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It's that time of the year again where the Singapore Art Museum keeps its doors open till the wee hours of the morning for the Singapore Night Festival! ^^
The museum at night is simply enchanting...
We were a little worried that the outdoor performances were gonna be cancelled as it started to rain as we made our way to the museum, but thankfully, it stopped soon after and the show was just nudged back a bit! *glad*
The best thing is, we managed to get a pretty good position to view the show! =)
The Loop of Fortune portrays the trials and tribulations of 'a man's journey through life's trials and tribulations as he fulfils his destiny', with the 'stage' spanning a vast area of space from the SMU greens to the grass patch right in front of the museum with the facade as its backdrop!
The 'Loop of Fortune' outdoor show starts with interesting projections onto the museum's exterior.
Choreographer weaves the show with 3 performers attached to the rotating metal wheel...
And they turned up the 'wow' factor with more pyrotechnics! *excited*
At the climax of the show, pyrotechnics were propelled rapidly into the night sky like laser!
After the outdoor display ended, we proceeded indoors for the many interesting exhibits awaiting us, and also for some air-condition~ Heheh. =P
First exhibit that greeted us right at the entrance: Love Tank (The Temple).
I thought the Love Tank sent a very nice message of 'Make love, not war', although it isn't really the intended message that the creator was trying to convey. =P
The next thing that caught our eyes were these:
A row of rather 'normal' decorative lights, you might say...
But they actually swing like pendulums! Interesting! ^^
We were actually awed at the swinging lights for spent quite a bit of time trying to take proper shots of them! >_<
And then there was this exhibit that was made up of many towers of glasses, kinda like a transparent cityscape to me:
Almost died while trying to take this shot on an escalator~! =_=
And to end the evening, we experienced this interesting exhibit that brought us through the important historical events of Singapore. We had to queue for like eons for this! *crazy*
We were assigned this electronic companion with a pair of headphones that'll serve as our personal guide...
And all we had to do is just to punch the numbers shown by these labels stuck to the floor into the electronic companion and there'll be audio descriptions of the showcases. Sweet! =)
And here are random shots of the showcases (Took too many pictures, and then there are some that didn't work out 'cause of the low lighting T_T):
Part of the Singapore Stone that forms an early part of Singapore's history as a small fishing village...
An early map of Singapore. I thought the shape of the island was pretty weird.
The two flags that were once flew in Singapore...
Before we proclaimed independence and proudly fly our own flag!
And lastly, we have some propaganda posters from the World War:
And after that we got chased out of the museum 'cause they had to close for the night! >_<
