Sinema.SG LIVE! Episode #07: Audrey Wong, Head, School of Creative Industries and Programme Leader, LASALLE College1 min read

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On this episode of Sinema.SG LIVE! we are honoured to welcome to the show Audrey Wong, Head, School of Creative Industries and Programme Leader, MA Arts & Cultural Leadership, LASALLE College of the Arts and first ever Nominated Member of Parliament for the Arts (2009-2011). Together, we discuss COVID-19’s impact on the Arts and Cultural sector.

Timestamps:
(4:45) Start of episode
(5:50) Brief rundown of the topics that will be discussed
(6:03) Introduction by Audrey
(10:39) Do you sense that there are a lot more freelancers now than in 2009?
(12:06) How does an arts practitioner design their career path?
(14:35) Do you think the rate of products and services have not kept up with the rate of inflation?
(17:03) How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected the arts and cultural sector in Singapore?
(20:24) Would you say that the impact is greater for groups and companies or freelancers?
(23:55) Singapore Budget 2020 measures discussion
(25:29) With the limited number of companies which can pay, what can freelancers do? Moving forward.
(31:04) What is the impact so far compared to SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009) and MERS (2015)
(33:40) What’s holding back the progress for freelancers in terms of contract negotiation?
(36:20) What more can be done by the relevant boards, namely the NAC, NHB, and ARH under the MCCY
(37:12) How much do you think this situation will deter people from joining the industry or result in people leaving because they are afraid of only being able to work on a project basis and history repeating itself?
(45:05) Conclusion