Singapore Night Festival 2013

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a month ago, it was Singapore Night Festival;

2 consecutive weekends where a few museums were open late into the night

& many forms of arts such as photography, films, performing arts were put together.

I was pretty curious about what is so different as compared to visiting in the day

& I was about to find out the reason when I get to see with my own eyes....

on a side note, let me ask you a question.

when was the last time you been to any Singapore's museum?

for me, Artscience Museum for The Art of the Brick with my poly friends about a year ago;

I would say it is quite a rare occasion that I visit museum unless there's free admission hah

since Singapore Night Festival is free too, there's no reason not to go unless you hate crowds.

anyway, I only made it for the 2nd week of SNF

& my journey starts in Chinatown at the golden hour right before sunset

where I fill up stomach & get ready for a long exhaustive night with my poly friends.

1st stop, Peranakan Museum @ Armenian Street
although SNF just started, but the crowd already starts to gather

what's a festival without some live band performances???

FYI earlier that day, there was an article about '114 pieces of Night Festival artwork go missing'
the visual art installation by Karen Mitchell showcases 365 words to represent Everyday Aspirations.
I was quite disgusted by the actions of whoever it may be coz they have ruined the festival spirit.
when I was there, I get the feeling that the art installation is not complete.
disappointed, I am
nevertheless, I shall make the best out of it

everyone trying to find a word that aspires them

once you find ur word, hang it up & let the light cast a shadow on the walls
I find the light too bright and not much shadows were being casted
anyway, make a guess who is the person in the photo below

he is.... PORNSAK~~!!!
what are the chances to meet celebrity and you dont really recognise them?
hahah problem with holding a big ass DSLR, Pornsak dont want to turn his head back

moving on to the tree with birds soaring into the skies....

underneath the tree are light twirlers, jugglers and what not

after the performance, they invited kids to have a go with the mesmerizing lights

National Museum of Singapore was too packed.
so we decided to come back later in the night

contemporary dance about movement?
dont really understand coz its too abstract

for a moment, they going at hyper speed

a small area for people to pick up balancing performance of 'walking the line'.
awww~~ I find it so sweet when parents take such good care of their children~~~

it just seems that there is some sort of performance or art installation everywhere!!!
people are everywhere too partly coz of TGIF & dont mind going home late or later haha

Lightseeker
it is a musical by Dick Lee that is gona be at RWS in 24 Nov 13

they are pretty amazing considering that they are singing live out in Orchard

in a snap, we were absorbed into the performance & brought to a mystical place

too bad, it was just a sneak preview of the actual musical & have to catch the rest at RWS

and we have sorta like a rave party here, a DJ & a rapper

kid sitting on dad's shoulders to catch a better view =)
faster rush back to National Museum of Singapore for the main event

the main event of the night is The Water Vault
it is a mega stunt of underwater escape by 'Magic Babe' Ning
at first, I find the name pretty weird haha.
it is like calling myself, 'Awesome Hunk' Ming

it was so crowded that I was worried that I block people behind me
so I was somewhat half-squatting & looking through other people's camera screen

cutting to the chase, the magic stunt is simply chain & lock her up with many different locks

so even if she hides her keys, she will need to match the key to the right lock.

to help her out, she was given just 2 paper clips to fashion them into lock picks.

she have to get out of the chains around her as well as the chain securing the steel vault.
throughout this stunt, we cant see through the steel vault & we can only wait for her patiently.
she have roughly less than 2 minutes to free herself before she runs out of breath.
If it's me, I think I can only stay 30-45 secs under water?

a min passed, she reaches out with force as though she's running out of air.
the rest is pretty much as expected... unlock the rest of the locks & TADAAA~~

faster breathe in more air before she faints on stage~~

she must be enjoying the moment where everyone focuses their attention on her

once done, they get to laugh if off as if nothing happen & thats all for the night
the human traffic was very bad after the 'The Water Vault'

so we walked back to actually visit Peranakan Museum this time round
apparently, you can purchase some pottery & throw it down from the 3rd floor

I'm not sure if this is just for SNF or is it a Peranakan practice,
but I overheard that one should focus all the bad stuff into the pottery & throw it away.
hopefully the pottery breaks apart & the bad stuff is gone for good =)

unfortunately, it isnt that easy to break those pottery

Contestant #1

Contestant #2

Contestant #3

Contestant #4

walked back to National Museum of Singapore AGAIN~~

this time for Absolut Exhibition!!

every year, your parents buy you Absolut as birthday present

gorgeous ladies in the bottles

taking a closer look!!

music lounge where every Absolut controls 1 instrument

change the rhythm or beat by slotting the Absolut bottle into different holes

old school kopitiam

next, Singapore Arts Museum

films back in the olden days

if you need some inspiration......

break glass for good ideas!!!

anyway, I was walking down this dark hallway alone
& the sound of switches going on and off echoed out from a creepy door

soon we found out that it is just a studio set-up with lights going on & off.
as more and more people take turns to sit on the chair, the lights were flickering faster.
soon, we realise that the lights were flickering based on the person's heartbeat!!
it was fun when you sit down with crazy fast heartbeat
& the switches go TIC-TIAK-TIC-TIAK-TIC-TIAK really loud!!!!!

and we have a lady singing a Israel song with a feel of James Bond theme song

an illustration of Mr Lee Kuan Yew made up of shampoo bottle caps,
FYI, please do not mix this up with the colonel sanders that we are familiar with
after that, we walked over to Rocher Original Beancurd for soybean & head home!!

following day or should I say night, 31th Aug 13,
I was there again at National Museum of Singapore
Ultimate Inversion by J.C.Sum & Magic Babe Ning
world's first ever tandem upside down straight jacket escape.

basically, you just need to know know they are setting a worldwide record.

as you can see, they are strapped in those jackets that are usually worn by patients in a psych ward
"okay, give a round of applause to these gentlemen who are gona escape from these jackets"
haha thats how I imagine what magicians will say, but the gentlemen are just helpers