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LTA x LASALLE Industry Project
Research Analytic and Report Writer
Artwork: Jing Quek, Welcome To Jingapore! (2017)
Tampines West MRT station. Photo from LTA.
The Art in Transit (AiT) programme is LTA’s long-running public art initiative that embeds artworks into MRT stations, turning everyday commutes into encounters with Singapore’s artistic imagination.
To support the next phase of AiT development, my team and I created a curatorial research portfolio that helped refine LTA’s artist commissioning strategies.
The Curatorial Research Report
This involved site visits, surveying all previously commissioned artists, conducting a survey to compile a database of five shortlisted candidates from a wider pool of twenty-four, and analysing international metro art programmes to identify useful parallels and future possibilities.
Our work was supervised and supported by our lecturer, Shireen Marican, and LTA senior manager, Richard Kwok.
First meeting with Richard at Orchard Boulevard MRT station.
Artwork: Twardzik Ching Chor Leng, PULSE (2022)
To strengthen the findings, we also conducted a focus group with industry community managers, organisers and producers: Dina Nerina (Community Programmes Manager at Art Outreach Singapore), Dr Woon Tien Wei (LASALLE Fine Arts lecturer & curator), and Mohamad Shaifulbahri (Artistic Director of Bahri & Co.)
The focus group interview was conducted on Zoom.
Toward the end of the project, our group gave a presentation* on our work to the lecturers and industry supervisors together with other project teams, sharing our findings and learning from the range of approaches across the cohort.
Read more on the LASALLE page!
*As the research contains confidential
information, the full report is not available for public viewing.
Post-presentation picture with Shireen and Richard. :)
Overall, I'm very grateful to Shireen and Richard for guiding us the best they could!
The experience strengthened my understanding of public art commissioning and affirmed the value of thoughtful, research-driven curation.
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