This afternoon, I dropped by MAAD at the Red Dot Design Museum. MAAD is an art market which takes place every first weekend of the month. There were a few stalls which I had seen at the recent Fort Canning Art Market. Still, there weren’t too many repeats, as it were. A number of stalls which were not at Fort Canning were at MAAD.
It’s nice to see these art markets flourishing. I’m not sure how much money the artists/designers make from weekends like these but from what I observed, some are doing quite well. Knotty Biscie definitely has a fan in my friend, Ee!
I enjoyed having a look at what was on offer. After looking at the wares on sale, Ee and I chilled out at the Pacific Coffee joint at the museum. Her coffee was strong, and my Hot Chocolate was thick. Excellent stuff. The place was not crowded. It’s a nice place to lounge around on a weekend afternoon. Oh, and there’s free wireless too.
We were going to meet Mala for dinner but there was time to kill. The Singapore City Gallery is near Red Dot, so I suggested that we check it out.
Despite having been there twice before, I hadn’t realised that what I saw of the gallery was just a fraction of the whole area. The City Gallery is spread over three floors. The highlight is the huge model of Singapore. Most of the HDB flats in Singapore are depicted in the model, so it’s quite fun to try and spot where your flat is in the model. It’s a challenge because the flats are really small. There is also a model of the city area which features life-like representations of the buildings in the city, all relatively to scale.
The parts that I hadn’t explored were on the third floor. There was lots to learn about land use. A section concentrated on shophouses, showing how they have changed over time and pointing out their significance in our landscape and heritage.
I thoroughly enjoyed going round the gallery. It warrants a repeat visit.
If you’re a geography/heritage/map geek or if you just enjoy looking at things in perspective, you’ll have fun at the Singapore City Gallery!
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On my trips to Singapore, I’m always looking for places to find new art. So thanks for that tip.
I was interested to read your reaction to the City Gallery as I actually worked on the first design when it was called The URA Gallery. Glad you liked it and think it worth a repeat visit.