Commissioned by the National Arts Council to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Singapore Arts Festival, Making Visible the Invisible is the first attempt to document the genesis and the growth of the Arts Festival over the last three decades. Written by Mr Venka Purushothaman, the book, which comprises three parts, looks at how this juncture of the Festival’s 30th anniversary makes it an opportune time to revisit its milestones, examine its impact in nurturing the Singapore cultural scene and its leadership role as an international arbiter of taste.
As Ms Goh Ching Lee, Director of the Singapore Arts Festival, muses in the prologue of the book, ''What, then, is the impact of the loss of a festival?'', the centrality of the Singapore Arts Festival to the development of the local arts scene and the fostering of a sense of cultural identity has been the imperative for it to re-brand itself successfully as an international festival with a strong Asian contemporary feel.

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