i Light Marina Bay 2012
Marina Bay
South, Singapore
Marina Bay
South, Singapore
March 2012
iLight Marina Bay, Asia's first and only sustainable light art festival was first held from 15 October to 7 November in 2010. Presented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and organised by Smart Light Singapore (SLS), the event celebrated Marina Bay's nightscape through the showcase of 25 dynamic and innovative light art installations along the 3.5km waterfront promenade.
The installations made use of energy-efficient lighting and created awareness for energy-saving lighting technology for the urban environment. The "Switch Off, Turn Up" campaign kicked off a programme supported by Marina Bay stakeholders to Switch Off non essential lighting and Turn Up air-conditioning temperatures for the festival period. This initiative has come about to offset energy usage and promote energy savings from lighting. Programmes and fringe activities targeting families, students, industry professionals and the general public were also planned as part of the Festival. The inaugural festival was a substantial success and was attended by more than 433,000 visitors over a three-week duration, of which approximately 71,031 were international visitors.
This is the second edition of iLight Marina Bay, and will be held from 09 March to 01 April 2012. Themed "Light Meets Asia", the sophomore will feature more than 30 innovative and environmentally sustainable light art installations, with a strong focus on works from Asia.
The Festival's curatorial team is helmed by Festival Director Mary-Anne Kyriakou, and includes two co-curators: Charmaine Toh, a Singapore visual arts curator; and the team from Singapore award-winning design studio FARM. In line with the theme "Light Meets Asia", the final selection of installations features a strong representation from new, emerging, and well-known artists from countries across Asia, including Singapore.
Through its translucent surface, Shinya Okuda's "BioShell" invites passers-by to step into a three-dimensional “light boundary”, entering a space which evokes a gentle feeling of kinship between humans and nature...
Through "Fancy/Lightweight", Cornelia Erdmann creates a refreshing spatial breeze through fan-like sculptural shapes which frame and segment the space, offering the audience an altered experience of a familiar place. The numerous LED wires are broadly spread on one side and come together on the other end, forming three-dimensional fan structures...
"Garden of Light" by Hexogon Solution is an ambitious projection on the surface of the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands incorporating a variety of light and sound effects to tell a story about environmental sustainability and highlight the beauty of the natural world. The projectors make no impact on the surface of the Art Science Museum but create a spectacular effect visible from several vantage points throughout Marina Bay...
Originally commissioned for the Fête des Lumières in Lyon, Groupe LAPS, a group of six artists and designers, makes use of LED light tubes to create Key Frames, a display of more than twenty static stick figures. When paired with an electrifying soundtrack, the lights create a choreographed display which evokes movement, activity and a festive atmosphere...
Whether a path to another realm, another level of spirituality or simply another beginning, Li Hui’s "The Gate" is a powerful image of passage and enlightenment. Hundreds of small beams of low intensity laser light frame the entryway and radiate straight past the viewer, splashing red into eternity...
"Illumination Disorders II" by Tay Swee Siong is an interactive floral-inspired sculpture which lights up with coloured LEDs in response to the voices of visitors. Items such as discarded plastic bottle caps and unwanted nylon fabric are assembled into beautiful forms in this sculpture...
A festival artist creates cute little characters from dough,
while a gigantic big-jawed spider turns into a surprising appreciator of the arts...
while a gigantic big-jawed spider turns into a surprising appreciator of the arts...
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Sources
- "About the Festival" (19 March 2012). Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Pico. Retrieved from http://www.ilightmarinabay.sg/about_festival.html (Expired as of 2014).
