NEWS: Winners of The Substation’s Heritage Competitions Announced2 min read

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In June, The Substation launched its programme season with a call issued to anyone who had something to say about local heritage. This topic, typically helmed by interest groups and heritage enthusiasts, was presented in the form of two competitions on social media to encourage a broader range of voices, and appeal to the millennial generation. The first was a creative writing prize on Facebook; and the second, was a short film competition on Instagram. The Substation is pleased to conclude the year by announcing the winners of the two competitions.

In the case of the short film competition, which was presented in collaboration with the Singapore Heritage Society and supported by Goethe-Institut Singapore, the decision was unanimous. Out of a sizeable 94 entries, Nadarajan Rajendran’s interview of a resident of Golden Mile Complex, which is currently slated to go en bloc, stood out.

Other winners include Max Pasakorn and Ruizhi Choo, who won the Second and Third Prizes of the writing competition. In keeping with the ethos of social media platforms, People’s Choice Prizes for each competition were awarded to Rolinda Onates Espanola and Anthea Ng Yuan Zhi (@nemosocool) who snagged the most likes on Facebook and Instagram respectively. However, the decision for most likes on Instagram was not a straightforward one, due to the need to authenticate likes. Of their decision, jury chair Dr. Chua Ai Lin says, “After lengthy deliberation and a series of online audits, the panel decided to disqualify entries that were submitted past the final deadline, as well as entries belonging to accounts under suspicion of gaining likes and followers through inorganic methods.”

To tie-in with the forthcoming programme in March 2019, a prize giving ceremony will be held at The Substation’s SAD Bar on 23 March 2019, from 2pm. The Substation’s 2018/19 programme season Cities change. People die. Everything you know goes away. continues next March with The Vanishing, or Time Goes Away, a programme exploring different manifestations of nostalgia in Singapore culture. On the continuing effort to encourage conversation around local heritage and its discourse, The Substation’s Artist Director Alan Oei says, “It’s about making sense of the past so we know what matters in the present and future; all of us have to participate in what, why, and how we remember.”

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