from The Guardian
Britain's 'worst building' to be demolished on TV
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A cheeky adaptation of BBC's earlier successful series Restoration. The BBC series, which is in its second run this year, would feature various architectural conservation project plans over several weeks and allows television viewers to vote (aka Big Brother House) in the finale for that one "deserving" project to bring home the prize-money. In the process, viewers get to know more about the architectural heritage of Britain as a whole and be inspired to preserve it.
Turning the idea of preservation on its head, the rival television station Channel 4 aims to do its civic duty by targeting a building that is such an eye-sore that it will be demolished live on TV at the end of the series.
URA 2004 Architectural Heritage Awards
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Straits Times articles here and here (PDF format)
Business Times article here (PDF format)
Streats articles here and here (PDF format)
ZaoBao article here (PDF format)
In conjunction with this year's Singapore Architectural Heritage Awards, featuring 5 winning projects, it was also announced that a slate of post-war buildings (built in the 1950s and 60s) will be earmarked for conservation. This marks a significant shift of what is considered an appropriate cut-off date for a building to be considered part of the nation's heritage.
There is also a book launch of past conservation projects undertaken by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and an exhibition featuring this year's Award winners at the URA Gallery.
go to press release and speech
Straits Times articles here and here (PDF format)
Business Times article here (PDF format)
Streats articles here and here (PDF format)
ZaoBao article here (PDF format)
In conjunction with this year's Singapore Architectural Heritage Awards, featuring 5 winning projects, it was also announced that a slate of post-war buildings (built in the 1950s and 60s) will be earmarked for conservation. This marks a significant shift of what is considered an appropriate cut-off date for a building to be considered part of the nation's heritage.
There is also a book launch of past conservation projects undertaken by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and an exhibition featuring this year's Award winners at the URA Gallery.
Singapore Stuff
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A new weblog which has posts that link to various online resources about the history and culture of Singapore and the region. Well worth a browse! A link to the weblog has also been added to the sidebar of this weblog.
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A new weblog which has posts that link to various online resources about the history and culture of Singapore and the region. Well worth a browse! A link to the weblog has also been added to the sidebar of this weblog.
from The Guardian
Nauman's rehashed sounds reverberate around the Tate's emptiness
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Coming after an earlier attempt to (re)create the sunset in the large Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, this latest sound work by Bruce Nauman has been described by an art critic as an "invisible sculpture". Now, how does one preserve something that one cannot see? Or would this count as intangible heritage?
Nauman's rehashed sounds reverberate around the Tate's emptiness
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Coming after an earlier attempt to (re)create the sunset in the large Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, this latest sound work by Bruce Nauman has been described by an art critic as an "invisible sculpture". Now, how does one preserve something that one cannot see? Or would this count as intangible heritage?
from The Art Newspaper
UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy
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Yet another reminder of the murky legacy resulting from the plunder of heritage materials belonging to other cultures - under the guise of colonial expansion and conquest. This recalls an earlier post.
UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy
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Yet another reminder of the murky legacy resulting from the plunder of heritage materials belonging to other cultures - under the guise of colonial expansion and conquest. This recalls an earlier post.
from The Guardian
Unknown Goya painting discovered
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A clear case of how proper painting restoration can increase the value of a painting many times over - not in the usual sense of improving the appearance or stabilising physical materials, but in uncovering the evidence of a more famous hand having painted the picture.
Unknown Goya painting discovered
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A clear case of how proper painting restoration can increase the value of a painting many times over - not in the usual sense of improving the appearance or stabilising physical materials, but in uncovering the evidence of a more famous hand having painted the picture.
from Wired News
Oral History on the Go
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An interesting project which captures oral histories using limited resources in a highly effective and engaging way. Using digital recording technologies in a mobile setting, the intangible aspects of a community's shared history are recorded, archived and selections shared via local public radio broadcasts. There is also less of a top-down approach but relies on the active involvement of the local community in deciding what is significant.
Oral History on the Go
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An interesting project which captures oral histories using limited resources in a highly effective and engaging way. Using digital recording technologies in a mobile setting, the intangible aspects of a community's shared history are recorded, archived and selections shared via local public radio broadcasts. There is also less of a top-down approach but relies on the active involvement of the local community in deciding what is significant.
from National Geographic News
Dictators "Defacing" Famed Burma Temples, Editor Says
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How historic sites of a country are treated can often be taken as a proxy barometer for measuring the social "well-being" of a society. The political upheaval and subsequent curtailment of political freedom which happened in Burma is obviously having a negative impact on significant heritage sites in that country.
Dictators "Defacing" Famed Burma Temples, Editor Says
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How historic sites of a country are treated can often be taken as a proxy barometer for measuring the social "well-being" of a society. The political upheaval and subsequent curtailment of political freedom which happened in Burma is obviously having a negative impact on significant heritage sites in that country.
from The Rolex Awards 2004
An ancient art as a modern model
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An inspiring example of how the revival of a traditional craft - which could also be understood as a form of restoring an intangible heritage - becomes a social and economic good. In this particular case, it is putting the traditional art of silk textiles in Cambodia back into production again.
An ancient art as a modern model
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go to PDF article (21.5 Mb)
An inspiring example of how the revival of a traditional craft - which could also be understood as a form of restoring an intangible heritage - becomes a social and economic good. In this particular case, it is putting the traditional art of silk textiles in Cambodia back into production again.
from The Toronto Star
Culture club dreams of an un-museum
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It is always encouraging to see efforts in re-vitalising the functions of the museum. However, when the label of a museum conjures up the image of "some stuffy old-fashioned place dealing with artefacts from the past" - to the extent that a new museum-like institution will not be called that because of the negative image - then it must signal a larger problem, both in the larger political administration and in the community.
Culture club dreams of an un-museum
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It is always encouraging to see efforts in re-vitalising the functions of the museum. However, when the label of a museum conjures up the image of "some stuffy old-fashioned place dealing with artefacts from the past" - to the extent that a new museum-like institution will not be called that because of the negative image - then it must signal a larger problem, both in the larger political administration and in the community.
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