In Asia for the very first time, 80 spectacular costumes and 60 sketches from the collection of the Centre National du Costume de Scène and from Lacroix himself were shown at the National Museum of Singapore. To create a better educative experience, the museum appointed FARM to design the interactive area for kids to learn about Opera.
The dressing table is paramount to every performer. It is the very threshold where transformation takes place – first physically, where the actor goes through make-up and costume; then symbolically where he conditions himself to become the character.
Like a fantastical object from Alice in Wonderland, this table encourages everyone to have fun in exploring the world of opera. The dressing table forms the basis of design where fun facts about the opera will be introduced to the kids. To play up the theatricality, the scale of the dressing table is blown up to incorporate the various information. Tabletops provide generous spaces for drawing activities and placement of objects. Mirrors are used as background for text and information. Drawers hide and reveal multitude of objects and other surprises.
Photographs by Jeremy San Tzer Ning
