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Night Festival at SAM

EVENT OPEN TO PUBLIC

  • Thu – Sat, 23, 24 & 25 AUG '18

  • SAM

  • 6PM – MIDNIGHT

Celebrate Singapore Night Festival at the Singapore Art Museum! 

There’s something for everyone at SAM over the two weekends – explore the rich architectural heritage of the museum building through the façade projection and free tours, catch outdoor screenings of the Back to the Future trilogy, join in the dance and music performances, support local at the SAM x Local People Art Market, and more! 

Entry to the museum and all activities are free during Singapore Night Festival, so drop by, interact with artworks at Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time, go behind the scenes at Installation in Progress, and don’t forget to check out some of the region’s best contemporary art at the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2018 at the National Museum of Singapore too!

#sgnightfest

programmes on thu, 23 aug

 Date Time Programme(s) Venue
THU
23 AUG '18		 10AM – MIDNIGHT Free exhibitions:
• Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time
• Installation in Progress
• APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2018
SAM at 8Q
SAM Curve
National Museum of Singapore

5PM – 8PM Vibes and Fitness at SAM: Line Dancing Jam by Jenny Tan
Register to join. 		 SAM Glass Hall

6PM – 11PM Tech playground of virtual reality games for children by Presence Pictures.  Next to SAM Courtyard

7.30PM – 9.30PM Free outdoor film screening of Back to the Future SAM Courtyard

7.30PM – MIDNIGHT Free facade light projection: Odyssey by Arnaud Pottier & Thimothée Mironneau (WB Show, France) SAM Façade           
  8PM - 9PM Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve

8.30PM – 9.30PM Vibes and Fitness at SAM: Dress Up and Cardio Kickbox! by Sock Ling 
Register to join.		 SAM Glass Hall
  10PM - 11PM Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve 

10PM – 11PM Vibes and Fitness at SAM: The Great Kult Workout by Sideshow
Register to join.		 SAM Glass Hall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

programmes on fri, 24 aug

Date Time Programme(s) Venue
FRI
24 AUG '18		 10AM – MIDNIGHT Free exhibitions:
• Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time
• Installation in Progress
• APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2018
SAM at 8Q
SAM Curve
National Museum of Singapore

6PM – 11PM Tech playground of virtual reality games for children by Presence Pictures Next to SAM Waterloo Courtyard

6.30PM – 11.30PM SAM Merchandise and Book sale
 Outside SAM Curve

7PM – 11PM  Haiku Fever pop-up: customised haikus on hand-painted cards  SAM at 8Q

7PM – MIDNIGHT Art & craft activities by
• SAM x kult: Planet K interactive stations
• The Amazing Art Shuttle
SAM Queen Courtyard
SAM at 8Q, Workshop Space 1 & 2, L2
  7.30PM – 7.45PM Solo performance by Rizman Putra in response to an artwork at the 'Signature Art Prize' exhibition National Museum of Singapore Basement Galleries

7.30PM – 9.30PM Free outdoor film screening of Back to the Future II SAM Courtyard

7.30PM – MIDNIGHT Free facade light projection: Odyssey by Arnaud Pottier & Thimothée Mironneau (WB Show, France) SAM Facade
  8PM - 8.45PM Performance: Music and Choreographic Intervention by NADA National Museum of Singapore Basement Galleries
  8PM - 9PM  Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve

8PM – 10.30PM Live performances @ SAM:
• 8.00PM: Miss You by Redeafination – Singapore Deaf Dance Crew
• 8.10PM: Downtown Funk by SMU Funk Movement
• 8.30PM: SMU Chinese Orchestra Ensemble Tunes with Mr Quek Ling Kiong
• 9.30PM: The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du soldat) by The Young Musicians' Foundation Orchestra		 SAM Glass Hall

8PM – 10.30PM Live performances at SAM at 8Q:
• 8.00PM: FROLIC by SMU INDANCITY
• 8.10PM: Space Sounds by Sam Driscoll
• 9.00PM: Live in Your Beat, Play in Ours by SMU Samba Masala
• 10.00PM: FROLIC by SMU INDANCITY
• 10.10PM: Space Sounds by Sam Driscoll
 SAM at 8Q Plaza
  10PM - 11PM Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve

11PM – 11.45PM Street Circus Comedy Show by The Annoying Brothers SAM Waterloo Courtyard

                                                    

 

programmes on sat, 25 Aug

Date Time Programme(s) Venue
SAT
25 AUG '18		 10AM – MIDNIGHT Free exhibitions:
• Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time
• Installation in Progress
• APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2018
SAM at 8Q
SAM Curve
National Museum of Singapore

6PM – 8PM Harajuku Fashion Walk Singapore #28 with Night Festival at SAM 
ft. catwalk performance and photo opportunities with Harajuku Fashion Walk Singapore
 SAM at 8Q Plaza

6PM – 11PM Tech playground of virtual reality games for children by 
Presence Pictures		 Next to SAM Waterloo Courtyard

6.30PM – 11PM SAM Merchandise and Book sale Outside SAM Curve

7PM – 7.30PM Live reading of winning poems at the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2018 exhibition National Museum of Singapore
Basement Galleries

7PM – 8PM Artist talk by Michael Lee on Museum on Air, a commissioned artwork at SAM's
Installation in Progress exhibition.
Register to join.  		 SAM Curve

7PM – 11PM Haiku Fever pop-up: customised haikus on hand-painted cards 
 SAM at 8Q

7PM – MIDNIGHT Singapore Night Festival Art Market 2018 by SAM x The Local People
 SAM Glass Hall & Queen Courtyard

7PM – MIDNIGHT Art and craft activities by The Amazing Art Shuttle SAM at 8Q, Workshop Space 1 & 2, L2

7.30PM – 9.30PM Free outdoor film screening of Back to the Future III SAM Waterloo Courtyard

7.30PM – MIDNIGHT Free facade light projection: Odyssey by Arnaud Pottier & Thimothée Mironneau (WB Show, France) SAM Facade
  8PM - 9PM Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve

8PM – 10.30PM  Live performances at SAM at 8Q:
• 8.00PM: FROLIC by SMU INDANCITY
• 8.10PM: Tales from Outer Space by Patch and Punnet
• 9.30PM: FROLIC by SMU INDANCITY
• 9.40PM: Tales from Outer Space by Patch and Punnet
 SAM at 8Q Plaza
  8PM - 11PM Live Open Mike Performance at Signature Art Prize National Museum of Singapore Basement Galleries
  9.30PM - 10.15PM Free outdoor screening of selected films from 15 Shorts, a project by Singaporean filmmakers, Blue3Asia and the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre - NVPC to show a lesser-told side of Singaporeans from the 1970s to the 1990s
• Waiting Room by Nicole Midori Woodford
• Ali Baba by Randy Ang
• One at a Time by Daniel Yam		 SAM Waterloo Courtyard 
  10PM - 11PM Automatarium by David Berga, an interactive installation and performance combining comedy, the circus, song and mime Outside SAM Curve
  10.30PM - 11.30PM A Night Festival of Comedy with The Latecomers SAM Waterloo Courtyard 
                                                                        
                                                                    

 

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