Kinetic Rain sculpture at Changi Terminal 1

Location: T1 - Level 2
Opening hours: 6a.m. to 12midnight
Made up of 1,216 bronze droplets, the Kinetic Rain sculpture in Terminal 1 is one of the favorites among Changi Airport’s collection of art installations and displays. Measuring 9.8m by 4m, each sculpture can form 16 different shapes ranging from the abstract to the familiar, such as an airplane, a hot air balloon, and even a dragon. Each shape elucidates the movement of flight through deliberate, fluid movements.
Created over a period of 20 months, Kinetic Rain comprises 180g of copper-plated aluminum droplets, of which choreography is controlled by a set of high-precision motors. The project is the brainchild of artists, programmers, and technologists who analyzed space, passenger flow, and the bustle of activity at the airport to create an artwork that enhances the identity of Terminal 1.
With more than a thousand 'raindrops' working together in harmony, Kinetic Rain also symbolizes the members of the airport community collaborating to provide a Positively Surprising Changi experience for passengers and visitors.
From the description panel onsite:
Glimpses of ideas, abstract and concrete, hover in the air between the clouds in the sky and the rippling water surface below, contemplating the dream of flying, from childhood memories and the annals of history to the technological feats of today.
Balancing between abstract shapes that hover in invisible flow to figurative vignettes of birds and airplanes, the droplets of the kinetic sculpture express the wonderand the aspirations we associate with aviation - of dreams becoming reality through determination and feats of engineering and science.
The graceful motion of the individual droplets on one hand and the large volumetric shapes on the other create a distinct aura depending on the vantage point of the viewer.
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