Eggs at the Garden by the Bay

I saw these ‘eggs’ at the Gardens by the Bay. At first, I hadn’t a clue what they were all about. It was later on in the evening when the eggs lighted up that I thought, ‘Ah, that’s interesting.” However, it was only after reading the write up and elaboration of the idea behind the eggs that I thought, “Wow. What a cool idea.”

That is the way with most arts. Just looking at it, we will not get the story behind the creation. But when the whole idea behind the creation is explained to us, we get to look at the art from the artist's point of view. We might not totally agree with the artist, but we sure understand a lot more about the art, and why the artist do what he did.

Entitled Autonomous Resonating Life on the Water and Resonating Trees, the interactive digital installation is a commentary on how we are all interconnected by invisible threads to one another.

The following information is from their website Eggs at Gardens by the Bay: Resonating Life on the Waters of the Dragonfly Lake

In the day, the eggs at Gardens by the Bay appear white, almost like a swarm of giant insects have laid their eggs on the lake or the aliens from Cocoon are invading Singapore.

From 7 pm to 12 am, the ovoids will be lit up in bright colours of purple, blues, yellows and reds. The trees at the edge of Dragonfly Lake also light up in sympathy with the eggs. They shine brightly and fade together, as if they have a natural, innate pulse of life.

Some of the 334 ovoids stand along the boardwalk, inviting visitors to interact with them.

Push an ovoid and the colour of its light changes. It also emits a tone which is specific to the colour. The first ovoid’s colour change then triggers the next adjacent one to also change colour, creating a ripple effect of light changes that emanate throughout the art installation. This results in ever changing hues as people interact with the squishy ovoids.

The work reflects how singular ideas can resonate and spread outwards from the original source. Colour changes triggered from another part of the installation are also a reminder that there are other living beings in the same space.

Here are more pictures of the eggs later in the evening. Apologies about the quality of the pictures. They are not the best, because they are taken with my cell phone.

This was early evening. The eggs appeared bluish in colour because they were reflecting lights from the surrounding.

The following were taken during the light show, when the eggs showed wave after wave of colours. It was quite awesome - something which you have to be present to appreciate.