Archive of previous Special events at ArtScience Museum.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ARTSCIENCE MUSEUM TOUR
Family Friday 5 October | 3.00pm - 3.45pm
Saturday 6 October | 3.00pm - 3.45pm
Sunday 7 October | 3.00pm - 3.45pm
Meeting Venue: Education Room, Basement 1
What makes a building iconic? Be introduced to ArtScience Museum's building and its environmentally friendly design through an interactive and engaging tour.
*Complimentary, up to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
EXPRESS YOURSELF: STRUCTURES AND SHAPES
Family Friday 5 October l 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Saturday 6 October l 11.30am - 12.30pm
Sunday 7 October l 11.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Education Room, Basement 1
Take a line for a walk as you explore Singapore’s cityscape to discover all shapes and forms that exist in the world!
*$5 per participant. Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
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WE BUILT THIS CITY BY SUPERHERO ME
Saturday 6 October l 2.30pm, 3.30pm & 4.30pm
Sunday 7 October l 2.30pm, 3.30pm & 4.30pm
Venue: Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Welcome to Superhero We City where children of all abilities are invited to play together and create craftwork using their imagination and curiosity. They will work together to contribute to building a city through three craft programmes which use a variety of colourful and fun craft embellishments!
Superhero Me is a ground-up inclusive arts movement that harnesses the power of creativity through the arts to empower children from less privileged backgrounds and special needs communities. Activities are designed to foster inclusion.
Free admission (spaces subjected to availability)
Please refer to our Facebook event page for more details.
ArtScience on Screen: I Am Not A Robot
From 13 Sep | 10.00am-7:00pm (on loop)
Expression Gallery, Level 4 | Free admission
In the future how will we perceive ourselves in relation to the beings that surround us?
Will we still feel a sense of belonging based on gender, religious, ethnic or social groupings? Or will we retune our perceptive systems to understand each other as belonging to the tribe of humans, automatons or synthetic intelligent beings?
Will we embrace these differences or will we still perceive a threat in the ‘other’- trapped in a paranoid state of distrust? And when the opportunity arises for a fertile future will we be able to act or will our fearful paralysis hold us back?
In this short film programme, three artists and film-makers from Africa, United States and the Middle East explore the relationships that might exist between beings in tomorrow’s world. Films include: Rajeev Dassani and Elan Dassani Seam, Fadi Baki Fdz, Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow and Wanuri Kahiu, Pumzi.
Pumzi and Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow were first screened by Cinema Akil for Global Art Forum: I Am Not A Robot in Dubai, March 2018.
This is a programme of Global Art Forum: I Am Not A Robot | Singapore, presented by ArtScience Museum in collaboration with Art Dubai.
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ArtScience Late: Sougwen Chung
20 September 2018, Thursday | 8pm & 8:40pm
Free Admission | Venue: Expression Gallery, Level 4
In Drawing Operations Unit: Generation 1&2 Performance, New York-based artist and researcher Sougwen Chung showcases the emerging process of human-robot collaboration as a performance and traces a narrative of human and machine synthesis through three chapters - Mimicry, Memory and Future Speculations.
Sougwen Chung showcases the emerging process of human-robot collaboration as a performance, tracing a narrative of human and machine synthesis.
*Free on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited capacity.
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Conversations
Global Art Forum: 'I Am Not A Robot' | Singapore Edition
21 - 23 Sep 2018, Friday to Sunday
Free | Expression Gallery | Level 4
'I Am Not A Robot' invites audiences to reflect upon the true meaning of big data, automation and artificial intelligence in our current digital age. Through the work and ideas of artists, curators, designers, journalists, writers, scientists, technologists and filmmakers, this three-day conference discusses Singapore’s approach to AI, the future of work in an age of automation, cultural and artistic approaches to AI, big data and robotics, and depictions of robots and synthetic beings in cinema.
Speakers include Shumon Basar, Noah Raford,Marlies Wirth, Jessica Bland, Ania Soliman, Wong Tien Yin, Koo Sengmeng, Lim Sun Sun, Wong Choon Yue, David Hsu,Sara M. Watson, Wesley Goatley, Louis-Philippe Demers,Volker H. Schmidt, Lee Chor Pharn, Cheryl Chung, Wei Qing, Sougwen Chung, Gemma Roig, Elie Ayache and Isabel Lewis.
*Free on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited capacity.
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Express Yourself: Sounds
3 September, Monday | 11.00am – 12.00pm
Venue: Education Room, Basement 1
Respond to different types of music by using art as a medium to create a beautiful composition on canvas.
*$5 per participant, up to 20 participants
Make Your Own Music Machine
5 September, Wednesday |4.30pm-5.30pm
Venue: Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Unleash your inner musician! Learn about the science of music through our hands-on activities, including demonstrations of musical instruments and making your own music machine from scratch.
*$5 per participant, up to 20 participants
Be The BUZZ! Behind The Bag
7 & 14 September, Friday | 4.30pm-5.30pm
Venue: Education Room, Basement 1
How do you illustrate noise on a piece of silent medium? Whaaaaam! Learn more about sound representations in comics and how you can translate that idea into a stunning piece of art on a tote bag.
*$5 per participant, up to 20 participants
Wild Symphony by Superhero Me
8 & 9 September, Saturday & Sunday | 2.30pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Kicking off the season with several drop-in activities by Superhero Me. Be ready! Take inspiration from around the world to create your own musical instrument using recycled materials. Get into the rhythm, prepare your cheers and jam together with your friends!
Superhero Me is a ground-up inclusive arts movement that harnesses the power of creativity through the arts to empower children from less privileged backgrounds and special needs communities. *Activities are designed to foster inclusion.
Free admission (subjected to availability)
Please refer to our Facebook event page for more details.
ArtScience On Screen: Seeing Systems
From 3 Aug
ArtScience Galleries, Level 4 | Free admission
Seeing Systems is a new curated programme exploring some of the organic and non-organic systems that invisibly impact on our lives. Through a series of short but impactful art films, this programme visualises the patterns, structures and habits that surround us in our everyday lives; from the ubiquitous flight path of mosquitos or the neurological grid of perception to almost superstitious paranoia surrounding invisible transmission of germs and viruses between us or the oblique tracks of migration and dispersal, belonging and difference.
This collection of moving image works by UK artists has been curated and presented in collaboration with videoclub, a leading UK agency for artists working in moving image. Artists included are boredomresearch, Suki Chan, Anne Haaning, Lyndsay Mann, Ursula Mayer, Naheed Raza and Louise K Wilson.
Please click here for the ArtScience On Screen: Seeing Systems programme booklet
Admission is free.
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ArtScience Late: Ewa Justka
16 August 2018, Thursday | 8pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4
Free on a first-come-first-served basis. Limited capacity.
Ewa Justka is a polish electronic noise artist, instruments builder and DIY electronics teacher based in London. Justka’s main field of research is based on the exploration of materiality of objects, vibrant, ontological systems and an investigation of modes of quasi-direct perception through noise performance actions, interactive installation, DIY electronics, hardware hacking, plant-molesting, breaking, deconstructing and collaborating.
Ewa Justka is an acid-technoise artist, pedagogue, and autodidact musical instrument maker based in London. Her work explores the relationships between macro and micro environments, sound, and the body. She has performed and led workshops at events and venues such as Cafe Oto, Loop Festival, and Sonic Acts.
This ArtScience Late performance is a parallel programme of ArtScience on Screen: Seeing Systems and Conversations event, presented in collaboration with videoclub.
videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform showing artists’ work across the UK and internationally established in 2005 by Laura Mousavi-Zadeh, Ben Rivers and Jamie Wyld. We support artists through curated programmes, engaging the public through screenings, exhibitions, talks, residencies and commissions.
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Conversations: Seeing Systems
18 August 2018, Saturday | 1:30pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4
Free on a first-come-first-served basis. Limited capacity.
Get inside the minds of the filmmakers and curators of Seeing Systems in this lively exchange of ideas and dialogue. Join us as we discuss the collaboration behind this project, the filmmakers’ practice and process, as well as the broader context of contemporary filmmaking. Participating speakers include boredomresearch (AfterGlow), Lyndsay Mann (An Order of the Outside), Ursula Mayer (Atom Spirit), electronic noise artist Ewa Justka and Jamie Wyld (Director of videoclub).
This Conversations event is a parallel programme of ArtScience on Screen: Seeing Systems and ArtScience Late, presented in collaboration with videoclub.
videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform showing artists’ work across the UK and internationally established in 2005 by Laura Mousavi-Zadeh, Ben Rivers and Jamie Wyld. We support artists through curated programmes, engaging the public through screenings, exhibitions, talks, residencies and commissions.
Please refer to our Facebook event page for more details.
Weekend Late Night Opening
ArtScience Museum will open till 9pm every Saturday and Sunday from now till 15 July so you can enjoy Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes exhibition. The last entry is 8pm.
If you’re feeling peckish during the night, pop by FabCafe at our lobby for a sous-vide turkey breast with basil pesto and mesclun salad mix on a hand-rolled ciabatta bun with your choice of a soft drink at just $12.
Cartoons & Comics Masterclasses with Hong Shin
Saturday - 30 June | 11am - 12:30pm
Education Room, Basement 1
Pow! Bang! Zap! Let your creativity come to life in this hands-on workshop while you enter the world of cartoon and comic drawing. Drawing inspiration from local heroes, learn the basic skills of expressing your personality through detailed drawing whilst telling your own original story with a comic strip!
This workshop is conducted by Quek Hong Shin who has illustrated several picture books including The Amazing Sarong, Lolly’s Secret and the Ahoy, Navy! series for Republic of Singapore Navy’s 50th anniversary.
* $15 per participant, up to 20 participants per session on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Be a Hero: A Practical Guide
Saturday - 9 June | 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Friday - 15 & 22 June | 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Education Room, Basement 1
Discover your superpower, create your secret identity, and get inspired to be your own hero! Join us in this interactive workshop to uncover how your very own strengths and dreams will change the world.
* $5 per participant, up to 20 participants per session on a first-come, first served basis.
Superhero Me Sundays
Sunday - 10, 17 & 24 June | 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Rainbow Room, Basement 2
What makes a hero, a hero? In collaboration with Superhero Me, discover some of the magic ingredients and transform your everyday life through our series of fun and inclusive craft programmes for everyone - no matter what your ability is!
ArtScience On Screen: Animal Powers
From 30 May
Expression Gallery, Level 4 l Free admission
A miniseries of films featuring some of our most familiar animal friends transformed to become heroes of their own spectacular adventures. Including much-loved films from the Philippines and Malaysia, Animal Powers explores how cinema has imagined a world where otherwise overlooked animals and humans alike take matters into their own hands (or feet) in order to save the day.
Express Yourself Workshop
Friday - 1 June | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Education Room, Basement 1
Express yourself by experimenting with your artistic side and tap on your inner creativity to find out where you could take yourself! Using techniques such as drawing, collaging, word association and mixed media, this workshop aims to promote dialogue and open discussion about issues that can be addressed through art. Get started on your personal creative path by creating your own artwork on canvas at the end of the workshop!
* $5 per participant, up to 20 participants per session on a first-come, first-served basis.
Light & Colour Workshop
Friday - 8 & 22 June | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Experience light and colour through various hands-on experiments such as using a spectrophotometer to discover different spectrums of light and observing refraction of light with prisms. Walk into a dark room and witness the impact of colour through fun and interactive observations.
* $5 per participant, up to 20 participants per session on a first-come, first-served basis.
Make Your Own Tote Bag Workshop
Friday - 15 June | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Education Room, Basement 1
Have a hand at printing your very own tote bag featuring exclusive prints inspired from Future World exhibition. Create your own print combination and colourway and learn more about the printing process.
* $5 per participant, up to 20 participants per session on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Dyson Technology Experience
14 - 15 April, Sat - Sun | 11am - 6pm
Free Admission | Venue: Expression Gallery, Level 4
Think differently, make mistakes, invent and realise your engineering potential. Join Dyson at the ArtScience Museum to uncover the world of science and technology. Discover through play and hands-on with activities that will inspire you and your little ones with the power of creative thinking and problem-solving.
This event is organised by Dyson.
*Limited capacity, entry on a first-come-first served basis
Please refer to our Facebook event page for more details.
i Light Specials
In support of the i Light Marina Bay 2018, ArtScience Museum will be opening its doors till late from 15 to 17 March 2018 (Thursday to Saturday) and visitors can enjoy special 1-for-1 offer* between 7pm and 10pm to all exhibitions. What’s more, enjoy live performances, special film screening and street food on a fun museum night-out!
Explore all things street art through masterclasses, workshops and activities! Catch the museum’s first live Graffiti Battle on 17 March as five groups of streets artists create their masterpieces from scratch at the outdoor oculus. Be a judge and vote for your favourite street art piece!
*Terms and Conditions apply.
ArtScience Late: Leslie Low
15 March, Thursday | 8pm
Free Admission | Venue: Expression Gallery, Level 4
Experience music in its most introspective and honest form in an intimate acoustic evening with singer-songwriter Leslie Low of The Observatory. Reflecting on our contemporary urban condition in this unplugged retreat, Leslie plays confronting, heartfelt anthems from his solo releases along with new original songs.
* Limited capacity, entry on a first-come-first served basis
Please refer to our Facebook event page for more details.
16 March, Friday | 10am – 10pm
Venue: Lobby, FabCafe
Immerse in a street carnival atmosphere and enjoy a fun-filled Fab Friday at FabCafe. Savour delicious street food such as freshly-made tacos with homemade pico de gallo, and delicious all-day hotdogs. Catch local film ‘Singapore Minstrel’, featuring an old-time pioneer busker ‘Silver Man’ and the Singapore’s street art and sounds. Be inspired by Art from the Streets exhibition and create your own mosaic and stencil art pieces!
17 March, Saturday | 10am – 10pm
Venue: Various locations within ArtScience Museum
Unleash your inner artist through engaging street art-related hands-on fun! Get your creative juices flowing through a series of activities, masterclasses and workshops.
Join us and catch the museum’s first live Graffiti Battle on 17 March as five groups of renowned graffiti artists – ASMOE (PB/ZNC), ALOTONE(DTB/TFK), SONG (RSCLS), MIZNEK(DTB/TFK) and REAPS(BMK) – battle it out and create their masterpieces from scratch at the museum’s outdoor oculus. Be a judge and vote for your favourite street art piece!
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Make Your Own Tote Bag
12 March, Monday | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Education Classroom Basement 1
Have a hand at printing your very own tote bag featuring exclusive prints inspired from Future World exhibition. Create your own print combination and colourway and learn more about the printing process.
* S$5 per participant. Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Light & Colour Workshop
14 March, Wednesday | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Experience light and colour through various hands-on experiments such as using a spectrophotometer to discover different spectrums. Walk into a dark room and witness the impact of colour through observations.
* S$5 per participant. Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Express Yourself
16 March, Friday | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
17 March, Saturday | 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Exhibition Entrance, Basement 2
Express yourself by experimenting with your artistic side and tap on your inner creativity to find out where you could take yourself! Using techniques such as drawing, collaging, word association and mixed media, this workshop aims to promote dialogue and open discussion about issues that can be addressed through art. At the end, you will create your own artwork to help you get started on your personal creative path!
* S$5 per participant. Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Nick Ut: My Story
10 February | 4pm – 5pm
Free Admission | Expression Gallery, Level 4
An eyewitness to pivotal moments in history, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Nick Ut tells his story for the first time in Singapore. Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime experience as Ut recounts The Terror of War – his iconic photograph depicting children in flight from napalm bombing. The photograph was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year in 1973, notably believed to have assisted the change in course of conflict towards liberation in April 1975. Third to be inducted by the Leica Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to photojournalism, Nick Ut is presented in Singapore by Leica Camera Asia Pacific.
*Free on a first-come-first-served basis, subject to capacity.
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About Nick Ut
Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951) is a Vietnamese American photographer for the Associated Press (AP) who works out of Los Angeles. He won both the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the 1973 World Press Photo of the Year for "The Terror of War", depicting children in flight from a napalm bombing. In particular, his best-known photo features a naked 9-year-old girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running toward the camera from a South Vietnamese napalm attack on North Vietnamese troops at the Trảng Bàng village during the Vietnam War. On the 40th anniversary of that Pulitzer Prize-winning photo in September 2012, Ut became the third person inducted by the Leica Hall of Fame for his contributions to photojournalism.