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<\/a><\/div>\nThe 40 minute film,\u00a0directed by the poet and critic Gwee Li Sui\u00a0\u00a0features four writers, all FASS alumni,\u00a0who write\u00a0in each of Singapore\u2019s four\u00a0official languages. They are Rasiah Halil, Lee Tzu Pheng, Ting Kheng Siong and Vadi PVSS. Each of the writers shares with Gwee their take on the meaning of literature, poetry and theatre and on\u00a0how Singapore wrestles with its own historical and social constraints in relation to the literary arts.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nFollowing the screening the audience enjoyed a \u2018Post-Screening Conversation\u2019, chaired by the playwright Huzir Sulaiman who helped to field questions from the audience about creativity and writing in Singapore.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nAfter the afternoon break it was the turn of our own FASS Faculty to present their papers on how our research \u2018engages the creative\u2019. First up was A\/P Lonce Wyse from the CNM department whose talk on \u2018Creativity, Interdisciplinarity, and the New Relevance of the Arts\u2019\u00a0showed how it is really a false dichotomy to uniformally separate the two and view each as an equal and distinct means or end. Rather, Prof Wyse showed some intriguing recent examples of how the two can meet to create extraordianry pieces of hybridity.<\/p>\n
Second to present was A\/P Maria Kozhevnikov (Department of Psychology)who shared her findings on the relationship between creativity and visualization. The study showed that \u2018object visualization\u2019 relates to artistic creativity, and \u2018spatial visualization\u2019 relates to scientific creativity, while both are distinct from verbal creativity.<\/p>\n
The third speaker was Dr John DiMoia, Assistant Professor in the History Department, who looked at the historical example of Stanford University compared to\u00a0the case\u00a0of what Singapore as a country\u00a0has done and might do to encourage attributes and practices of creativity among the members of its scientific community.<\/p>\n
Last to present was A\/P Ho Kong Chong (Department of Sociology) who looked at the wild and unruly side of the creative economy and how work-styles associated with this form of production are closely tied to particular types of urban environment, for example parts of Little India and Geylang. These ungentrified portions of Singapore enjoy low rents and centrality while offering a vibrant and more liberal and hence \u2018creative\u2019 environment.<\/p>\n