For boutique hotels, Singapore is working with a full supply.  With a luxurious combination of old-world elegance and contemporary amenities, tied together with a rich combination of delicate and precise attention to design and style, the hotels are set up to make your time here extremely pleasurable.  The place has such a vibrant night life, and so many things to do during the day, it is easy to forget to relax and rejuvenate, but the lavishness of your inviting hotel will remind you to rest.

While you are out and about, however, the explosion of cultural activities here will be a stunning and heady mix for even the most experienced traveler.  The rich cultural changes that are at work here make for a very lively local arts scene, and the urban sophistication blends this with a careful eye toward international trends.  One of the more fascinating arts festivals would be the Future of Imagination.  This local festival, devoted to time-based performance art, had its first incarnation in 2003.  Since then, it has grown in size but remains devoted to the exhibition of completely modern works of live performance.  The festival is artist-run and artist-driven, which means that it is free from many of the usual constraints that many artists have to work with.  There is no one to answer to, except for the festival directors, and the tastes here are elegant and extremely cutting edge.

Like many festivals of its kind, the Future of Imagination also supplements the live performances with artist talks and conversations with audiences and academics.  There is a devotion to the works of local artists, in an attempt to begin to define art practices that are uniquely based in Singapore.  There are also many international participants, to effect artistic conversations on a global level.  There is also a refreshing bias toward body art in the recent incarnations (pun intended), where the physical presence of the performer is given status over text or conceptual idea.  The presence of the artist is an integral part of these performances, and the sense that culture is in the process of defining itself is elevated to a level that is nothing less than stunning and sublime.