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NIGHT FESTIVAL 2012

Back for its fifth instalment since 2008, Night Festival 2012 returns with a bang promising a

nocturnal extravaganza of spectacular aerial performances, music, and dance and artworks.

Held over two weekends on 24th & 25th August and 31st August & 1st September, Night

Festival 2012 showcases the buzz and vibrancy in the Bras Basah.Bugis Arts and Heritage

Precinct. The entire area will be transformed into a carnival ground with main events taking

place on the public green spaces of SMU, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore Art

Museum, The Peranakan Museum, The Substation, and more.

Night Festival 2012 is bigger than ever as the entire Bras Basah.Bugis community comes

together to make the festival a success. Stretching from Cathay building to Armenian Street,

this year sees a record number of partners in the area actively involved in the Festival itself,

such as The Cathay, Timbre, Switch, Vanguard Building, CHIJMES, LOOF, Select Books

and SOTA. .

Providing a platform for the best of our local talents to perform and collaborate with foreign

acts, Night Festival promises a lively exchange of skills, culture and talent for the performers

as well as the audience. With the rich line-up of programmes, Singaporeans will be able to

come together to celebrate and create new shared memories through meaningful and

engaging experiences at the festival this year.

As part of Night Festival, the National Museum of Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, and

The Peranakan Museum will also be open till 2.00am.

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NIGHT FESTIVAL 2012 INFORMATION

Date: Fri 24 Aug & Sat 25 Aug 2012

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep 2012

Time: 7.00pm – 2.00am

Venue: Bras Basah.Bugis Precinct

Admission: Free Admission

Road Closure at Armenian Street

For the first time, Armenian Street will be closed on the second festival weekend, 31 August

and 1 September from 8.00pm to 2.00am due to strong support from partners who have

planned programmes for the public along the street.

i) Wednesday 29 August 2012, 8pm – 12am ii) Thursday 30 August 2012, 8pm – 12am iii) Friday 31 August 2012, 8pm – 2am iv) Saturday 1 September 2012, 8pm – 2am

Source: OneMap (www.onemap.sg)

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NIGHT FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME LISTING

WE THE PEOPLE BY BRIAN GOTHONG TAN

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 7.30pm – 2am

National Museum of Singapore, Building Façade

Combining film, motion graphics and experimental animation, Brian‟s complex yet playful

work, with soundscapes by award-winning composer/musician Philip Tan, is a stunning

visual feast that will bring audiences of all ages on a colourful and surreal journey.

THE PLACES WE LIVE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY FROM ROCHOR TO

BRAS BASAH

Fri 24 Aug – Mon 3 Sep І 10am

National Museum of Singapore, Salon Foyer

This exhibition specifically celebrates the perennial richness of the Bras Basah.Bugis

Precinct, the bustle and charm of life within as well as the architectural heritage of the 95-ha

precinct. Featuring works by SOTA students using Olympus cameras and showcasing a

plethora of young perspectives – as a definition, record and enduring experience of place

and culture.

ONE FINE DAY BY PAPER MONKEY THEATRE (SINGAPORE)

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 8pm, 9pm, 9.30pm, 10pm І Duration: 10mins per show

National Museum of Singapore, Glass Atrium

It is 6am in the morning. What is the old man living downstairs busy with? What would the

lady living on the 12th storey be doing? Is the family living opposite unit still asleep? What is

that wonderful aroma coming from the fourth floor?

Join us as we take a peek into the homes of these families living in the same HDB block.

With the play of lights and shadow, this 10-minute shadow puppetry performance by Paper

Monkey Theatre will delight the young and old.

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Shadow Puppet Craft Making

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 8pm - 10pm

National Museum of Singapore, Glass Atrium

Lights… Shadow… ACTION!

Learn to make a simple shadow puppet and use it to create shadows in front of any light

sources around the spaces in the museum.

CIRCUS SWINGAPORE

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug (Circus Kids)

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep (Circus Swingapore Performers) І 7.30pm, 8.30pm & 9.30pm І

Duration: 15mins per show

National Museum of Singapore, The Platform

Witness an aerial spectacle as Circus Swingapore makes its Night Festival debut with

performances featuring the Circus Kids and Circus Singapore‟s performance team. Circus

Swingapore is Singapore‟s only School of Circus Arts with students ranging from 7 to 50

years old!

CATCHING BUTTERFLIES

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 7pm – 2am

All venues within the Festival ground

Free to download (iPhone & Android)

Catch Virtual Butterflies on your iPhone and Android devices, and learn more about the

exciting activities and programmes at the Night Festival. Download the iButterfly app to

participate in the activity and get attractive discounts at the Museum shops, redeem instant

wins, and also stand a chance to win a Canon Powershot S100 and Canon Digital Ixus

camera!

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MAINGROUND @ NIGHT FESTIVAL

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 7pm – 10pm

Nestle 1930s Street Stall

National Museum of Singapore, Stamford Garden

Nestlé brings you back in time as the booth features a 1930s street stall where you can

indulge in a free cup of delicious NESCAFE® White Coffee. Catch the roving KIT KAT girls

in old school uniforms as they give out KIT KAT treats to visitors. Other than the snacks and

coffee, visitors can also relive fond childhood memories through traditional games like

slippery marbles, five-stones and chapteh and bring home Nestle products.

So Sedap!

National Museum of Singapore, Stamford Garden & Singapore Management

University Walkway next to Subway

Be spoilt for choice with the variety of local favourites for you to feast on!

UNDER THE BANYAN TREE: OPEN AIR CINEMA

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

National Museum of Singapore, Stamford Green

Labu dan Labi / Labu and Labi | 1962 | Malaysia & Singapore | Beta | PG | 120min

Directed by P. Ramlee І 8pm

This film tells the misadventures and antics of a pair of bumbling servants, Labu and Labi,

with wild imaginations who serve and live with their wealthy but miserly employee, Haji

Bakhil bin Haji Kedekut.

Despite him being mean to them, they persist in their job whilst harbouring a crush on his

daughter without each other's knowledge.

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Ibu Mertua Ku /My Mother-in-Law | 1962 | Malaysia & Singapore | Beta | PG | 120min

Directed by P. Ramlee І 10pm

The only daughter of a wealthy woman, Sabariah, marries a poor musician, Kassim Selamat,

against her mother's objections and is disowned by her. Soon after, the marriage encounters

problems and the mother takes advantage of them to get what she had wanted all along for

her daughter. Her actions bring about tragic consequences for her and everyone involved.

METAMORPHOSIS

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 8.30pm – 11.30pm

Singapore Management University Green

A story of change, encompassing traditional and cultural elements, and their progression

through time – Metamorphosis brings to you classic performances for the modern audience.

Enjoy an amazing combination of the conventional and contemporary featuring the best of

traditional performances seamlessly gelled with technology and topped off with performance

innovations.

Tarian Hati | 9pm

A contemporary dance blending traditional dance drama, folk mask dance incorporated with

a 100 year old gurindam (poetic verses by Raja Ali Haji).

Bhangra Dance | 9.30pm

Feel the beat as four Bhangara dancers and four drummers beat up a storm amongst the

audience and dance their way right onto the stage where they will put up exciting Bhangara

moves and stunts!

LED Dragon Dance and shuffling LED Lion Dance | 9.45pm

Tradition crosses path with the 21st century! A creative mix of unique dragon dance

performance followed by high energy shuffling lions grooving to current dance moves.

The Tabla Man and The Umbrella Man | 10pm

Showcasing Singapore's own artists in a unique show. The awarded master of rhythms M S

Maniam, The Tabla Man meets Nick, The Umbrella Man, in a unique performance combining

different cultures and skills. This is Singapore's own.

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Line Dance |10.30pm

Mass participation for the audience to join in the fun of line dancing as a group of people

dance along grid lines to a set of steps following a particular song on stage!

Mambo Dance |10.45pm

Move your body to the great mambo music with young and old dancers!

Mata On the Go!

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 8.30pm – 12.30am

Roving the Festival Grounds

Be surprised and tickled by these roving and engaging performers! Eye-catching, quirky and

befuddling, these policemen will mingle with you and amuse you by juxtaposing strange

personalities with everyday normal situations.

FLASH TALES IN A NIGHT BY SINGAPORE FOOTPRINTS (SINGAPORE)

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 8.30pm – 11pm

Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business, along

Stamford Road and Roving

A story‐teller busks on the streets, just like the good old days of entertainment before the

television sets! Let his animated speech and variety of expressions captivate you all night,

keep you wanting for more! Do bear in mind that each story lasts only as long as the joss

stick burns…

History comes alive with extravagantly dressed characters, who look like they walked right

out of history books! Take photos with them and listen in on their animated conversations of

stories told during the olden days in the Bras Basah district.

NATALIE HIONG

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 8.30pm


Local singer-songwriter Natalie Hiong brings us through her original collection of songs,

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delighting with her signature blend of soothing vocals combining pop tinged with elements of

jazz and rock.

VOODOO

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug І 11pm


Voodoo, an Industrial Progressive Percussion Band from Singapore, blends Funk, Metal and

ethnic rhythms into a tight concoction of Intense Experiential Music.

NIGHT FESTIVAL @ FORT CANNING

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

31 Aug & 1 Sep І 7pm – 8pm

Fort Canning

Registration required.

Email [email protected] or call 6332 5795/ 6332 1200

Did you know that the history of Fort Canning dates back to the 14th century? Check out the

ancient artefacts on the hill, and join us on a night journey through time, with intriguing

stories and legends shrouding the Forbidden Hill.

FREE RUNNING @ NIGHT FESTIVAL

Fri 24 & 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sept І 8pm, 9pm & 10pm

Handy Road Open Park in front of The Cathay

(2 Handy Road, Singapore 229233)

Set against an urban backdrop that is The Cathay, a national monument, the phenomenal

free runners of Ashton Movements Agency will showcase some of Singapore‟s finest free

runners vaulting, rolling, climbing, and jumping through obstacles with creative manoeuvres

that can only be described as awe-inspiring, disciplined and efficient.

The Workshop І 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Before you attempt to do some high-flying actions, it is important to know the fundamentals.

In this workshop, you will learn the basics like landing, vaulting and the fastest way to

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overcome a wall. You will also be trained to condition your body using the environment or

only using your own body weight.

The workshop will be conducted by the finest practitioners in Singapore.

Registration is required.

Email askme@the presentingcompany.com

Or call 6438 6466/8139 4766

BUSKING COMPETITION @ NIGHT FESTIVAL

Qualifiers: Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Top 10 Show: Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 8pm – 11pm

Various Locations within the Festival grounds

The streets and alleyways of Bras Basah.Bugis Precinct come alive with a cacophonic mix of

music, beats and street performances. The Precinct‟s first ever Busking Competition will

feature some of Singapore‟s most exciting and promising street performers and musicians at

their best at Night Festival 2012. Be there to cheer on these talents, dance to their grooves

and vote for your favourites!

NIGHT FESTIVAL @ TIMBRE

Sat 25 Aug І 10.30pm – 11.30pm

Timbre @ The Substation (45 Armenian Street Singapore 179936)

Catch Raw Earth, a stellar line-up of some of Singapore‟s best blues and rock musicians,

jamming it up with Mel & Joe from 70‟s Singapore band, Gypsy on the same stage in this

very rare collaboration. They will be performing an entire full-length set of original

Singaporean music from the 70s and 80s that will take you back to the glory days of

Singapore‟s music scene!

“Mel & Joe” first came to the attention of the public with their success in the National

Television 1971 Talentime series as two young singing brothers. As young men, they were

also a part of Gypsy, the band of harmonising brothers who were known for their versatility

and dulcet harmonies. Recently Mel & Joe celebrated their 40th Anniversary with a sell-out

concert.

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FUERZABRUTA BY OZONO PRODUCCIONES (ARGENTINA)

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep

Mylar І 8.45pm, 9.45pm & 10.45pm


A translucent 15 metre pool suspended high overhead slowly descends to fingertip

level. Coloured lights imbue the scene with ever-changing hues and tints as a rippling puddle

of water ceaselessly sloshes across the pool's see-through bottom. Four dancers slip and

slide in rapturous motion inches above your heads. A sensuous, unearthly, and nearly

hallucinatory experience.

Corredoras І 8.30pm, 9.30pm & 10.30pm


A huge foil silvered curtain transforms the Singapore Management University Green into a

magical stage. Two elegant dancers appear, somersaulting and diving at immense speed,

like dandelion seeds in the wind, while the curtain shimmers in blue and purple lights.

La Argentina І 8.30pm, 9.30pm & 10.30pm

Armenian Street

A crane holds aloft a dancer of athletic proportions while musicians pound and strum on a

variety of exotic instruments. This scene brings you to Buenos Aires in 2010, during the

celebration of the Bicentenary of the Argentinean Independence. Over a million people filled

the streets of Buenos Aires in joyful festivities.

HOMEMADE



There‟s nothing better than homemade goodness! Join our made-in-Singapore artists in this

outstanding music programme.

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SHELVES І 8pm

With over 20 years of Indie experience in the scene, SHELVES is a comeback of sorts. The

powerpop sounds that they create have seen them in numerous regional gigs. Their easy

listening tunes have also been featured on MTV ROCK ASIA.

THE GREAT SPY EXPERIMENT І 9pm

One of Singapore‟s most well-followed bands, The Great Spy Experiment, marries infectious

dance beats with catchy indie rock riffs. They have played in major festivals around the world

and are known to get the crowd off their feet.

KEVIN LESTER feat. KIAT І 10pm

This Lion City boy has had a busy 2011 and 2012 having been invited to perform in

Amsterdam.

DJ KOFLOW & BEATBOXER DHARNI FEAT. BRUK BRADERS І 11pm

The two titans of their respective genres collaborate for a swinging set that promises to get

the crowd off their seats and dancing. Dharni was recently crowned the Europe‟s Emperor of

Beatboxing while DJ KoFlow is known as the Grandmaster of Flash by magazines here for

his originality and turntable mastery. Dancers from Recognize Studio will also take the stage

to show-off their silky moves.

Don‟t miss an awesome set of collaboration between

BLOCO SINGAPURA + DJ KOFLOW + KIAT + DHARNI + KEVIN LESTER І 11.30pm

BLOCO SINGAPURA

The group was first conceived during the first Night Festival with a strength of 70 drummers.

Today, the group trains over 200 drummers and have participated in large scale events such

as the National Day and Chingay. The multi-talented percussion group is diverse in skills

and genre. They always bring something fresh to each presentation.

NIGHT FESTIVAL @ THE SUBSTATION


Various venues within The Substation

Join us at The Substation for two late nights of indie and experimental music by local bands

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and sound artists, outdoor screening of local dance films, and outdoor hawker food under

the stars as we celebrate Night Festival presented by National Heritage Board.

Visit www.substation.org for updates and programme line-ups.

MUSIC: Tribal Gathering of Jaw Benders І 7.30pm-1.30am

The Substation Building Façade

Immerse yourself in the lush sounds of local bands like The Observatory, Tiramisu, Moods,

Spacedays, Distrust, The Psalms, Enam Jahanam and many more.

FILM SCREENING: Local Dance Films

Curated by Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Film І 8pm-12am

The Substation Theatre

Get to know the sensual and exciting world of dance films through works by local filmmakers

such as Victric Thng, Sherman Ong, and Sun Koh.

INVITED ARTISTS: Roving Artist І 7.30pm – 12.30am

Armenian Street

Look out for a roving line-up of artists such as Justin Lee, Farah Ong and Terry Wee as they

surprise the audience with random performances and unpredictable interactions. Curated by

Ezzam Rahman.

BELOVED SINGAPORE: the Taxi Driver Project І 7.30pm – 12.30am

Armenian Street

Get to know Singapore‟s taxi drivers better as these icons of the road share their stories and

portraits through photographic projections. This collective project is initiated by Chris Yap.

HAWKER FOOD ALLEY І 7pm – 1am

Alley between The Substation and Armenian Street

Have a break from the carnival and enjoy a menu of local hawker food (halal) and drinks

under the stars.

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PLECTRUM PETANQUE (interactive sound art installation)

by Reef (Arif Ayab) І 8pm – 12am

Alley between The Substation and Armenian Street

Plectrum Pentanque is an interactive sound installation with audience participation in a

redesigned game of Petanque.

NIGHT PAINTING | CAST IN LIGHT

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep І 8.30pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm

Vanguard Building (71-77 Stamford Road, Singapore 178895)

Two performers – one in darkness, one in light, one historical building. Enclosed in the

Vanguard Building, which used to be the former MPH Building, witness performers Li

Cassidy-Peet and Terry Wee explore and interact with the architecture and office-like space

in this voyeuristic adventure and leave their mark, if only for the night.

BOOK LAUNCH FOR APACHE OVER SINGAPORE: THE STORY OF

SINGAPORE SIXTIES MUSIC - VOL. 1 BY JOSEPH PEREIRA

Fri 31 Aug І 7.30pm

Select Books (51 Armenian Street, Singapore 179939)

The Cliff Richard and the Shadows concert in November 1961 opened the floodgates for

Singapore pop music as youngsters who attended the concert got the blueprint for pop

music: a four-piece backing group fronted by a singer, male or female. Soon hundreds of

groups were formed. These developments made for a very exciting pop scene in Singapore

in the 1960s. Join author, Joseph Pereira, one of Singapore‟s music veterans, as he shares

some very personal experiences and relive the heydays of the Singapore music scene!

NIGHT FESTIVAL @ SWITCH

Sat 1 Sep І 8pm – 9pm

Switch (73 Bras Basah Road, #01-01/02 Singapore 189556)

Catch indie Singaporean Chinese bands ah5ive, Elyzia and Redpoll give a new lease of life

to some of your favourite Xinyao (新谣) classics with exciting fresh arrangements.

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NIGHT FESTIVAL @ THE PERANAKAN MUSEUM

Life’s a Stage

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sept І 7pm to 11pm

Peranakan Museum (39 Armenian Street, Singapore 179941)

Join us on the weekend of August 24 & 25 and enjoy free admission to the galleries from

7pm to 2am. Be among the first 500 visitors to the special exhibition, Emily of Emerald Hill:

Singaporean Identity on Stage, and get a free ice cream.

During the weekend of Aug 31 & Sept 1, it‟s time to party with live stage acts. Catch

Singapore‟s comedy queen Kumar live in the galleries, as well as Hirzi (of YouTube comedy

sensations Munah and Hirzi), and be enthralled by the voices of an a cappella group. Marvel

at contortionist shows, dancing mimes, and rhythmic beats of drums and percussion. Leave

your mark in the glow-in-the-dark room, get a glitter tattoo, or create your own mask to wear

throughout the night. Party through the night at the Peranakan Museum!

Visit www.peranakanmuseum.sg for more details.

EMERGING ARTIST PROGRAMME: SIDDHARTHA TAWADEY - SANS SOUCI

Fri 24 & 31 Aug І 11am – 9pm

Art Plural Gallery (38 Armenian Street, Singapore 179942)

Art Plural Gallery presents Sans Souci by Siddhartha Tawadey. Blending nostalgia, fantasy,

and documentation, the Sans Souci series of photographs present a compelling portrait of a

place in time and a way of life at once fading and being reinvented with each new season.

Poetic focus on relics of an indelible past draws from the viewer a sensation or memory,

allowing fluid narratives to form in a visual setting of stasis and decay.

NIGHT PHOTOBOOTH ANALOGUE STYLE @ PEEK!

Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug

Fri 31 Aug & Sat 31 Sep І 7.30pm – 12am

36 Armenian Street, #01-04 / 02-04, Singapore 179934

Pop by Peek! during Night Festival and get your picture taken, Photo booth Analogue Style!

http://www.peranakanmuseum.sg/

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Take pictures with your friends or fellow Night Festival goers, with the various products

ranging from a carefully refurbished Polaroid camera from The Impossible Project, or the

myriad of Lomography cameras including the classic Russian Fed 5 from Darkroom Army or

fun iPhoneography lenses! Before digital, there was analogue. Come, get wacky and

celebrate the Night Festival at the Night Photobooth!

CANON EOS WORLD presents Walk With Me by Zakaria Zainal

Fri 24 Aug І 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Singapore Management Univeristy (details to be provided upon registration)

Zakaria Zainal (www.zakariazainal.com) brings you on a journey through Night Festival

2012, and shares his perspectives on how to bring out the stories in the people and

everyday life that pass us by. Brought to you in conjunction with Canon EOS World,

participants are to register from the Canon EOS World website:

www.canon.com.sg/eosworld. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CANON EOS WORLD presents Perspectives by Ukay Cheung

Sat 1 Sep І 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Singapore Management University (details to be provided upon registration)

Be inspired by renowned photographer Ukay Cheung (www.ukayphotography.com), who will

share with you his perspectives and skills in conjunction with Night Festival 2012. Brought to

you in conjunction with Canon EOS World, participants are to register from the Canon EOS

World website: www.canon.com.sg/eosworld. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve

basis.

NIGHT LIGHTS 2012

NIGHT LIGHTS 2012

Fri & Sat, 24 & 25 Aug and 31 Aug & 1 Sep | 7:30pm – 2am

Sun - Thurs, 26 - 30 Aug | 7:30pm – 11pm

SAM and School of the Arts (SOTA)

Be dazzled by this outdoor showcase of spectacular light installations from France!

Presented by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) as part of Night Festival 2012, Night Lights

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2012 features light art installations around SAM and School of the Arts (SOTA). Visitors will

also enjoy a selected array of artworks from SAM‟s recent Art Garden 2012 and

PANORAMA: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia.

Night Lights 2012 is held in conjunction with Nuit Blanche Paris and supported by the French

Embassy and Institut Francais.

Visit www.singaporeartmuseum.sg for more information.

*Free admission to all outdoor artworks. Admission to SAM exhibitions on Friday and

Saturday evenings are also free.

Light Installations Mimoїd II by Stéphane Bève / Milosh Luczynski / Philippe Rizzotti

SAM façade

Mimoїd II presents a constantly evolving architecture of a building where each transformation

is based on the building's history and structure. The artwork goes beyond history, into the

anticipation of paradise and the unknown. The word “mimoid” comes from Stanislaw Lem‟s

book, Solaris. The Mimoids, which are wave formations of hundreds of thousands of pixels,

have a particular fondness for all human artifacts and they imitate and „give variations on the

theme of a given object‟. The music for Mimoids II was specially mixed by local sound artist

Jeffrey Yue, with music composed by Vuk Krakovic.

Monument AIR (Mimoїd) was first presented at Fête des Lumières in Lyon, France ©

Philippe Rizzotti.

Fish Tank at No. 8 by Stéphane Masson

No. 8 at SAM at 8Q

You simply can‟t miss this live virtual aquarium with its giant red fishes! Artist Stéphane

Masson specialises in using urban environments to create unexpected and poetic video

installations. With Fish Tank, he modifies an ordinary space to become a site for

contemplative entertainment, producing surprises and smiles.

La Voiture Aquarium was presented at Fête des Lumières in Lyon, France © Stéphane

Masson.

http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/

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Distorted Forest by Stéphane Blanquet

Queen Courtyard, Level 1, SAM

This installation plays with the use of lights and shadows to create a stormy and haunted

forest populated with half-plant and half-insect elements. The artist uses moving lights to

create these shadows, a technique adapted from an old Chinese technique of shadow play.

Children’s Dreams by Jérôme Donna and Public Lighting Department to City of Lyon,

France

School of the Arts (SOTA)

See how children‟s drawings of familiar fairytales characters are gradually brought to life with

sparkles of lights! The spectacle is complemented by an equally colourful musical score.

Children’s Dreams is a work created by Jérôme Donna, lighting designer at Public Lighting

Department to City of Lyon, France who has participated in numerous projects for Fête des

Lumières in Lyon, France.

Children’s Dreams was first presented at Fête des Lumières in Lyon, France © Jérôme

Donna and Eclairage Public, Lyon.

Night Watch by WOKmedia

SAM at 8Q

30 giant pairs of quirky animal eyes peer out from the corridors of SAM at 8Q, illuminating

the night sky. Modelled after the eyes of birds, fishes and reptiles, the eyeballs seem to be

looking back at us even as we regard them, acting as colourful metaphors that cast a

questioning gaze about our secure urban environment.

Night Watch was first presented at Fête des Lumières in Lyon 2011, France © WOKmedia.

Video Installation

Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex – For the Courageous,

the Curious and the Cowards by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba

Glass Hall, SAM

As an artist with a triple identity – Vietnamese, Japanese and American – Jun Nguyen-

Hatsushiba takes a unique look at the post-war history of Vietnam. This video installation,

which was shot entirely underwater at Nha Trang, portrays six characters attempting to flee

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as they struggle underwater to pull three rickshaws over the rocky, sandy ocean bed.

Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex – For the Courageous, the

Curious and the Cowards is in the SAM collection and will be screened specially for Night

Lights 2012.

Exhibition Highlights

Also look out for the following highlights from Art Garden 2012 and PANORAMA: Recent Art

from Contemporary Asia which runs till 12 August 2012 and 25 December 2012,

respectively.

5QU1D by Ryf

Part of Art Garden 2012

Level 4 gallery, SAM at 8Q

Make a new aquatic friend in 5QU1D! Look at how colourful he gets when you go closer to

him – the more friends he makes, the more colourful he will become.

Grow a Garden in the Dark by Tay Bee Aye



Help us grow the enchanting Garden by “planting” more origami flowers! Remember to come

back again to see the Garden grow over time!

Reactive Wall by Mojoko & Shang Liang



Can you recognise the images of popular characters and icons on the screen? Whisper,

whistle, talk or clap into the microphone and see what happens!

Temple Of Hope: Forest Of Eyes by Entang Wiharso

Part of PANORAMA: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia

Chapel, Level 2, SAM

A visual and textual representation of his interactions with his friends, neighbours and family,

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Entang Wiharso‟s Temple series explores issues of identity, conflict, humanity and human

interconnectedness. The work is replete with the words of wise men, snippets of

conversation, utterances of personal hope and dreams of friends, family and the artist

himself.

Electricity (Neon) by :phunk

Part of PANORAMA: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia

Stairs, Level 1 gallery, SAM

Paying homage to the contemporary city and :phunk‟s fascination with the architecture and

energy of metropolises, Electricity is a collage of urban motifs and architectural elements

that celebrate the global, cosmopolitan city, detailing its diversity and brought to life by the

power of electricity – a reminder of our dependency on this power source that fuels our

urban lifestyles

Programme

Photography Talk Sessions: Shooting at Night

Fri, 24 Aug | 7pm - 9pm | Glass Hall, SAM

Co-organised by SAM and ClubSNAP.

Enjoy contemporary expressions through photography at SAM. Experienced photographers

will share ideas on shooting in low-light conditions. The talk will be followed by a hands-on

session in groups led by mentors who will take you on a walk of the Night Lights installations

in the museum and outdoors. Do bring along your camera.

Limited space. Please register by emailing [email protected] (registration

secured only upon email confirmation from SAM) or via ClubSNAP‟s “Special Events”

webpage www.clubsnap.com.

For more details on Night Festival 2012, please visit www.brasbasahbugis.sg/nightfestival

For media enquiries, kindly contact:

Cherie Lee

DID: 62212681

Mobile: 9184 5774

Email: [email protected]

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http://www.clubsnap.com/

http://www.brasbasahbugis.sg/nightfestival

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