Art comes alive in interactive experience

AS kids, we learn about the five senses - sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. But in recent years, science has added more to the list - the ability to detect movement and position, balance, time, and pain.

The Singapore Art Museum's (SAM) latest exhibition, Sensorium 360: Contemporary Art and the Sensed World, explores these important components of the human body that keep us alive and allow us to experience life.

"Our senses are so integral to the way we navigate the world," says SAM's curator Joyce Toh. "We want people to have a renewed awareness and appreciation for our senses, and how they work with the mind. They're so vital for us to get through the world and yet we often take them for granted because we simply expect our senses to work," she adds.