Hello folks!
It has been a long time since I blogged. Well just yesterday I was fortunate to be invited by omy blog club to visit the Alive Museum at Suntec City. Thank you people at omy! They are one of the coolest and fun(nest) people on this planet, I'm sure!
Introduction
Anyway before I go into details, more on this Alive Museum. The Alive Museum is Korea's first and original 3D entertainment attraction. Alive Museum first started in Korea as Trick Art Museum in Seong-eup, Jeju Island, and changed its name to “Alive Museum” in 2012. Since then, there are 15 branches of Alive Museum globally, making it the largest chain of 3D interactive illusionary art museum in the world. Outside South Korea, Alive Museum is also in Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand, China and now (from June 2014), in Singapore. There are currently over 80 masterpieces in Singapore, of which 9 are locally themed and unique to our country.
Just to provide you with some layman understanding of this Museum, this is not a real Museum per se but a place where "art" is displayed to allow interaction with participants. Most people would be most familiar with 2D art or painting / pictures which are drawn in such a way that when taken with the human participant from a certain angle, it feels like they person exists together with the art piece. I will illustrate this with some pictures later. Besides such "trick art", there is also "digital art" where they use screens and videos as interactive art pieces, "object art" read 3D installations that let you pose and touch with, and finally "experimental art" - think there was one exhibit on this the Camera Obscura - there was a queue so I didnt bother with that.
Tickets and Prices
| Category | Definition | Rate (S$) |
| Adult | 13 yrs and above, including Senior Citizens | $25 |
| Child | 3 – 12 yrs | $20 |
| Child | Below 3 yrs | FOC |
| Family Package | 2 Adults + 1 Child | $60, every additional child at $10 (up to 3 child) |
Opening Hours
Opens daily from 10am to 10pm (last admission at 9pm). Approximate Duration of Visit: 1.5 hours
Location
Suntec City Mall #03-372 (between Towers 3 & 4) Singapore 038983
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NOTE: Opening times may vary due to private events. Please check this
page for notices of early closure before your visit.
Review
Overall, I think it was a great and enjoyable experience. The exhibits were really cool and fun. Well at the beginning some of the exhibits were kinda boring but as you progress you get to see more interesting stuff and as you interact with more and more art pieces it gets better too. The only problem was some people who were holding up the queue. These are the people who have to take pictures with every art piece. I guess taking photographs is "free" these days, you don't need to pay for film anymore. And with more digital natives around, these people keep on retaking to get their best picture to upload to their social media accounts or blogs. Well I was glad that after skipping a few stations and leaving these people behind, the visit got more pleasant too! Note to the Museum staff, you might want to have more "bouncers" within the Museum to do some crowd control.
Let me just share some nice pics here:
This is by far my favourite exhibit and the pic which turned out the best. You see Zhong Kui or some Zhang Yu look alike bashing through the door but Mr Pumpkin Head (that's me) stealthily crouching at the top corner of the room. How did I do that? Well you have to go to the museum to find out!
Take a look at these three Van Gogh paintings above. They are from the same painting but taken from different angles. Do you notice that the eyes seem to be looking at you no matter which angle you are taking the photo from? A clue to why this happens is this is an object art. If you cant get it, time to visit the Museum.
Another kind of exhibit challenges your visual senses. You can try this out at home and see if it works but you probably have to put the picture in full screen size to get a better effect. Oh yes along the way you see these red boxes with instructions on how best to get the effect that is intended. There are also markings on the floor to tell you where to take that photograph. Trickery is only successful when you follow instructions!
Conclusion
Well I did take many pictures but Im not the kind of blogger who shows everything. You can probably google and see each and every single exhibit online but that would ruin the fun wont it? Like I said earlier, the visit has been enjoyable and if you really got some time on your hands, why not come over to the Alive Museum? By the way, do also check out the below promotion while it lasts!!!
Promotion
To redeem, simply “Like” us on our Facebook and purchase a full-priced ticket.
Meal includes:
- Choice of a Fish’N Crisp or Chick’N Crisp burger
- 1 small fries
- 1 small coke
- Worth $7.85!
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Burger King, newly opened at Suntec, is conveniently located beside Alive Museum Singapore at level 3, between Towers 3 and 4. |
- Offer valid from 21 June to 30 September 2014. While stocks last.
- Present original Alive Museum Singapore ticket prior to ordering.
- Limited to one redemption per adult or child ticket at Burger King Suntec City only.
- Not applicable with other promotions, discounts and offers.
- Alive Museum Singapore and Burger King reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions without prior notice.
- Other terms and conditions apply.
- Photos for illustration purpose only.
