{"id":3677,"date":"2016-09-04T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2019-02-03T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T07:12:38","slug":"mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Autumn Lights at Gardens by the Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The giant light displays at the Gardens by the bay are\u00a0a nice reminder of\u00a0the Mid-Autumn Festival that used to be one of my favourite childhood festivals. Every evening until September 18, these &#8220;lanterns&#8221; will be lit highlighting the various folktales that surround the festival. In addition, as the Singapore Art Festival is also going on, Ron Arad&#8217;s 720 degrees\u00a0art installation is set up in The Meadow of the Gardens. The installation consists of projected images on a &#8220;curtain&#8221; of silicon rods. The images can be viewed inside and outside the installation. Both events made for some fun photos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3683\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3683\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chang-E and her moon\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-5-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-5-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chang-E and her moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3688\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3688\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Inscribing messages and matchmaking\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inscribing messages and matchmaking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3685\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3685\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Supertrees light display\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Supertrees light display with the mid-Autumn lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3687\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3687\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3687\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of people turned out on the Saturday night\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-4-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of people turned out on the Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3682\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3682\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Arad's 720 degrees\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-9-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-9-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Arad&#8217;s 720 degrees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3678\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3678\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Looking at the images from the inside...\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-11-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-11-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking at the images from the inside&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3681\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3681\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3681\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"...but I think being on the outside was more fun\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-8-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-8-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;but I think being on the outside was more fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3684\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3684\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A close ups of the images as they dance over the silicon rods\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-6-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-6-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close up of an image\u00a0as it dances\u00a0over the silicon rods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3680\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/mid-autumn-lights-at-gardens-by-the-bay\/gardens-by-the-bay-mid-autumn-festival-2016-2016-09-03-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3680\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3680\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"I liked the shadows made by the people watching inside the installation\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-7-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Gardens-by-the-Bay-Mid-Autumn-Festival-2016-2016-09-03-7-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I liked the shadows made by the people watching inside the installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The giant light displays at the Gardens by the bay are\u00a0a nice reminder of\u00a0the Mid-Autumn Festival that used to be one of my favourite childhood festivals. Every evening until September 18, these &#8220;lanterns&#8221; will be lit highlighting the various folktales that surround the festival. In addition, as the Singapore Art Festival is also going on, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,1,115],"tags":[46,76],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asiapac","category-home","category-singapore","tag-garden","tag-singapore","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3829,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions\/3829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}