Saturday, April 2, 2011

An Oasis In Orchard Road

Orchard Central, the mall, is not much different from the other 47 malls you find along Singapore's most famous shopping street, Orchard Road. (Ok I made that magical figure of 47 up in case you were wondering) However, if you go up to the roof top, this is what you will find - a secret garden.

It is an oasis for the tired shopper who needs to rest his/her weary feet and give their eyes a vision break. Here is lovely green and better yet, more public art in a surprising location. I particularly like the immediately recognisable Victor Tan installation of twisted wire. His amazing work which is larger than life size is installed cleverly in between the 2 walls. This Singaporean artist who is almost blind, proves that you do not need sight to see beauty.