,500

 

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Asia Media Festival 2006

The Asia Media Festival (AMF) is an annual fiesta with a line-up of inspiring and exciting activities to delight all senses of the media and entertainment industry. Anchored in Singapore, the cosmopolitan business hub of Asia Pacific, AMF presents a spectrum of events for both trade and public.

 

The key events at Asia Media Festival 2006 are:

Asia Television Forum (ATF)

Asia Film Market & Conference (AFMC)

Asia Animation Conference (AAN)

Asian Television Awards (ATA)

Asian Festival of 1st Films (AFFF)

Media Financing Forum (MFF)

MEDIAction!

 

Date:  13 November – 1 December 2006

Venue:          Please visit www.asiamediafestival.com for more information

 

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President’s Design Award

The President’s Design Award is Singapore’s most prestigious award for its designers and designs, and recognises the significant achievements and contributions of the nation’s design talents. The spirit of the Award encourages design excellence that improves quality of life, enhances human potential and national competitiveness.

 

The Award recognises design creativity, and the designs that shape our experience of the world - from how we move to what we see and feel. Hence, the Award is presented in two categories, Singapore Designers of the Year and Singapore Designs of the Year.

 

Date:  23 November 2006 (award ceremony)

Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place

 

                                                                                                                     

 

Noise Singapore 2006

Noise Singapore is a youth arts festival for young people, by young people. Based across various media platforms, it is dedicated to "making noise" about the work of young artists in Singapore. Noise aims to unearth fresh talent and inspire fresh, original content from youths in Singapore.

Unique to Noise Singapore is its website (www.noisesingapore.com) – a key showcase platform – which will feature over 1,000 shortlisted works by Noise artists. A Noise Festival Showcase will also be held at Marina Square’s Central Atrium featuring works and live band performances by Noise artists in early November.

 

Showcase @ Marina Square
Date:            10-12 November 2006

Venue:          Marina Square, Central Atrium

Time:            10am – 10pm (check www.noisesingapore.com for schedule of Noise performances)

Admission:    Free

 

The Noise showcase will continue across online, print, broadcast & out-of-home media platforms throughout November & December 2006. From 9 November onwards, the public can also logon to the Noise website to vote for their favourite work.

 

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Creative Youth Xchange @ Hello Kitty

 

Creative Youth Xchange is a platform for Asia Pacific youth below 29 to showcase their most cutting-edge examples of synergistic creative ideas and talent across the spheres of arts, design and media. The third edition of CYX partners Sanrio and Sheng Tai Toys to help individuals realise their dreams through Creative Youth Xchange @ Hello Kitty, which comprises a competition, workshop and exhibition.

 

Date:            24 November – 2 December 2006 (exhibition)

Venue:          The Arts House

Admission:    Free

                                                                                                                     

 

 

GreenField 2006

GreenField 2006 is an exchange platform to facilitate interactions, ideas and partnerships amongst individuals, professionals, groups and organisations from the Private, Public and People sectors

 

Via a visually-exciting showcase and over 20 interactive activities (exhibitions, workshops, performances and open houses), GreenField 2006 provides an insight to the creative industries by showcasing examples of the types of projects to achieve this goal, and inspire creative individuals to unleash their creative potential, deploy their creative energy and become a part of this fast growing cluster.

 

The activities at GreenField 2006 are:

1.     ROJAK

2.     Project Showcase

3.     Workshops

4.     Stage Activities

 

Date:       24-27 November 2006

Venue:     Atrium@Orchard

Time:       12noon to 9pm

Admission:         Free

 

5.     Open Houses (free transport will be provided at Atrium@Orchard)

Wessex Open House

Date:       Sun, 26 November 2006

Time:       2 - 5 pm

Venue:     9A Whitchurch Road, Singapore 138839

Meeting Point: Colbar

Admission:         Free

 

Mobile Immersive Theatre - Digital Media Training and Mentoring Program

Date:       Sat, 25 November 2006

Time:       2.30 - 4.30pm

Venue:     Advanced Design and Modeling lab (ADaM), N3-01C-10 (North Spine Block N3, Near Carpark F), NTU, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798

Admission:         Free

 

6.     Joint BlueSky-GreenField Event (Networking Platform)
Date:       Mon, 27 November 2006
Time:       7 – 10 pm (registration begins at 6.30pm)
Venue:     The Chambers, Arts House at Old Parliament, 1 Old Parliament Lane

     Admission:         $20

7.     A Talk on "Creavity & IP: At Work, At Home and At Play" co-organised with the  Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
Date:       Mon, 27 November 2006
Admission charges apply

                                                                                                                     

20/20

20/20 is an ongoing showcase and documentation of Singaporean creativity, by Singapore’s designers across different media and disciplines. It features the best design works done locally or by Singaporeans around the world. The creators share the newest expressions of their influences, inspirations and vision of an ever-evolving creative landscape. More importantly, it demonstrates how Singaporean creativity has touched the lives of many people around the world.

 

Date:      29 October – 8 November 2006

Venue:      The Plaza, National Library, 100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064

Admission:      Free

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10TouchPoints

10TouchPoints is a national design campaign that brings the general public, local design community and item owners together through 3 phases to identify and redesign 10 'everyday things' in Singapore. Through its course, the campaign will aim to demystify design and express that good design is user-centric and can improve everyday life.

The first voting and nomination phase will be launched on 16 Nov. There will be a special lecture by Mr Richard Seymour and Dick Powell on 22 Nov.

 

Date:     22 November 2006 (Mr Richard Seymour and Dick Powell lecture)

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For more information on Crea©tive 2006 events, please log on to www.mica.gov.sg/creative2006