I started firstly by catching Burn After Reading on Friday afternoon with a friend. It was quite funny and Brad Pitt was convincing as a himbo and the plot rather funnily silly (in a good way) that had me & my friend laughing through the show. At the end of the show, one can't help but wonder what's the underlying moral of the show, but then again, maybe it's some form of ingenuity that everything seemed so naturally pointless.
After the movie, we proceeded to check out the Central Promontory Site (it's free!) at Marina Boulevard. The space was built by Shigeru Ban, interestingly with containers. There were some rather interesting exhibits, but I liked Location by Hans Op de Beeck. It was really interesting entering into this space to view the exhibition, which was like an igloo, and we had to walk down a white tunnel to come to an observatory to see this display.
There was another that was quite interesting - Between You and I by Anthony McCall, which uses lights to create an illusive space/wall and it moves! So the pattern of the lights changes. It was quite interesting as you put your hand through the "wall" of light. I couldn't get a good shot with my camera phone though as it was really dark inside.
After this site, we proceeded to City Hall where there were really a lot of works! We spent about 2 hours there till about the closing time. some interesting exhibits include Maggots (which were rather cute really) and a wooly installation. There was a variety of types of artwork like video installations, sculptures and photos. Some left me clueless though.
After which, on Saturday, I visited the ArtSingapore 2008 exhibition at Suntec. Actually, it was more of a display of works by art galleries for people to purchase/auction for art pieces. I went to the one last year too but I liked this year's range of works displayed. At the end, I felt I still preferred French artists and also Vietnamese ones. I started liking the latter after I saw a really simple, but nice piece of work at Opera Gallery.
Well, that's about I have to write.
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