The Imaginarium 2018 exhibition explores our relationship with the four dimension world, i.e. time and space.
Although the concept seems somewhat abstract to me, my children have responded well to the various artworks and fascinated by most of the creations.
In Our Time
The first piece of 3D art that caught our eye is the elaborated illustration of Singapore’s landscape presented on the four walls of a drawing room.
The lively artwork is created by Singaporean Lee Xin Li from DP Architect. The artist drew the entire Singapore map on three of connecting walls and highlighted Singapore’s landscape, urban and cultural heritage. We enjoyed the artwork thoroughly and spent at least a good 20 minutes locating places such as the Changi Airport and the Paya Lebar Airport, Raffles Place and even unique spots such as the dragon playground!
Artworks by Ronald Apriyan
There are three vibrant murals created by the artist based on beautiful memories of his favourite childhood songs.
Round and round and back home again
Artist Boedi Widjaja has very cleverly made use of rapid change and visual memory to create animations of space exploration. In the picture below, the astronaut floats while the drawings rotate 360 degrees within the installation.
Momentarium
The 280 glass jars installation captures faces of volunteers as they dance and smile in front of the audience. Through this artwork, artist Stephane Masson questions if time can indeed be captured and preserved by the use of technology. Make use of 2 cameras installed on both sides of the installation to be part of the live feed.
Cosmic Grass
I thought I was in one of the Avatar scenes. The artist expresses how the existence of human beings has fundamentally changed the natural world. As we walk past the Cosmic Grass, the installation responds to our presence and lights up accordingly, symbolising how human existence can impact the environment. Try walking around the islands of Cosmic Grass when no other visitor is around. You will see the effects very clearly.
Utsuroi Iroha
This station is entertaining too. We became part of the artwork when the cameras captured our images and imposed them on the wall. The artist wants to express how changes in seasons affect people’s culture and emotion, something that we cannot fully experience in summery Singapore.
Do drop by the Imaginarium 2018. The programme takes place at SAM at 8Q. It is the annexe building located at 8 Queen Street. Click here for directions.
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