If you are a fan of the teamLAB’s fascinating light art installation at ArtScience Museum, you are in for another treat this time at the National Museum of Singapore.
Commissioned by the National Museum, teamLAB used 69 drawings of flora and fauna from William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings to create a panoramic visual wonderment using the confines of the glass rotunda. When you first enter the space, you will be greeted by a presentation of various flowers from the top of the dome, with the flowers slowly disintegrating and falling by the wayside. Take in the whole view and you are immediately absorbed into the scene as the flower petals surround you and make you part of the virtual reality.
As you walk across the bridge and enter the passage way that leads all the way down to the base of the rotunda, a visual presentation of the forest as drawn in the Farquhar Collection is made alive with the clever use of projection technology that visitors can interact with. You can see the Oriole and common kingfisher flying through the tree canopy with the tapir, sun bear and other animals running wild through the scene from day to night.
At the bottom of the rotunda, the full effect of the presentation will definitely take your breath away as the flower petals that you experience at the top slowly floats down to the bottom and create a fantasy forest. Do spend some time here as you take your time to take in the view and enjoy the serenity.
To continue the nature theme of the whole re-opening, Robert Zhao’s “Singapore, Very Old Tree” is an exhibition of 17 photographs that features significant trees that are planted alongside Singapore’s landmarks such as the old Substation, the former National Library and the new School of the Arts. Read on the history of the tree and the area in which the trees are planted.
What: Re-Opening of The Rotunda at the National Museum of Singapore
Where: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road Singapore 178897
When: From 10 Dec 2016, 10am to 7pm
Tickets: Admission is free for Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents, but certain exhibitions at the National Museum require tickets. All-access pass can be bought at S$18 for adults and S$11 for students at the Museum’s Visitor Services counter.
