Body and Spirit: The Human Body in Thought and Practice, is a special exhibition at the Asian Civilisation Museum that talks about wellness and the wholeness of body, spirit, and mind. It features over 100 objects from the National Collection, private collectors, and local communities, in a display of sacred and ritual art from Singapore and the region.

The design of the show is kept minimal with pure geometries of shapes and light segmenting and anchoring the various sections. At the introduction space, a dramatic semi-circular wall becomes a huge light box and envelops the visitors, forming a sort of ‘enlightened’ space. From here, visitors can choose to enter into the various sections through huge metallic portals. Beyond the introduction, the rest of the spaces are dramatically washed in a special light effect mimicking jewels or stars at night - in fact, these are reflections from the jewels on the key Barong artefact. Abstracted architectural arches, as a nod to the various religious buildings in the world, floats above the galleries, tying the whole experience together.