Biennale 2006 and Dali

Instead of geocaching, we decided to be arty farty last Sunday and bought tickets for the Biennale 2006. Still, we had a bunch of geocoins with us. Snapped a few pictures of scenes in Singapore specific to the mission of the coins.





The Old Supreme Court was an interesting venue for the event. Many of the exhibits had themes dealing with (in)justice, peace(?) and a whole of lot of angstsy stuff that makes you wonder if you're going through life day by day oblivious to other people's problems. Maybe because we are all too busy dealing with our own? Why must Art always celebrate (and glorify) pain? If you're too happy and well adjusted, you're probably not cut out to be a creative person. Ha!

We loved the interactive audio guide - no need to rent some big equipment. All you need is your handphone. After dialing 67584155 and entering the exhibit code, you will hear a short description of the artwork. You pay only the call charges. Very cool.

Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures inside but we sneaked one. hehe... Nutty me


There was this ONE happy face....

We're both busy all week so we had to do as much as we can on the weekends. And we wanted to see the Salvador Dali pieces along Boat Quay. We passed the "Miracle Tree" in front of the Asian Civilisation Museum but it wasn't raining at the moment. The ground was wet. A short stroll and we were horsing around and frolicking with the bronze ladies...

Dali's signature melting clock on a horse was our favourite "Horse Saddled with Time", although we both agreed that he has a rather warped mind. (another great crazy artist for you..) Must try and see the Dance of Time II at Capitol Tower one of these days!

From the front, the horse looks like he's laughing at you.


In contrast, the nearby "Unicorn tamed by a virgin" was thought provoking and moving.


Mag taking a closer look at the "Surrealist Piano"


"Woman Aflame". Indeed.. Trying out the drawers of this towering sculpture.




The spindly "Space Elephant" looks like something out of Star Wars! On its back is an pyramidal obelisk, a symbol of the progress of technology. Hope it doesn't get hit by lightning! :O

Ah.. it started raining and we had to walk back to the car which was parked in Raffles City! We hurry off to take a MRT back to City Hall.


Art makes us ladies hungry! Haha.. no, we just love to eat :P We saunter down to Raffles City basement and had dinner at Aerin's. They were nice enough to split the pumpkin soup we ordered into 2 portions, so we were impressed, even if the soup was a little sweet. The red snapper was tad of a small serving, so we decided to go big and order their signature dessert - Baked Apple & Rhubarb Pie.

Took 15mins to bake this. If you're wondering what rhubarb looks like, here's a close-up. It's kind of sourish and has the texture of celery. >.< I think I prefer apples. Sorry for the messy look... we had to be brutal and crush the pie crust to get the ice cream right into the filling!