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i Light Singapore
Official logo
GenreLight art festival
Location(s)Marina Bay
Country Singapore
Inaugurated2010
Organised byUrban Redevelopment Authority
Websitehttps://www.ilightsingapore.gov.sg/
I Light Marina Bay
Traditional Chinese照亮滨海灣
Simplified Chinese照亮滨海湾

i Light Singapore (Chinese: 照亮滨海湾) is a sustainable light art festival held in the Marina Bay, Singapore.[1] The festival is organised and presented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).[2]

i Light Marina Bay was first held in 2010 and the festival was officiated by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean on October 15, 2010.[3] Following its success, a second edition was held in 2012 and a third edition was held in 2014.[4][5] The 2016 festival, themed "In Praise of Shadows" (named after an essay by Junichiro Tanizaki), takes place from 4 to 27 March. The event now takes place annually.[6]

The 'i' in the name is said to allude to the festival's innovative content, the intelligent use of lighting as well as its international line-up of creative talent.[7]

In 2019, the festival was renamed i Light Singapore as an anchor event to commemorate the Singapore Bicentennial.

2010 i Light Marina Bay: People, Place and Time

The inaugural edition of the festival was held from 15 October to 7 November in 2010[8] and was originally part of Marina Bay Invitations 2010, a series of events planned to promote Marina Bay as a venue and destination. Curated along the theme People, Place and Time, the festival was intended to serve as the regional platform for the exchange of ideas and technology, artistic expression and public engagement through light art works with intelligent light usage and sustainable use of energy.[9][10][11][12][13] The festival showcased about 25 dynamic light art installations and sculptures as well as interactive and performance-based art displays by 14 artists from Singapore and 20 international artists. The artworks were arranged in a line around the Marina Bay waterfront promenade to form a Light Walk.[8]

The key highlight of the Light Walk was an installation that consisted of 29 large light artworks of My Public Garden by French light art group, TILT, depicting a whimsical, fantasy garden which adorned The Promontory@Marina Bay.

The inaugural festival was attended by more than 433,000 visitors over the three-week duration, of which approximately 71,031 were international visitors.[14]

Participating Artists

Switch Off, Turn Up Campaign

The "Switch Off, Turn Up" campaign was held in line with the festival.[17] This campaign called for participating properties to make a conscious effort to switch off all non-essential indoor/outdoor lighting and office equipment and turn up air-conditioning temperatures to 24 to 25 °C.[17]

2012 i Light Marina Bay: Light Meets Asia

The second edition of the light festival, Light Meets Asia, returned in 2012 and ran from 9 March 2012 to 1 April 2012. The theme was "Lights Meet Asia". Installations featured new, emerging and well-known light art artists from countries across Asia including China, Philippines, Japan and Singapore.[18]

The festival showcased 31 environmentally sustainable light installations by multidisciplinary artists, with strong focus on works from Asian artists.[19] 11 of the works were by Singaporeans and 12 were from regional artists.

The 2012 festival attracted 565,000 local and international visitors over the three-week period.[20]

Programme

A series of fringe activities was arranged throughout the duration of the festival. These included free guided tours, performances, workshops and competitions.[21]

Fringe activities comprised activities such as a weekly weekend Night carnival, with booths selling food and drinks as well as eco-friendly merchandise.[22] The highlight of the Night Carnival was a light painting activity – which involved moving hand-held lights through the air to spell words or sketch symbols that was then captured by using long exposure on a camera.[23]

There were also roving performances of Samba, Rata and Reggae beats by Junk Jam, LED light twirlers, towering LED stilt walkers as well as synchronised kite flying.[24] A photography competition and Low Light Photography Workshop was also held.[23][25] The festival also included an i Light Symposium where curators, artists and lighting designers had the opportunity to exchange ideas on light culture and architecture.[26]

Participating Artists

No Artist Work Gender Born Country/Region of Birth Based in
1 Aleksandra Stratimirovic Sweet Home (2011) F 1968 Yugoslavia Sweden
2 Andrew Daly
Katherine Fife		 Crystallised (2011) F 1986 Australia Australia
3 Angela Chong Tree Stories (2012) F 1977 Singapore Singapore
4 Be Takerng Pattanopas Gap the Mind (2012) M 1965 Thailand Bangkok
5 BIBI Bibigloo (2012) M 1964 France France
6 Cornelia Erdmann Fancy/Lightweight (2012) F 1976 Germany Hong Kong
7 Craig Walsh Classification Pending (2007) M 1966 Australia Australia
8 Dev Harlan Parmenides I (2011) M 1978 USA USA
9 Edwin Tan enLIGHTenment (2012) M 1981 Singapore Singapore
10 Groupe LAPS
Thomas Veyssiere (Director)		 Key Frames (2011) M 1971 France France
11 Hexogon Solution
Adrian Goh (Team Leader) 		Garden of Light (2012) M 1976 Singapore Singapore
12 Li Hui The Gate (2007) M 1977 China China
13 Light Collective
Martin Lupton
Sharon Stammers		 Urban Makyoh (2012) M 1969 UK UK
14 Marine Ky Receptacle (2012) F 1966 Cambodia France
Cambodia
Australia
15 Martin Bevz
Kathryn Clifton		 Immersion (2011) M
F		 1986
1985		 Australia Australia
16 OCUBO
Nuno Maya
Carolle Pumelle		 Light of the Merlion (2012) M
F		 1978
1964		 Portugal
Democratic Republic of Congo		 Portugal
17 Olivia d’Aboville Coral Garden (2012) F 1986 Philippines Philippines
18 Olivia Lee FLOW (2012) F 1985 Singapore Singapore
19 Ryf Zaini 5QU1D (2012) M 1980 Singapore Singapore
20 Shinya Okuda BioShell (2011) M
-
 Japan Singapore
21 StoryBox After Light (2012) M 1975 New Zealand New Zealand
22 Singapore Student Showcase 1:
LASALLE College of the Arts		 -
-
-
- Singapore
23 Singapore Student Showcase 2:
School of the Arts Singapore		 -
-
-
- Singapore
24 Takahiro Matsuo Wite Rain (2011) M 1979 Japan Japan
25 Tay Swee Siong Illumination Disorders II (2012) M 1968 Singapore Singapore
26 Teddy Lo MEGAPOV (2012) M 1974 Hong Kong Hong Kong
27 The Propeller Group
Phu Nam
Matt Lucero
Tuan Andrew Nguyen		 Uh… (2007) M
M
M		 1974
1976
 Vietnam
USA
Vietnam		 Vietnam
28 Uno Lai The Light Dam (2012) M 1975 Taiwan Taiwan
29 Vertical Submarine
Loke Kian Whee, Justin
Yang Kwang Yong, Joshua
Koh Wen Chii, Fiona		 Planting Shadows (2009) M
M
F		 1979
1974
1983		 Singapore
Malaysia
Singapore		 Singapore
30 Wiyoga Muhardanto Tangible Gallery (2012) M 1979 Indonesia Indonesia
31 Zulkifle Mahmod Deck Journey (2012) M 1975 Singapore Singapore

Sustainability

Artists were selected for the use of energy-efficient LED lights and/or the incorporation of sustainable, recycleable and/or re-usable materials into their light artworks. Some of these artworks leveraged on alternative sources of energy such as solar, kinetic or wind in order to generate energy for the light installations.[28][29]

Professional sustainability consultants were also engaged to work with the event partners, artists, contractors and suppliers to ensure that suitable sustainable practices are incorporated to reduce energy use.[30] The total energy usage for all the installations in the 2012 i Light Marina Bay festival was less than 7,000 kWh.[31]

The festival also participated in Earth Hour on 31 March 2012 and all 31 featured artworks were switched off for an hour.[32]

In festival again featured the Switch Off, Turn Up Campaign, extending its reach beyond the Marina Bay precinct, with buildings across the island pledging their support.[33] The campaign saved more than 200,000 kWh, four times the energy saved in 2010.[17] This equates to 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, enough to generate electricity for 762 4-bedroom HDB flats for three-weeks.[17][34]

Forty-seven properties that participated 2012's Switch Off, Turn Up campaign, up from 16 properties in 2010:[33]

i Light Marina Bay 2014: Light+HeART

The third edition of i Light Marina Bay, themed Light+HeART, returned to Marina Bay from 7 to 30 March 2014. The festival showcased 28 environmentally sustainable light installations from around the world. To promote an environmentally-responsible behavior for a sustainable future, participating artists incorporated the use of recyclable materials and adopted energy-efficient lighting in the creation of their light art installations.

i Light Marina Bay 2014 attracted a total of 685,000 local and international visitors over the course of the three-week period. The festival again engaged in the "Switch Off, Turn Up" Campaign. In 2014, 52 buildings committed to put in place measures to save energy during the festival period. Key developments involved include Marina Bay Sands, Marina Bay Financial Centre, and One Fullerton. Their participation signified their commitment to play a part in working towards a more sustainable future together. The campaign in 2014 achieved energy savings of 268,890 kWh.

Programme

i Light Marina Bay 2014 also featured a variety of complementary events and activities, such as free guided tours, educational talks and seminars, sporting activities, bazaars and culinary treats.

Participating Artists

Name of Installation Name of Artist(s) Country/Region
Beat Arup (Singapore) Singapore
The Wishing! Tree The Living! Project Singapore
iSWARM SUTD – Thomas Schroepfer & Suranga Nanayakkara Singapore
Happy Croco Bibi France
Bedazzled Meinhardt Light Studio Pte. Ltd. Singapore
Lightscape Catcher Arup (Shanghai) China
Mimosa Jason Bruges Studio United Kingdom
#WEHEARTLIGHT Light Collective United Kingdom
Joujou-Ours Uno Lai Taiwan
Floating Hearts Travesias De Luz Spain
**Insert Caption Please Ryf Zaini Singapore
The Guardian Angels Maro Avrabou & Dimitri Xenakis Greece & France
Fool's Gold Vertical Submarine Singapore
The Pool Jen Lewin Studio USA
Light Rain Troika United Kingdom
LiveLight Oz Collective Singapore & France
3D Tic-Tac-Toe Angela Chong & Sonny Windstrup Singapore / Denmark
Scribbledribblequibble Soh Ee Shaun, Chong Li-Chuan, Kenneth Cheong & Kashmira Kasmuri Singapore
The Wheels of Industry Twist Design United Kingdom
Giant Dandelions Olivia d’Aboville Philippines / France
HeartBeat City Lights Egied Simons Netherlands
Skeletal Retreat No.1 Michael Lee Singapore
CLOUD Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett Canada
1.26 Singapore Janet Echelman USA
Digital Wattle Out of the Dark New Zealand
Flash Nathan Yong with OTTO Solutions Pte. Ltd. Singapore
A Land of Reverie Sheryl Ng & Nigel Ho Singapore
Celebration of Life Justin Lee with Dorier Asia Pte. Ltd. Singapore & Switzerland

i Light Marina Bay 2016: In Praise of Shadows

The fourth edition of i Light Marina Bay, held from 4 to 27 March 2016, featured 25 installations. The 2016 theme, "In Praise of Shadows", challenged the obsession that brighter is better and sought to reframe perceptions of light and sustainability. A one-for-one exchange campaign of used incandescent bulbs for energy efficient LED light bulbs was run at i Light Marina Bay 2016. The "Switch Off, Turn Up" Campaign held since the inception of i Light Marina Bay garnered a greater response from buildings around Marina Bay and beyond, with key developments involved including Marina Bay Sands and Marina Bay Financial Centres.

Installations

References

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