29/10/2023
In the festive season of the western Halloween, you might want to challenge your courage to visit the scary "hell" exhibition in Haw Par Villa at night. And you will be able to see the light show which starts at 7pm onwards. It was officially launched in July 2021 after more than a year, starting from design brief, storyboard conceptualising, and finally to ex*****on, animation sequence and gobo testing. The last phase was rather challenging to make sure artworks fit perfectly into the undulating walls. It was a challenging task but we managed to do the image mapping with much needed accuracy.
Thanks to Illuminating Asia SG and Martin Professional for the opportunity to collaborate together. And thank you to Journeys Pte Ltd and Singapore Tourism Board for having us on board on this project.
Taking this opportunity to share with you some of the scenes and works behind the artwork for Haw Par Villa Light Show.
PART 1:
The scenes are represented by the 4 key ideas: --
1. START OF THE INNOCENT LOVE BETWEEN MAN & OTHER BEINGS - MADAM WHITE SNAKE
“there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” - William Shakespeare
2. UPHOLDING JUSTICE AND HELPING MANKIND IN DISTRESS - THE 8 IMMORTALS
“it’s every man’s business to see justice done.” - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. WHEN MANKIND FALLS - THE 1O COURTS OF HELL
“the path to paradise begins in hell.” - Dante Alighieri
4. POSITIVE ENDING TO COMMEMORATE THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF BEINGS - THE JOURNEY TO THE WEST
“enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it’s about becoming more fully human… It is the end of ignorance.”
- Lama Surya Das