This year’s Singapore Night Festival has promised to bring our island city ablaze with glitz and glamour, and so far, it seems to be living up to that promise — if Wednesday's media preview is anything to go by. With an expected mix of both local and international performances, we pick out five artworks that you definitely must make time to catch!

1.    Starlight Alchemy

Location: Singapore Art Museum, Front Lawn

Showtimes: 8pm, 9.30pm, 11pm

Duration: 25 minutes

Truth be told, the preview lasted only for five minutes, so I couldn’t exactly see the tale of Apollo from the World of Eternal Light and Nuri from the World of Eternal Flame patching up. Which was a good thing, as it ended with me wanting to see more.

2.    Drawn In Light

Location: Main Ground, National Museum of Singapore

Artist: Ralf Westerhof

This installation was declared the public’s favourite during the 2014 Amsterdam Light Festival. Made entirely of reflective wires, it floats and revolves and is mildly hypnotic.

The best part? All the wires of this massive 12-metre wide installation are hand-bent. Be prepared to have a hard time taking selfies with this because a lot of people will be jostling for photos.

3.    And So They Say

Locations:

- National Museum of Singapore, Concourse

- Sam@8Q, Plaza

- SOTA, West Plaza Steps

- National Design Centre, L1 Design Advisory

Artists: Logue, The Raffles Photographic Society & Shang

If you are sweaty, tired, and in need of a place to cool off and sit, this is the installation you want to go to. Located across 4 locations that are all air-conditioned, “And So They Say” is a video series of interviews with 25 seniors. This simple and intimate tradition of oral storytelling gives the viewer a better understanding of life from our pioneer generation's eyes, and I found that the videos relate better than advertisements (say, here and here).

Here's one of them talking about kampong life, for instance:

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(Video courtesy of Jean Loo / Logue)

There is just one catch: In order to play the video, you need to turn the crank of the projector, old-school style. If you are lucky, someone might already be doing it for you.

4.    Anooki Celebrate Singapore

Location: Façade, National Museum of Singapore

Artists (actually graphic designers): David Passegand and Moetu Batlle

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Truth be told, it’s a giant screensaver, according to David Passegand himself. Both David Passegand and Moetu Batlle first created these characters three years ago as their avatars, primarily for video mapping and screensaver animations. The charm of their avatars quickly soared and the rest is history. If you are a big fan of The Minions, this is THE installation that you want to see. Even if you are not explicitly looking for this installation, you probably won't be able to miss it either.

5.    Lost Vegas

Where: The House of Glamour (Field opposite The Cahay)

Artist (to put it more accurately, puppeteer): Frankie Malachi

Showtimes: 28 & 29 August (Friday and Saturday) 7pm

Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley are some of the puppets that Singaporean puppeteer Frankie Malachi has promised will be appearing on his Lost Vegas show, a mosaic of the various Cirque du Soleil shows that Las Vegas is so well-known for. First inspired by The Muppets, Frankie is now in his 16th year in puppetry, having branched out from hand puppets to string and animatronics. On top of that, his puppets are all environmentally-friendly too; lots of recycled materials from cardboard to foam to PVC piping are used in the creation of his puppets.

Oh, also, the dog really barks.

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