Visitors to Gardens by the Bay in Singapore can now experience a new night programme at Supertree Grove with the artistic installation Borealis.
Conceptualised by Switzerland-based artist Dan Acher, Borealis is both a work of art and a technological performance, where the Northern Lights is recreated in the centre of Supertree Grove when beams of laser light travel through particle clouds.
Since 2016, Borealis has travelled to more than 40 cities across Europe, Australia, Asia and the US, including Hong Kong, Sydney and London. Borealis at Gardens by the Bay is its first permanent installation and kicks off in the rare bumper year for Northern Lights sightings.
Borealis can be experienced every Saturday and Sunday at 21.00, and Monday at 20.00. The installation will last for 30 minutes each time.
Variations in wind, humidity and temperature make Borealis an ever-changing experience, where each encounter is unique due to the changes in movements, colour and density of the light beams. Accompanying the installation is a custom atmospheric soundtrack by French composer Guillaume Desbois, which contributes to the installation’s dreamy and contemplative mood.
Borealis joins the night repertoire at Supertree Grove, which includes the Garden Rhapsody light and sound show, where the lights on the Supertrees dance to a changing musical soundtrack, that takes place daily at 19.45 and 20.45.
For more information, visit Gardens by the Bay.
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Accor has signed a hotel management agreement with Red Panda Property to manage a five-star Pullman hotel in the heart of Launceston city in Tasmania, Australia.
Pullman Launceston will be Accor’s first Pullman property in Tasmania, and sixth hotel in Launceston overall.
Designed by DKO, Pullman Launceston will regenerate a heritage-listed educational building into a 139-room hotel with restaurants, bars, and event venues.
The project is expected to be completed in 1H2027.
Located on a hillside on Wellington Street, the hotel tower will be the second tallest building in Launceston, with views of the city and adjacent Tamar River. The top of the hotel will feature a rooftop bar showcasing local produce and wines from the Tamar Valley.
In 2021, Launceston was named as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, one of only 36 cities worldwide. Within easy proximity to Royal Park and Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, there are also plans to build a natural linkage to other recent developments and the Seaport precinct where guests can take river cruises.
Red Panda Property owner and director, Andrew McCullagh, said the project would significantly elevate Launceston’s tourism infrastructure while delivering economic and cultural benefits to the local community.
He shared: “Preserving Launceston’s heritage was our foremost consideration, and our plans to regenerate the area will enable visitors to enjoy a rich combination of history and modernity in the one precinct.”
“With nature and food-based tourism being such powerful drivers of travel, Launceston and Tasmania have so much to offer domestic and international travellers… and with Launceston attracting new direct air services, we believe the arrival of the Pullman can further energise the State’s tourism sector,” said Adrian Williams, COO, PM&E, Accor Pacific.