Get ready for exciting and fun activities that the ArtScience Museum has planned during the June holiday period.
You can start by catching the world premiere of Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed from 12 June onwards. A multi-sensorial exhibition that re-imagines video games as a 21st century art form, the exhibition presents six large-scale and immersive installations developed by some of the world’s leading video game developers top media design studios.
Also, STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition extends its final run at ArtScience Museum to 27 June!
Don’t miss the on-site programmes including the free Film Screenings: Wondrous Worlds, the hands-on Tote Bag Printing with Tell Your Children and Mini Holiday Camp: Digital Art.
Last but not least, explore how colours can be used as a meditating tool with the Museum’s online video, ABCs of Being Bold with Colours.
ArtScience Museum: June Event Listings
Exhibitions
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Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed *World premiere!
- Opens on 12 June 2021
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Making its global premiere at ArtScience Museum on 12 June, Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed is a multi-sensorial exhibition that re-imagines videogames as a 21st century artform.
Co-curated by celebrated Japanese videogame designer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the exhibition brings six of the world’s leading videogame
developers together with top media design studios to collaborate on a series of largescale, immersive installations. Get ready to step into the realms of six new commissions that transport videogames from the screens into the galleries.
Virtual Realms is curated and organised by the Barbican in coproduction with ArtScience Museum and Melbourne Museum.
Read more here.
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STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition *Extended to 27 June!
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Don’t miss your final chance to find your force at STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition. Catch the extensive collection of close to 200 original Star Wars items from Lucasfilm Archives before the end of its global tour.
At the same time, embark on an interactive identity quest to gain new insights on Star Wars characters while discovering what force will shape your own identity.
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FUTURE World: Where Art Meets Science
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Immerse yourself in a world of art, science, magic and metaphor through a collection of digital interactive installation at Future World.
This permanent exhibition takes visitors on an exciting journey of discovery through four key themes – City in A Garden, Sanctuary, Park and Space.
On-site Programmes
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Film Screenings: Wondrous Worlds
- Free admission with online pre-booking.
- Walk-ins accepted on a first-come-first-served basis, subject to venue capacity.
Catch a series of free film screenings that illuminate the rich inner worlds and imaginations of the young and young-at-heart!
In trying to make sense of the world around them through inventive means or forms of technology, these young protagonists take on experiences and adventures that turn their ordinary worlds, extraordinary.
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Maidentrip (2013)
Dir. Jillian Schlesinger
82 min | PG13 (Some Coarse Language) | English & Dutch, with English subtitles
Showtimes: 12.45pm daily, with additional screenings at 5pm on Mondays and Tuesdays
This riveting documentary chronicles the adventures of 14-year-old Laura Dekker who sets out with a camera in hand, on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to be the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
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April and The Extraordinary World (2015)
Dir. Christian Desmares, Frank Ekinci
106 min | PG | English dub
Showtimes: 10.30am and 2.45pm daily
In this animated sci-fi adventure set in 1941 Paris, the great inventors of the age are mysteriously vanishing. April, a young scientist, finds herself in the centre of a shadowy conspiracy in her quest to uncover the truth behind her parents’ disappearance.
Meet The Robinsons (2007)
Dir. Steve Anderson
94 min | PG | English
Showtimes: 5pm on Wednesdays to Sundays
Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the fantastical world of 2037, hip-hoppin’ frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs.
In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can’t save it alone – he will need every bit of help he can get from the wonderfully wacky Robinson family.
For more information, click here.
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Tote Bag Printing with Tell Your Children
- 18 June, 6pm – 7pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- $15 per participant. Up to 10 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Learn more about silkscreen printing in this up-close and personal workshop session with local creative studio, Tell Your Children.
The session begins with an introduction on the techniques and processes of tote bag printing. At the end of the workshop, participants will take their customised tote bags back home!
About Tell Your Children:
Tell Your Children is a creative studio producing visual content through illustration and design. It has been proficient in working on mural projects, key visuals and branded content for local and international clients.
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Mini Holiday Camp: Digital Art
- 22 and 29 June, 2.30pm – 5pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- $48 per participant. Ticket will include 1 accompanying parent/guardian
- Recommended for 5 years old and above
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Venture into the world of art and technology this holiday at ArtScience Museum. A half-day camp with an interactive workshop and immersive play awaits you!
In the workshop, participants will be introduced to the world of programming and learn more about the basic concepts of coding! On top of that, participants will join a facilitated visit to Future World where they will discover the many different ways to engage with the digital artworks in the exhibition.
Online Programmes/ ArtScience at Home
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ABCs of Being Bold with Colours
- Video will be made available online on 11 June via ArtScience Museum’s YouTube channel
We are aware that it is not necessary to colour within the lines, but did you know that colouring can help you uncover your emotions within?
In this episode, presented as part of Art of Being Calm series, we will explore how different tints can be used as a meditating tool to show our true colours!
About Art of Being Calm Series:
Amongst the many uncertainties in the current hectic society, it is always important to find a little joy, laughter, and that bit of sparkle in our eyes. Art of Being Calm is a new programme that focuses on the ABCs of finding serenity. Join us for a series of hands-on activities to engaging discussions and explore how art tools can help us to be at peace with ourselves!
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