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MINI ASSIGNMENT 2 FIELD TRIP SINGAPORE 2219 (DN1010)

Reflection

Q: As you all would have noticed, the presence of nCovid-19 has altered the way people in public spaces interact. Within the exhibition itself, some of the pieces require interaction between people, or the presence of people in confined spaces. How do you think cases such as these function in this current situation, do the artworks still function without the interactive element, if they didn’t speculate what strategies could evolve that wouldn’t require physical contact in the first place. Why did the artists choose to use physical contact as a mode of interaction?

Due to the presence of nCovid-19, physical interactions with the exhibition may have diminished. Examples like win><win shown in ACT IV: ADAPTATION, an interaction installation with the live jellyfish and sound by Rimini Protokoll. Visitors need to sit closely in a more confined space with others and to use the headphones. This lead to the visitors skipping this installation if they are not comfortable or may be lost throughout the experience without the audio guide. However, there is the interesting interaction between two groups of the people seperated by the live jellyfish panel that enter at different timings, showing a non-physicial interaction.

Also, with the Museum of Marine Life, a series of chimeric kinetic sculptures by Bao Songyu. Interaction with the specimens are by movement which does not require physical contact. The exhibition was also overall quite spacious as to not pack people too closely.

Q: What did you all think of the exhibition design, was it effective? Does it allow for open-ended interpretation or is the narrative set for you, the viewer, to interpret the entire experience in a certain way. Seeing that its a Bicentennial commissioned exhibition, how do you think it relates to the overall Bicentennial celebrations as a whole? How did the exhibition designers organize your experience of time spent at each artwork, did you feel rushed, or did you feel that the pieces were allowed to capture your attention?

The exhibition design was effective. Showing a timeline through the acts, the consequences for environment degration are also shown quite clearly and is well paced, allowing the art works to capture the visitors attention.

Q: Finally and most importantly, which of the artworks did you enjoy, and which did you dislike, and for what reasons? Did any of the installations give you a new perspective of what interaction could be?

I enjoyed the artworks in ACT IV showing both physical and non physical interactions within the works. There is also the great attention to detail in ACT II: HOME. Showing how living spaces could be like in the future, from the need for food shown through using cockroches in recipes and also furture generations or children inflicted through the drawings on the walls as well as the toys lying around.