The room is fully-fitted with a double bed, bathroom, luxury amenities and personalized services such as a dedicated Merlion Hotel butler and breakfast is at the luxurious Fullerton Hotel next door. The room is fully booked but it is still open for public viewing between 10am and 8pm until 5 May.
For more information see Singapore Biennale.
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Is that a fountain spout in the lion/fish's mouth? If so, does it serve as part of the morning wakeup call?
LOL
and you don't need even to get to the bathroom for a shower. very convenient.
wow what a concept.
Mad. Genius.
Awful. The installation completely removes the country's national symbol from the city scape and imprisons it in a chocolate box of consumerist horror.
Selling tickets? What tactlessness.
Perhaps that's what the artist wants to say about the country - either way it lacks respect or sensitivity to what the statue represents. Obviously nothing is sacred anymore.
I think it looks really horrible. I cannot imagine that it would be very pleasant to sleep with a giant stone lion at your head. The building looks out of place and make-shift on stilts above the water. Not pretty at all!
Art? The "artist" put a bunch of wood and tacky wallpaper around a real piece of art and called it a day. I looked this statue up on Wikipedia and there obviously isn't any real cultural significance too it other than it's neat looking but I can't help but feel slightly offended.
I think I'd have nightmares with that dragon/fish/lion thing looming behind me.
Although I agree with @Terry in Silver Spring ... it could make for an incredible morning alarm clock wake-up call if it is a working fountain that shoots water over your bed.
Evoked a guffaw! Or more like a cackle, I guess. Scream? Holler? Whatever, I'm still grinning. Weird sense of humor, I guess.... busted.
double bed????
in a huge room like that? huh?
I don't get this, it's privatizing a piece of public art for the benefit of a very select few. How does it make any sort of statement other than that the very rich can do what they like whenever with no regard for the citizenry.
I love it -- I see it as framing an outdoor display so we can see it in a different way. But there are a few points to make about this display that might make it more palatable to those who are uncomfortable with the idea of temporarily enclosing a public sculpture.
1. The room was built as part of the Singapore Bienniale, a public art festival.
2. The theme this year is "Open House," which seems to fit this hotel room idea.
3. The room itself is open to the public for free every day of the exhibit; it's just being rented out for overnight stays.
The brochure for the installation calls it an "egalitarian project, bringing the citizen eye to eye with a landmark that usually towers overhead."
Argh. I misspoke. Admission to the Bienniale is 10 bucks (that's Singapore dollars, currently worth US$0.79). But for an art festival being put on at considerable expense, that seems like a pretty good value.
Um... you mean US$ 7.90
been there ...had photos with the merlion...incredibly original and maybe shocking concept!!!...especially to the traditional Singaporeans.