Light to Night Singapore 2025 explores multifaceted identities with thought-provoking theme “Do You See Me?” in significant year of Gallery’s 10th Anniversary and SG60

📅 17 Jan to 6 Feb 2025
📍 Various locations around the Civic District including: National Gallery Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, The Arts House, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, and CapitaLand.
🏷 Free entry for all, with ticketed programmes which can be purchased via the festival website.

National Gallery Singapore presents Light to Night Singapore 2025, a marquee event of Singapore Art Week. This year, the crowd-favourite festival returns with a spotlight on visionary local artists and an invitation to “see and be seen”, exploring the diverse, multifaceted identities of our communities under the theme “Do You See Me?”. The meaningful theme underscores the Gallery’s collaboration with diverse artists and programmes, showcasing unique perspectives, including those from lesser-seen communities.

Return to Paradise

Across three exciting, art-filled weeks from 17 January to 6 February 2025, Singapore’s Civic District will light up with over 70 artworks and programmes including luminous projection mappings on iconic cultural landmarks, large-scale art installations, and engaging and immersive public programmes. Visitors of all ages are invited to connect through the enjoyment of the arts.

A clock for Progress

Celebrating seminal figures in the local arts scene

The festival honours visionary artists who have shaped the vibrant visual arts scene and embody a bold sense of innovation.

Travelling Through the Tropical Rainforest

• Renowned local sculptor and Cultural Medallion recipient Han Sai Por presents Travelling Through the Tropical Rainforest, the centrepiece of the Padang. Her signature style of natural, organic forms – typically seen in her stone sculptures – will transform into six striking, large-scale inflatable sculptures that resemble tropical palms. Set against the cityscape and constructed from manmade materials, the work is a commentary on the interplay between the natural and urban environments in a city’s evolving landscape.

Since 2016, the Gallery has invited veteran and emerging artists from Singapore and Southeast Asia to create projection mapping works for Art Skins on Monuments, illuminating the facades of the cultural institutions across the Civic District during the festival.

Art Skins on Monuments

• This year, the works of three seminal artists will take over the Gallery’s façade, namely the late printmaker and Cultural Medallion recipient Chng Seok Tin, painter and Cultural Medallion recipient Goh Beng Kwan, and the late batik artist Jaafar Latiff. The projection mapping works by Chng Seok Tin and Jaafar Latiff, created in collaboration with Indonesian multimedia design studio ARAFURA, mark the first time the legacies of late artists are showcased on the Art Skins on Monuments. This was made possible through close collaboration with their artist estates.

Unsung Heros

• The projection mappings on the facades of the Asian Civilisations Museum, The Arts House at the Old Parliament, Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, and the dome roof of the Gallery’s Rotunda Library & Archive will also feature projection works by local artists Song-Ming Ang, Kapilan Naidu, TraseOne and students from School of The Arts, Singapore (SOTA).

Words Light

“Do You See Me?” – To see and be seen

The theme, “Do You See Me?” is an invitation for festival-goers to see and be seen as they contemplate and unpack what may be regarded as conventional perceptions, and how they might see things from a different perspective and continue to envision our futures.

Looking Through Glass

• In line with the Gallery’s aim of fostering and inspiring a thoughtful and inclusive society, Claire Teo’s multi-sensory installation Through The Looking Glass inspired by her experiences as a visually impaired individual, and TraseOne’s light projection Now You See Us? on the evolution of Singapore’s graffiti scene (projected on the facade of The Arts House at the Old Parliament), shed light on lesser seen communities in Singapore, while also serving as a platform for them to tell their stories.

Do You See Us

• Light to Night Singapore 2025 will also be one of the stops of the travelling photo showcase for the International Migrants Day Photo Contest 2024, in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower, to spotlight the talents and passion of the local migrant community.

Festival-goers are also encouraged to explore the stories and histories that make up Singapore’s cultural and social fabric.

• In Return to Paradise (Play) located at Funan’s Underground Pedestrian Link, local artist Beverley Ng showcases Singapore in the 2000s as a time of carefree adventures and creativity. The installation features depictions of arcades, theme parks, and pasar malams as nostalgic sites of unforgettable memories. An extension of this work, Return to Paradise, will also be showcased at the Gallery’s Padang Atrium Corridor.

Return to Paradise (Play)

• We’ll Make Heaven a Place on Earth by art collective Arterly Obsessed at the Asian Civilisations Museum, ACM Green is inspired by the timeless beauty of pagodas and the pursuit of spiritual connection. Visitors are invited to engage with the artwork’s inner structure, an infinity room illuminated by colourful LED lights.

We’ll Make Heaven a Place on Earth

• Blades, Shrapnel is a performative installation that features a roving live performance art piece by local artist Ang Song Nian held at the Padang and Empress Lawn on selected days during the festival. The performance uses laser-emitting grass cutters to simulate synchronised grass-cutting activities, drawing attention to the unseen efforts that exist alongside our manicured landscapes. The grass cutters will be on display at the Gallery’s Former Supreme Court Foyer throughout the festival.

Blades, Shrapnel

• A Little Bead of Work by Singaporean artist Kray Chen at the Outdoor Lawn of The Arts House at the Old Parliament is an interactive installation that features thousands of glow-in-the-dark alphabet beads spread across nine shallow planter beds, inviting visitors to string together words and create bracelets – drawing inspiration from both high art and pop culture.

A Little Bead of Work

Bringing festival-goers together with something for everyone

Art-lovers, experience seekers, families, and friend groups will all have much to look forward to at Light to Night Singapore, with entertaining, immersive experiences, and exciting programmes.

• For the first time, the Art X Social: Festival Street at St Andrew’s Road will be activated for all three weekends, bringing a plethora of sumptuous food and beverage options for visitors to enjoy, alongside roving live performances and games.

Art X Social

• The Singapore Courtyard at the Gallery will be transformed into The Living Room, a cosy communal space adorned with colourful, cardboard-based furniture and lighting. Festival-goers can enjoy the space through interactive activities and programmes, such as artist talks, art workshops, and DJ sets by EATMEPOPTART, all tied to the festival’s theme.

Scarce City

• Festival-goers may also look forward to a series of ticketed interactive artworks and programmes, including Singapore-based collective Rainshadow Studio’s Scarce City, an immersive installation experience which seeks to spark conversations on climate change and sustainability through interactive light gameplay. Escaped the Art produced by Strawberries Inc. is an interactive theatre experience where participants can solve the mystery of figures from the past who have escaped from their artworks.

• During the weekends, visitors may also look forward to a diverse and vibrant range of free performances as part of Gallery Gigs and Resonates With Residency, which includes DJ sets, musical performances, dance, and theatre.

Light to Night Singapore 2025: Do You See Me?

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Light to Night Singapore 2025 runs from 17 January to 6 February across the Civic District, with activations at National Gallery Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, The Arts House at the Old Parliament, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay,/span>, and Funan. Entry is free, with ticketed programmes available for pre-booking on the festival website.

The Gallery’s opening hours will also be extended to 11pm during festival weekends (Friday to Sunday) as part of its Open House, offering free entry to all exhibitions, including the SG Artist series of solo exhibitions dedicated to local trailblazers Kim Lim, Lim Tze Peng, and Teo Eng Seng.

Stay updated on Light to Night Singapore 2025 by visiting the website.

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