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Night Festival: New World 2010 at SAM
Istana Art Event 2010
Dream of the past, be in the present and fantasise the future at Night Festival: New World 2010!
Inspired by the amusement park of the past, explore and have fun as the pulsating arts and heritage
district is reinvented as a magical playground. For two nights, featuring Singapore and Southeast
Asian artists, SAM is transformed into a whimsical and irreverent entertainment arena, adding to the
dazzling spectacle of magical lights and carnivalesque play.
Highlights
Enter the Abusement Park at SAM. Vertical Submarine and The Black Baroque Interventionists lay
siege and occupy parts of the museum building, including the basement of SAM turned into an
underground dungeon. Come enjoy some abuse with instruments of pain as entertainment and
tortured souls as amusement.
The World's Slowest SMS Billboard, a tongue-in-cheek, interactive artwork by Thai artist, Wit
Pimkanchanapong where anyone can send a personal message from their mobile phone to be
displayed on this gigantic Billboard for all to read.
The Istana Art Event is an annual arts and heritage festival brought to you by SAM, and in
conjunction with the Istana National Day Open House. It is a community outreach programme that
encourages families with children to celebrate art and heritage in the lush grounds of the Istana.
Highlights include the much-anticipated On-the-Spot Art Competition and the Arts & Heritage
Village where families can enjoy an array of art activities. Not to be missed is an art installation
designed by the students of the NUS School of Design and Environment featuring a special
representation of artworks created by over 2000 students for Self-Portrait, Our Landscape, or
SPOL, a project of the Singapore Biennale 2011.
Sun, 8 Aug | 8am – 5pm | Istana (Entry via main gate at Orchard Road, Singapore 238823).
Free admission ($1 for non-Singaporeans and PRs).
For more information on the On-the-Spot Art Competition, please email
nhb_sam_programs@nhb.gov.sg.
Ruangrupa, an artists' initiative established in 2000 by a group of artists in Jakarta, turns the Chapel
in SAM into a music hall featuring influential ‘live’ bands and karaoke music from Indonesia.
Ruangrupa will also present a video installation and interactive work from the OK.Video Biennial
International Festival from 2003 to 2009.
Activities continue over at SAM at 8Q with Art Garden: Children’s Season at Singapore Art Museum,
and the Fleatique flea market featuring locally designed and crafted items and accessories,
pre-loved clothes, accessories, books, cameras, vintage collectibles and more. Night Festival: New
World 2010 is held across various museums and arts venues in the precinct. Presented by the
National Museum Singapore, conceived and curated by Ong Keng Sen and produced by
TheatreWorks, with SAM as a programme partner.
Open House at SAM
National Day | Mon, 9 Aug
Hari Raya | Fri, 10 Sep
Join us and celebrate special occasions and the public holidays with free entry to all SAM galleries
and a series of fun, hands-on activities for everyone in the family. SAM and SAM at 8Q will be
opened from 10am. Activities start from 1pm until 5pm. Admission is free.
Fri, 16 Jul – Sat, 17 Jul | 7:30pm – 2am | SAM and SAM at 8Q
Free admission (including galleries)
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