They came, they saw, they responded to the artworks! Pasting stickers on a gigantic Google Earth map of Singapore, stepping over maggots, walking into the evening fog, enjoying a wintry snowscape, donating slippers, making paper windmills, smelling soap in the air - all these and more contributed to a wonderful experience for visitors at the Singapore Biennale (SB) 2008.
Capturing the imagination of the young and old and exploding preconceived ideas of contemporary art, SB2008 gave visitors the opportunity to come up close and personal with 137 pieces of exciting and accessible artworks by 66 artists from 36 countries and regions, including Singapore.
To spread the Wonder theme and reach out to the community from the man-in-the street to art aficionados, SB2008 exhibited across three centrally located main venues - City Hall, South Beach Development and the Central Promontory Site at Marina Bay, as well as the Esplanade Bridge, Raffles City and The Singapore Flyer.