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Science and Art come together at the inaugural Singapore Biennale where viewers can look forward to some cutting-edge technologies on display.
Take for example, the scaled-down sculpture of an actual iceberg.
Artist Manglano Ovalle had digitally scanned a 140-metre-high iceberg broken off from the Greenland Ice sheet.
The 8-metre-high replica was then constructed using 1,651 aluminium tubes connected by 52 plastic joints.
The finished work is suspended above the viewer, revealing the underwater portion of the iceberg that is usually unseen.
All the scientific data of the iceberg is stored in the sculpture which can be accessed using a thumb drive.
Another scientific work of art is the glass sculpture by Mariko Mori.
Inside is a computer controlled LED light source.
Low Kee Hong, General Manager of the Singapore Biennale, said: "It is basically a monolith. It is a beautiful, almost spiritual tomb. It reminds you of a Stonehenge. It basically connects via the internet to a space station in Japan that monitors the density of neutrinos in outer space and that will affect how the LED lights will emit in this glass structure."
Neutrinos are sub atomic particles that come mainly from the Sun.
Mori hopes her work will inspire visitors to contemplate science, nature and spirit.
Another interesting piece of work that art scientists have come up with are the colonies of micro organisms.
When the exhibition starts, plastic sheets covering the organisms will be peeled off, exposing the organisms to air and to light.
When that happens, the organisms will grow and change colours over a few weeks.
Another exhibit will be the ecological communities of four chicken eggs and other chemicals which were created using mud from a pond in San Francisco.
Titled Specimen of Secrecy About Marvellous Discoveries, Brazilian artist Eduardo Kac hopes the work can inspire viewers to think about life and soul, growth and death.
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