So this is my first time going to the Nights festival. It was massively crowded and it was super super hot! It was nice and all but I felt that the arts were more catered to people who sort of have or had a background in arts. If I went for this before i entered school i think i wouldn't have appreciate it as much. Im not saying some stuff didnt peak my interest but i just felt that there were just too many people and the interesting exhibitions were very far apart.
SAM 8Q
So the first exhibition i went for was my lecturers exhibition. It was pretty strange and crazy to say the least. I didn't really understand everything at first but after the performance, some of my friends who are more seasoned in the arts are explained to me most of it.
My friend explained here how Mr Ezzam was feeling the space. Getting a feel of the space he has to work with.
This part was the craziest, He started to eat the talcum powder and blow them out. I TOTALLY DIDNT EXPECT THIS. The dedication to the art. HE LITERALLY STUFFED POWDER IN HIS MOUTH. I could see after some time that he was struggling not to vomit as the powder must have agitated his throat or made his mouth really dry. This part was where the crowd started to get a bit squeamish.
I felt angry at the rude crowd though. Its not that I'm trying to be a teacher's pet or whatever but I felt frustrated when they just blatantly said "Oh he just eats the powder and spits it out. Lets go la". I just wanted to turn around and ask him to try and do likewise. To put in that same amount of passion for your own work and actually put powder in your mouth! Other people where also rude because they came to look around and not at least try and appreciate the message behind it.
After some research, I found that Talcum Powder is used like a baby powder but what struck me was that it was used on prisoners after they have been stripped and hosed down. It was something like a tool for cleansing. I began to think and ponder, i dont actually know if this is the message, but i felt the white room was his mind. The blinking lights were his ideas being contained in glass. He was using the powder to cleanse himself and his mind. Trying to bring everything to be white, to be pure again.
Thats just my interpretation.
After that we went to the National Museum. This was interesting and unique as they did some video projection mapping on the entire building. Creating the building as a screen for the little short film. I thought it was really nice as the vibrant colours drew a huge crowd.
Later we walked to the Deck. It's near Lasalle. They had a few Art pieces on display and a contemporary dance item.
The dance was revolving around the use of sensors to light up the room and create the crackling sounds. To be honest, i thought it to be kinda creepy! The dancers were moving very randomly and rapidly that it looked like they were possessed or something. But after talking to the guide, it made more sense to why they moved and danced that way. Each light had a sensor that only detected a small area, one was only a swinging plank, one was a imaginary sphere in the middle and one was a globe that when moved created the lights. At first the dancers were wild but after a while i understood why they incorporated these moves into their routine.
These were some of the art pieces on showcase at the gallery.
Simple techniques created some crazy and intricate patterns and designs.
This was my favourite art piece throughout the night. It was a room filled with ripped pages of well known romance novels. They blanked out most of the sentences only revealing Love related words behind. I am a hopeless romantic and I think im the only dude that find certain romances appealing. The art pieces here must have taken up a lot of time as they had to fill the entire room, i really admired they dedication to their craft. Some of the words that were left behind were pretty raunchy and erotic, i could see how the artist really thought his or her idea of love was.
Finally, we went to SOTA to see what they had. At first it look like just plain sculptures that resembled plants and flowers.
After shining the UV light you could see the intricate patterns on the leaves and i thought that was pretty cool and unique.
So thats all the places i visited through out the Nights Festival, honestly i thought it was a bit over hyped and over rated. The crowd was insane. However, i really liked the exhibitions at the Deck, it had lesser people and the art there appealed more to me.
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