This is the last of our December series of events. We went to the Future World exhibition after much procrastination because miserly mummy thought that the tickets were too expensive! It turned out that the experience was worth the money after all, with one of us entering free as we purchased the family package.
If I am not too late in sharing, and you have yet to step into this futurist exhibition, let me share with you some of the details.
Future World
Future World is created in collaboration with teamLab since the beginning of 2016. The artworks are so interactive that big kids like daddy and me were impressed by teamLab’s capability. teamLab is from Japan and has a group of experts who coalesce their speciality in art, programming, animation, mathematics and architecture to create digital art.
This is not the first time we saw teamLab’s work. We visited the National Museum of Singapore earlier and saw the Story of the Forest. It was an eye-opener for us and we decided to spend some money, hoping that Future World would mesmerise us even more.
Yes, it did, and we felt like we were in a digital playground rather than an art exhibition! The following are what we saw. I am not sharing our entire visits because some of the pictures came out badly. My Samsung S8 plus* was not able to capture some of the beautiful effects created in the digital art form.
Black Waves
Lots of curvilinear lines here that move on the screen, giving the impression that it is seawater moving.
Connecting! Block Town
This station is my son’s favourite! He spent at least 20 minutes here and made me think whether he is a budding urban planner at work.
Physical wooden blocks are used to design and connect an evolving system of roads, rivers and railways. The challenge is to keep the ever-increasing traffic flowing smoothly.
A river appears when 2 blue cones connect. The town gets busier when more blocks are placed on the table surface.
Sketch Town
This installation portrays a town that includes iconic landmarks such as the ArtScience Museum, the Merlion and the Singapore Flyer. As we visited the gallery during the year-end, the theme on the screen was Christmas. We drew and colour Santa and his sleigh on a piece of paper provided and placed it in a digital scanner. Santa entered the town and started floating above the town.
Daddy was super elated when he found his Santa on the screen. We designed many other vehicles too, such as the police car, school bus, trucks, building, etc. The amazing part of this digital artwork is that our drawings were not randomly dropped into the screen. The vehicles were carefully placed on the highways and moved orderly along the road after that, whereas the buildings landed on the open spaces.
Light Ball Orchestra
These balls give out light and sound! There are 2 sections to separately cater to bigger children and toddlers. Our little ones went to the toddler section where they could play safely at their own pace. As they rolled their balls towards each other, the colour and sound of the balls changed. The dynamic yet soft and soothing surroundings fascinated our babies so much that they lingered there for a good 30 minutes to soak in the atmosphere.
Crystal Universe
This is one of the most Instagrammed exhibits. The dazzling installation makes use of more than 170,000 LED lights to give an illusion of stars moving in space. Do look for smart devices within the installation for a more interactive experience.
After our visit, I was attempted to purchase the Family Pass for $150 for a year’s worth of unlimited visits. But I procrastinated and missed the chance.
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In case you are not aware, Art Science Museum is located in Marina Bay Sands. Click here for directions. In case you plan to go, try to go on a weekday. We went on a Friday, and it was still quite crowded. Thus there weren’t many opportunities for decent photo shots.
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This looks great – I’ve been wanting to see a teamLab exhibition for a while now. They held an exhibition in my hometown a couple years ago but by the time I realised it was too late. Hopefully they’ll come back to the UK soon.