Singapore’s Substation
Posted by Doug in Travel at 11:37 am Singapore is an endlessly exciting place, a city-state with a glorious bay, and a vibrant urban scene that constantly evolves, keeping a step ahead of the trends of the times. It has a fantastic multi-cultural aura, with influences from Malay, Indian, and Chinese cultures, and these influences are especially pronounced in the cuisine and the local art. There are many amazing attractions here that will keep guests of all ages happy and fascinated with the place. Thinking about the time you’ll be spending here is even more pleasant when you’ve made arrangements to stay in a boutique hotel in Singapore. Our hotels are carefully selected for their uniqueness and their consistently high levels of hospitality and service.
You’ll be enjoying your time here in a beautifully individual style, and our gorgeously designed rooms are wonderful places to fall asleep and wake up refreshed. An attitude of adventure and fun is what Singapore is all about, and exploring the cityscape is always fresh, and always exciting. You’ll soon see that Singapore has a knack for fashion, and there’s an art underlying everything that unfolds in a day. It’s an art city, where the ability to manipulate sensory landscapes is not seen as a decoration, but a necessity for the daily lives of the citizens. In this spirit, one of the major art centers, The Substation is a place to see. There is always new work going on here, as the old power substation converted into an arts warehouse, offers exciting new programming in performance, installation art, dance and movement based performance, video, and a host of other forms.
It opened in 1990, after the dramatist Kuo Pao Kun worked relentlessly to propose a project to convert this old 1926 building into something that artists could use. It is now one of the premiere art venues in town, and still maintains its roots. The original mission was to open a space where emerging artists could experiment, and learn from failures as well as the occasional success. These edgy intentions are still intact, although the founder has passed on, and the core artists continue to push further into the realms of art practice, and to the benefit of themselves and Singapore.
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