Marina Bay Sands Art Path

Spectacular art installations that integrate with Marina Bay Sands' iconic architecture.

The captivating Marina Bay Sands Art Path comprises a collection of spectacular art installations that were commissioned to integrate with Moshe Safdie’s extraordinary architecture. These large-scale pieces will create shapes, moods and interior spaces and will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to visually and physically experience such large-scale artwork.

The site-specific works are positioned to create an inspiring and breathtaking path through the Marina Bay Sands site. This is one of the largest art commissions ever completed as part of an integrated architectural process - all with internationally renowned artists including Antony Gormley and Ned Kahn.

ANTONY GORMLEY, DRIFT

Location: Hotel Tower 1 Atrium

• Drift is a massive three dimensional stainless steel polyhedral matrix of over 16,100 steel rods and more
  than 8,320 steel nodes.
• Measuring approximately 40 meters long, 23 meters high and 15 meters wide, Drift is suspended cloudlike
  in the air between levels 5 and 12 of the atrium of Hotel Tower 1. The structure weighs 14.8 tons.
• The geometry of the art installation was generated using a process specifically developed for Antony
  Gormley’s sculptures by engineer Tristan Simmonds and involves the packing of spheres around a “seed”
  body form or shape.
• Due to the scale of the structure, it had to be fabricated off-site and subsequently broken down into 8
  horizontal “slices” approximately 3 meters tall to be transported to Marina Bay Sands®. Each slice was
  transported by special container to the site.
• It took 60 workers with different expertise to assemble it in the atrium, from engineers to welders 

CHONGBIN ZHENG, RISING FOREST 升林

Location: Hotel Atrium

• Rising Forest is a ceramic sculpture composed of 83 massive glazed stone-ware ceramic vessels
  occupying approximately 4,000 square meters in the Hotel Atrium.
• Each vessel weighs in at 1,200 kilogram and measures 3 meters tall. Every vessel will hold a tree,
  creating a “canopy” of trees across the interior and exterior areas of the Hotel Atrium.
• The vessels were so large that the artist had to build a customized kiln the size of a small building.
  Ceramics of this size are rarely made and fired in one piece.
• The ceramic pieces were made in Yixing, China, known for artistry and high-quality ceramics since the
  11th century. The clay was mined from a special quarry in the Yellow Dragon mountain and has been
  aged for 5 years.
• Each vessel required 15-20 days to complete by hand using the coil construction method.
  Although each vessel is unique, Mr. Zheng and his artisans worked to ensure that the vessels conformed
  to his design specifications for the sculpture. 

JAMES CARPENTER, BLUE REFLECTION FAÇADE WITH LIGHT ENTRY PASSAGE

Location: Upper & Lower Casino Podium Wall (exterior)

• James Carpenter Design Associates Inc.’s art work consists of a series of uniquely composed vertical
  glass and metal fin-like elements suspended in front of a reflective metal panel façade.
• The artwork is 112 meters long and 17 meters tall and features 80 stainless steel fins and over 200 glass
  fins.
• The floating fins accentuate the serpentine quality of the façade and capture a sense of the sky within the
  depth of the façade.
• As visitors pass by, the Blue Reflection Facade changes dynamically creating a visual layering that is
  luminous and reflective.
• Day and night, the shimmering façade provides viewers with a constantly changing experience of light.

NED KAHN, WIND ARBOR

Location: Hotel Atrium (exterior)

• The Wind Arbor is the largest and most visible piece of Marina Bay Sands’ Art Path. It covers 6,800
  square meters, equivalent to the surface area of 5 and a 1/2 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• The sculpture consists of 260,000 aluminum metal “flappers” covering the entire western façade of the
  Hotel Atrium facing the Central Business District and encircling the air-conditioning towers at the north
  end of the resort.
• When the flappers move, they reflect light creating a shimmering piece of art.
• It is 15 meters tall at the north end and rises to 55 meters at the southern entry.
• The flappers are mounted on hinges and hung from steel cable so they are free to move independently in
  reaction to wind movements. 

NED KAHN, TIPPING WALL*

Location: Hotel Tower 3

• The Tipping Wall, located at the cooling tower adjacent to the southern end of the hotel features 7,000
  mechanical polycarbonate tipping water channels on a large glass reinforced concrete wall about the size
  of a basketball court.
• Water running down the glass reinforced concrete wall will splash out and animate the white tipping
  channels which will be supported by stainless steel pins. As each channel fills with water, it will tip left or
  right like a seesaw and spill water into either of the two channels below it.
• Water will be recovered at the catchment area below the tippers and re-circulated to the distribution
  trough. 

*Art Installation in progress

SOL LEWITT, WALL DRAWING #917 AND #915

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #917, Arcs and Circles, 1999
Location: Hotel Tower 1 Reception

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #915, Arcs, Circle and Irregular bands, 1999*
Location: Underground pedestrian network connecting Marina Bay Sands to Bayfront MRT (Mass
Rapid Transit) station

• Sol LeWitt’s (1928-2007) wall drawings redefined traditional concepts about discreet works of art. His
  innovation was two-fold: that the idea was the artwork, and that someone other than the artist could
  execute the work and it would still be a work by the artist.
• Wall drawings painstakingly follow Mr. LeWitt’s directions, and while a drawing may be installed many
  times. It may vary only slightly in size and never in format. Each drawing is accompanied by directions
  and a signed certificate which authenticates the work.
• The wall drawings are handmade and because they are very elaborate, require the execution and
  supervision of LeWitt trained artists.
• The bold, colorful geometric design that comprises Wall Drawing #917, Arcs and Circles, has been drawn
  by two artists from the Lewitt Estate, Takeshi Arita and Gabriel Hurier, who worked with LeWitt for many
  years before he died. They were assisted by a select group of four local artists through the Singapore
  Tyler Print Institute.
• Wall Drawing #917, Arcs and Circles, 1999, measures 4.34 by 20.32 meters.
• Wall Drawing #915, Arcs, Circle and Irregular Bands, 1999, will measure 3.96 by 16.76 meters and is
  expected to be completed later this year

*Art Installation in progress