Arts Picks: Virtual Reality Forest, Tamil Version of Animal Farm, Calligraphy Exhibition
Yanira D. Kivi
2 min read
We live in an ocean of air
Journey through a vast forest ecosystem in this new virtual reality (VR) installation at the ArtScience Museum’s permanent VR gallery.
The installation by experiential art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast transports visitors to Sequoia National Park in California. The immersive 12-minute experience explores the inner life of a giant sequoia, the world’s tallest tree, and illuminates the relationship between humans and the natural world.
The experience uses a VR headset, breathing sensors, heart rate monitors, and body tracker, along with binaural sounds, scent dispersal systems, and wind turbines to enhance the visitor’s environment.
The Singapore installation follows a twice-extended sold-out series at London’s Saatchi Gallery.
The museum also opened its first purpose-built screening room, ArtScience Cinema, on Level 4. Its inaugural film program, We Tread In A Garden Of Spells, features selections from the Sundance and Berlinale festivals, as well as works from acclaimed directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Chloe Zhao, Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze.
Where: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue
MRT: seafront
When: Until October 2, time slots from 10:40 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Admission: $16 for Singapore residents, $19 for a standard ticket (with concessions of $12 and $14 respectively)
Information: Participants are required to carry a backpack weighing 5 kg for a maximum of 20 minutes. The experience is not accessible to people measuring less than 120 cm. Go to this website.
