EXPERIENCES
Notice
Dear Visitors, please be advised that VR Gallery will be closed to the public from 8 to 22 Jul.
Equipped with state-of-the-art VR headsets and controllers, the VR Gallery presents immersive experiences from some of the world’s most renowned artists, scientists, museums and film festivals.
Experience the unlimited possibilities of VR on a cinematic scale as these artists bring you on a journey of pushing the boundaries of reality and discovering the unexplored.
For more information on school/corporate bookings, kindly contact Museumgroupbooking@marinabaysands.com.
Daily
VR Gallery, Level 4
Special note to ArtScience Friends: The VR Gallery experience is not included in the ArtScience Friends membership “Free Unlimited Visits” entitlement. ArtScience Friends may enjoy the VR Gallery experience at a discounted rate under the Sands LifeStyle membership.
5 Oct 2024 – 13 Apr 2025
A wondrous world hidden within a cup – the traditional Japanese tea ceremony comes alive in Sen, an immersive VR experience nominated for competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival’s Extended Reality division. The journey begins with a tea-bowl in hand, where a tiny being is slowly awakening within the world of tea.
Coming soon
Nana Lou is a gentle soul – she loves life, botany and her family. But as the big departure approaches, Nana Lou is caught between two worlds – and she is not ready to leave hers just yet. As a passer-spirit who accompanies her into the next phase of life’s journey, come guide Nana Lou across the borders of the mind, body and spirit in this moving immersive interactive experience inspired by true life events.
Image credits: © Small Creative, Skill Lab, France Télévisions 2024
10 Jul – 14 Nov 2021
Hyperrealities: Olafur Eliasson, Marina Abramović, Anish Kapoor
Experience the exhilarating worlds created by renowned artists Olafur Eliasson, Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor.
6 – 29 Sep
Awavena: A VR Documentary Experience by Lynette Wallworth
Created by Emmy award-winner, Lynette Wallworth, Awavena is a critically acclaimed 360° VR experience which seeks to connect you with an Amazonian people who have ascended from the edge of extinction. It tells the inspiring story of Hushahu, the first female Shaman in the Amazonian tribe of Yawanawa.
4 May – 1 Sep 2024
Exquisite Corpse
Developed by Layers of Reality and Blit Studios, Exquisite Corpse extends visitors' immersive journey at Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon by furthering the use of cutting-edge technology to transport participants into the intimate moments of resilience and inspiration that unfolded from the confines of Frida’s bed where she often lay in recovery.
27 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024
Samsara
Embark on a journey of reincarnation that spans millions of years and experience the universe through new perspectives in Hsin-Chien Huang’s award-winning VR experience Samsara.
1 - 30 Sep
Aquasia & Geylang Crunk (Part of MeshMinds 3.0)
Free Admission
Embark on an immersive virtual reality (VR) journey to Aquasia & Geylang Crunk, metaworlds which envision futuristic alternate possibilities of Singapore as a floating city and cyberpunk town in 2065 respectively.
The VR gallery is closed from 12.00pm - 1.30pm.
Last admission at 11.15am and 6pm.
22 Apr – 27 Aug
The Starry Sand Beach
Acclaimed artist Hsin Chien-Huang and the documentary director Nina Barbier take us on a journey over the stars and deep into the ocean in this VR scientific fairy tale where ancient beings, memories and the growing impact of climate change comes to life.
19 Nov 2022 - 16 Apr 2023
The Line
The Line is an 15-20 minute embodied VR interactive narrative experience about love and the fear of change. Set upon a scale-model of 1940s São Paulo, the experience transforms the user into a child who unlocks this enchanted world.
28 May - 2 Oct 2022
We Live in an Ocean of Air
We Live in an Ocean of Air is a multi-sensory immersive installation by London-based immersive art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. The work unveils the invisible yet symbiotic connections that bind the animal, plant, human and natural worlds into one enchanting tapestry of wonder – all in stunning virtual reality.
25 Nov 2021 –17 Apr 2022
Spacewalkers
Blurring lines between fairy tale and fiction, Spacewalkers is a soaring exploration of life beyond earth in stunning Virtual Reality.
10 Jul – 14 Nov 2021
Hyperrealities: Olafur Eliasson, Marina Abramović, Anish Kapoor
Experience the exhilarating worlds created by renowned artists Olafur Eliasson, Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor.
6 – 29 Sep
Awavena: A VR Documentary Experience by Lynette Wallworth
Created by Emmy award-winner, Lynette Wallworth, Awavena is a critically acclaimed 360° VR experience which seeks to connect you with an Amazonian people who have ascended from the edge of extinction. It tells the inspiring story of Hushahu, the first female Shaman in the Amazonian tribe of Yawanawa.
Dive into a reality beyond with state-of-the-art VR headsets and controllers at our new VR Gallery!
Dive into a reality beyond with state-of-the-art VR headsets and controllers at our new VR Gallery!
30% off Adult and Concession Standard ticket for Single Exhibition only
Enjoy 30% off Adult Standard and Concession Standard ticket for Single Exhibition only with your Sands Lifestyle membership.
Family Fridays
Every Friday, up to four children (below 12 years old) enter for free with every adult ticket purchased
ArtScience Cinema
ArtScience Cinema is the museum’s latest screening space with specially-curated films all year round.
SPECIAL EVENT
ArtScience Encounters
Presented in collaboration with artists and creatives, ArtScience Encounters is an invitation to discover curious spaces hidden within ArtScience Museum’s unique architecture.
PROGRAMME
ArtScience Laboratory
Be inspired, creative and curious! ArtScience Laboratory is a learning space where art, science and technology converge in inspiring and surprising ways.
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