Friday evening after work, I grabbed a quick dinner then headed to the museum district to check out the Night Festival: New World 2010. Just me and my Sony NEX-5, absorbing the electrifying experiencing of the numerous unique performances downtown.
While there were several fringe art activities, I spent most of my time checking out the swinging taxi-girls (yes, they were yummy!), the World’s Slowest SMS Billboard at the Singapore Art Museum, as well as the epic Parabole 2.0 at the National Museum of Singapore.
See the entire taxi-girls photo set…
What struck me was how forwardly participatory some of these acts were, from dancing with the taxi-girls and taxi-boys as a way to learn about our past and have fun, the ability to SMS a personal love-note @ SAM, to how the epic Paths of Time theatrical production took two separate stages with actors/actresses having to cross through the audience. This turns the audience into a subtle backdrop or even into fellow performers.
There was simply too much to see in one night, and I’m glad I didn’t travel much because some of the shows, such as the Abusement Park @ SAM, had pretty long lines. I prefer not to get overwhelmed by picking favorites, but for some, the organizers could have perhaps provided a way for the public to create their own itinerary online (as my colleague Regina suggested).
See the Night Festival 2010 photo set…
Read on to watch the high-definition videos of some of these amazing performances…
Night Festival 2010: Taxi-Girls & Taxi-Boys @ SMU Green (HD video)
Night Festival 2010: World’s Slowest SMS Billboard @ SAM (HD video)
Night Festival 2010: Parabole 2.0 @ National Museum of Singapore (HD video)
If you missed it this weekend, you’d do well to come down for next year’s Night Festival!
