Chilling Out at Empress Lawn

I have a fair bit of work to do at Singapore Art Week that's still going on, but I'm glad I can have Choya come along for many events. One of them is the 10th edition of 'Light to Night Singapore'. Over two evenings last week, the Good Pet Fair hosted the festival's first-ever 'Pet Weekend' at Empress Lawn in the Civic District, featuring 'low-noise' performances and 21 vendors selling pet items, as well as food and drinks for humans.

We didn't intend to have dinner here, and actually took a late lunch so that we wouldn't be hungry while checking out the area, and I got my hosting duties done. How long we stayed would be dependent on how comfortable Choya would be. We stayed on quite bit. We hung out near the pods (lit when night fell) on Empress Lawn. These sculptural pods are done by Weixin Quek Chong, titled 'Instar Dreaming (in slow wave)', part of the 'SANTAI' series of installations across five locations by various artists including Amanda Chong and Michael Lin, Firdaus Sani, Syahmin Huda, and the duo Amanda Tan and Irsyad Ishak.

Choya enjoyed the transition of well, light to night — from the 6pm sunset hues to nightfall. She wasn't perturbed by crowds or humans, or other dogs and cats. She happily chilled out on the nice grass. Choya was absolutely comfortable tonight. She just didn't like the drums very much.  

Of course I advocated for her. My RBF ensured that not many people would come near. At our timing, and where we were perched, most pet owners were respectful of our space and kept their dogs on leash and away from Choya. The ones who did approach, asked for permission or got the vibes right. Heh. Choya didn't mind those floofs who approached.  

Besides hanging out and checking out the going-ons and flood-watching, we also watched projections on the iconic Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, we also took a stroll over to National Gallery, then back to The Arts House. The projections on the heritage buildings are always lovely to watch, to see what the artists created come to life in a big way. 

These light projections across the buildings are always a sight to behold. Even Choya was fascinated and she took in all the changing colors and patterns. And we should know the artists behind them. We have, National Gallery Singapore: 'Ansiblomoo' by Fyerool Darma (fiber-optic ecosystems) and 'Memory Gesture' by Ngoc Nau (Vietnam agriculture), The Arts House: 'Larut’s Tears' by Gerimis Art Project and Youngsook Choi, and 'Start Here: From Every Vantage Point', Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall: 'Flower Power' by Noah Tan and Dr. Azariah Tan.