Proposal Process:
ABOUT:
Home, Truly exhibition aims to discuss and present Singapore's growth from the 1950s to the Present. It focuses on the moments and experiences that expresses who we are as Singaporeans and what it means to call this place our home. The concept of 'Home' as a metaphor and what makes us special as a nation. |
SYPNOSIS: Audience: Blind or Visual impairment We see through our brains, not our eyes. The eye is just one of the channels through which sensory information is passed to the brain for processing. With the right tools, neuroscience suggests, that the blind can be moved by visual art like anybody else—and that the essence of painting or sculpture isn’t vision, but rather a meaningful connection between artist and audience. |
How Singapore aid people with Visual Impairment:
Examples:
- Have signs in braille on handrails and buttons.
- Magnifying glasses at NTUC Fairprice for people with visual impairment
- Inclusive gym for personal disabilities
eg. From old bus interchanges with their distinctive square tiles to air-conditioned ones integrated into malls, our ever-bustling bus terminals have come a long way. The new ones even have braille on handrails, for persons with visual impairment to identify which bus lane they are in and where the waiting areas are.
eg. I know I’m not the only one who’s had difficulty reaching for items on the higher shelves in supermarkets. Thankfully, some NTUC Fairprice outlets now have useful features that make grocery shopping more comfortable for everyone, including shelves designed for easier reach and magnifying glasses that make reading product labels easier for the elderly and persons with visual impairment.
eg. With all sorts of fitness centres available in Singapore, it was about time that amidst the suspension training equipment and hammocks meant for floating yoga, there would be gym machines with removable seats and braille letterings on treadmill user panels.
Examples:
- Have signs in braille on handrails and buttons.
- Magnifying glasses at NTUC Fairprice for people with visual impairment
- Inclusive gym for personal disabilities
eg. From old bus interchanges with their distinctive square tiles to air-conditioned ones integrated into malls, our ever-bustling bus terminals have come a long way. The new ones even have braille on handrails, for persons with visual impairment to identify which bus lane they are in and where the waiting areas are.
eg. I know I’m not the only one who’s had difficulty reaching for items on the higher shelves in supermarkets. Thankfully, some NTUC Fairprice outlets now have useful features that make grocery shopping more comfortable for everyone, including shelves designed for easier reach and magnifying glasses that make reading product labels easier for the elderly and persons with visual impairment.
eg. With all sorts of fitness centres available in Singapore, it was about time that amidst the suspension training equipment and hammocks meant for floating yoga, there would be gym machines with removable seats and braille letterings on treadmill user panels.
OBJECTIVE I wish to focus on the topic of Housing and Living Together. The kampung spirit in Singapore seems to need revitalising. People here have been mixing less with their neighbours, with more indicating a need to maintain their privacy and putting less emphasis on greater neighbourliness. We should have good relations with neighbours. You never know when you need help. |
Braille is a tactile reading and writing system used by blind and visually impaired people who cannot access print materials. It uses raised dots to represent the letters of the print alphabet. It also includes symbols to represent punctuation, mathematics and scientific characters, music, art, computer notation and foreign languages. |
Methodology, Materials and Outcome:
How do we include the neighbours with visual impairment:
- Routing for more tactile paving
- Being kind and caring to people who are visually impaired
- Embracing diversity and cultivating inclusion within the neighbourhood.
How do we include the neighbours with visual impairment:
- Routing for more tactile paving
- Being kind and caring to people who are visually impaired
- Embracing diversity and cultivating inclusion within the neighbourhood.
SINGAPORE LIFT CONCEPT: Growing up, i notice the dots on each lift button and I never knew what it was. As I got older, I then knew it was Braille and how it was a code to help guide people who had visual impairment. I once had a neighbour who made use of the braille codes in the lift. He told my parents that he had lost he sight at the age of 45 due to diabetes. The idea of public lift buttons as the subject matter is an interesting topic to focus on. It is something we see everyday but take for granted. The blind only get a vague sense of the world they are surrounded in; the world is “unseen” to them, and they are “unseen” by us. With this project, I hope to make them feel more included in society. Therefore, with the explore on how the blind experience and sense the world through secondary and primary experiments and research, maybe questioning the assumed importance of aesthetics in the things they touch often. By experience and interaction of the piece through material, texture, shape, touch, rather than just its visual appearance. |
Reflection:
I started writing the proposal 2 weeks in advance. I knew I needed time to write the artist proposal and plan out the budgeting and format my materials. Also to keep in mind that there can be technical difficulties with the process of the proposed work or even when submitting online etc. Besides, we all make mistakes when under pressure. Thus, i started early.
While writing the proposal, i did not have high expectations because i know proposals can be simply rejected and its normal! There were a lot that i was unsure about, thus i was constantly in contact with Hazel for proposal advices. I tried my best to reach for their expectations in the proposal and made it as unique as possible.
The curators sent out their process and expectations, and was all laid out in a powerpoint slides — to tell you if they want unsolicited proposals or not, and whether there’s an application form to fill out etc. As for this specific proposal, artists are only expected to make a powerpoint slide on creative ways to make works that will allow visitors to be engaged.
I tried my best to articulate the concept of my proposed work to the curator, so they can assess whether it’s the right fit and quality for their gallery/exhibition. I talked about how my theme, process and what has inspired me to create (or want to create) the work. It is important to describe the type of work you want to show. As for mine, i proposed the use of 3D printers to create or mimic the very common lift buttons that you can find in very HDB flat in Singapore. These are all important details for the curator to consider whether the proposal is ideal or not.
Although my proposal was not picked, i still believe that there is room for improvement and i still have a lot to learn when it comes to proposal writing.