Today, we met at the ArtScience Museum. Emerging from the large lily pond below, this architectural masterpiece, has 10 petal like structures radiating from its centre much like a lotus blossom. These petals differ in height but each has a sky light at the tip allowing light into the gallery spaces. Functionally, the lotus channels rainwater 35m down the central atrium to a reflection pond and is recycled back into the buildings plumbing system. With only limited time, our destination was the Future World exhibition, a world of high tech, immersive digital art installations taking one on an exciting journey through different narratives - Nature, Town, Sanctuary, Park and Space.
Sneaking between the heavy curtains, we entered Nature - a dark long rectangular room evocative of a natural environment which was rendered entirely digitally with the imagery of one work breaking free of its frame and entering the space of another! Apparently there were six pieces of art here.
The 8 metre waterfall at the far end was hard not to miss however, the first to capture our attention was a blossom tree changing with the seasons. Snow in winter, buds blossoms and butterflies in spring with the butterflies flying out of the frame and across the wall! Known as Life Survives by the Power of Life, this 6 min digital art loop is part of a series of Spatial calligraphy. What we had assumed to be the blossom tree was actually calligraphy brushstrokes!
Flowers and People Cannot be Controlled but Live Together was another installation highlighting the season of a flower inspired by the cherry blossoms of the Kunisaki Peninsula. 
It was only then we noticed the pattern of the water at our feet! The Universe of Water Particles, was the proper name for the waterfall piece. Not only could you interrupt the flow of water on the floor but we discovered if you stood against the waterfall, the water would run around you as if you were a rock. It was very cool!
As we ventured onwards, we wished the girls were with us. They would have been having so much fun in this place! There was a slide titled Sliding through the Fruit Field, where the kids by sldigin down the slide would create sunshine which would bounce and collide with fruit which in turn would grow more plants and flowers. We decided to take part in Sketch People and Animals. We chose an animal, coloured them in, placed our finished product into the scanner and hey presto our drawings appeared on the wall animated! Our animals reacted to each other and also to our touch!
And our journey ended in Space - Crystal Universe! A piece of art extremely hard to describe but was absolutely amazing! Consisting of 170,000 led lights suspended on rods from the ceiling with mirrors on the floors and walls creating a sense of infinite space. The feeling one got from stepping into the small walkway was completely weird - it was like your brain was telling you that if you didn't step in the correct spot you'd fall into the abyss! It was too much for Mum, so she wandered around on the outside to view this dazzling display. Again this installation was very interactive - the viewer could select which astrophysical phenomena to be created which then was also influenced one's mass and motion within the exhibition. A truly magical and unforgettable piece of art!
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