Hidden in Plain Sight
Discovering Singapore's Vibrant Street Art Scene by Jennifer Williams and Isabelle Tadmoury
Jewel Waterfall
Travelling Art at Changi Airport If you have lived in Singapore these past two years, it's been hard to imagine traveling without COVID restrictions. Many of us just didn’t leave the island in 2020 or 2021. If we did, we were faced with two-week quarantine in government-assigned hotels where in most cases windows didn’t open. Then gradually we moved to Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs,) reciprocal quarantine free arrangements with other countries. Only a few flights a
week received this designation and those were typically also the most expensive flights. Every month a new list of countries would be added to the list. Ironically, the countries closest to us were added only towards the end of the VTL lifespan. Today, that’s all a thing of the past. We can travel much more freely and go to whatever country we want. Soon Changi Airport will once again be the hub of travel for the region and likely regain its number one ranking for airports in the world. As all of us start planning vacations and family trips, we wanted to point out some of Changi Airport’s hidden art gems. There’s much more to see at Changi Airport than the duty-free shopping or the departure lounges. When you arrive at the Terminal 1 Departure Hall, ready to take your Singapore Airlines flight, stop and look at the “golden raindrops” that hang at the entrance area. More than 1,000 bronze droplets make up Kinetic Rain. They move in harmony to create abstract art patterns and not-so-abstract shapes. Introduced in 2012, Kinetic Rain symbolizes the one thing most Singaporeans have a love-hate relationship with, the rain. The Kinetic Rain was inspired by Singapore’s tropical weather.
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AWA Magazine May/June 2022
If your departure is from Terminal 3, there are three stunning pieces to see. Don’t miss the amazing green wall. The whole length of the hall has been planted with leafy tropical greenery. Just across from this oasis sits the Daisy by Christian Moeller. Its propeller (surprise! Daisy
