I went for a few exhibits in City Hall and Ion Orchard with my DI class a few weeks back. The exhibits featured the artworks of young aspiring artists as well as well-known designers in conjunction with the Singapore Designer's Day.
First, we went to the one at City Hall. The exhibits were held in the Supreme Courtrooms. The first room's theme was Taiwan design in pop culture. There, many young Taiwanese Designers majoring in the different areas were featured. Some were designers for popular entertainment programmes such as "Kang Xi Lai Le" , some designing the cover albums for singers such as Jolin Tsai and Jay Chou, while others were involved in abstract art, cartoon design etc. It gives us a closer look at what the young designers in Taiwan do, and also gives a a greater understanding of Taiwan's design culture and trends.
The next room was a pitch dark room, with beautifully painted drawings hanging around the wall. There was a reason for the room to be pitch dark - there were secret codes perforated on the drawings, and you'll have to shine a torchlight at it from a distance to decode it. There were also some 3-D sculpture that forms a sentence - you'll have to view it from afar to be able to see it. This room plays around with the element of perception/view. I think it's super cool. I was only able to make sense of the exhibits after "cheating" by reading the hints mounted next to the artworks :P
Then we went to another room. There, were Japanese originated artwork, as well as clay figurines each holding a small Ipod depicting cute graphic designs and not forgetting an impressive train model that has a camera in the front filming the train's route while its moving round the model!!! You can actually see the trees, animals and mountains all made from clay and recycled materials.
After that, we went to a bigger hall hosted by an organization called Qi.
There were all kinds of uniquely designed things made entirely from recycled materials. The bags sold there were made from numerous can cap, by the Brazilians. Smart! We should totally start to collect them too and make our own bags :) the were chairs and tables too, made from recycled metal. Then there were portraits and books sold, all featuring the beauty of nature in Antartica.
There was also an interesting book featuring all the products made from the body parts of the pig. I was shocked to realise that none of the parts of the pig cannot be used; the pig is used up to even its bone to make paper!!! poor pig...tsk tsk...
Anyway enjoyed it there especially my favorite rocking chair they have there. I wished I could bring that home but oh wells...
(PS: this post is getting too long so I'll continue the trip in my next post. In the meantime, here are some pictures I took :) )
*more pictures next post...no more space :S
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