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Bicentennial Edition

Get your cameras ready because the biggest ever light art festival is set to happen in Singapore next week.

The annual i Light Singapore light art festival will be hosting its Bicentennial Edition in January next month with a theme “Bridges of Time”.

31 Installations & 1 Multimedia Show

Over 30 light art installations will be placed in areas including Marina Bay, the Civic District, Singapore River and even Fort Canning.

Here is a sneak peek at the installations.

City Gazing Singapore by VOUW

Suspended over The Lawn@Marina Bay, this work showcases the dynamic city of Singapore as if one would fly over it by night, with all street lights, homes and roads lit up.

Location: The Lawn @ Marina Bay

Lighthouse of Time by Danny Rose (France)

The façade of ArtScience Museum is transformed into a lighthouse with dancing lights, orchestrating a spectrum of emotions in viewers.

Location: ArtScience Museum Façade

Prospegtive Perspective by Carnation Kng Ni Xin, Low Jo Ann and Justina Teng Yimin from NUS

Inspired by stories of Singaporeans through the age of city building, an impression of Singapore’s future skyline is created using humble clothes pegs.

Location: Marina Bay lower boardwalk

Sails Aloft by Biangle Studio (Estonia)

Inspired by the original sampan panjang of the Orang Laut and by its later racing variations, Sails Aloft is a holographic art installation that creates a snapshot of a 19th century sailboat race in the region.

Location: Marina Bay waterfront promenade

Shades of Temporality by SWEATSHOPPE – Blake Shaw and Bruno Levy (USA)

“Paint” videos, in real time, onto walls with this interactive graffiti installation.

Location: Marina Bay Link Mall entrance

Squiggle by Angus Muir (New Zealand)

A twisting mess of digital neon tubes fill The Promontory with delightful colours; an abstract reflection of this multi-cultural world we live in.

Location: The Promontory @ Marina Bay

Constructive Interference by Michelle Gouw, Nur Fadilah Binte Nordin, Ian Soon Wen, Tan Zhi Wei and Hendriko Teguh from SUTD

Moments of unpredictability in human interaction are captured as an array of light and colours converges towards the centre in a wave-like form.

Location: North Boat Quay

Keys of Light by Mr.Beam

Playing the piano reveals captivating graphic compositions inspired by Singapore’s architectural icons. With different notes being played on the piano, every player creates a unique visual outcome, leaving no performance the same.

Location: Raffles Terrace at Fort Canning Park

Shadow Exposed by Judy Suh and Edward Yang (USA)

Shadow Exposed plays with the nature of projections being both moving images and a source of light. Depending on where the visitor stands, his/her shadow will reveal different layers that offer a glimpse into Singapore’s history and its evolution.

Location: Mist Walk (next to Red Dot Design Museum)

DUNE by Daan Roosegaarde (The Netherlands)

An interactive landscape of light, DUNE brightens according to the motions and touch of passing visitors, enhancing social interactions between themselves and the landscape.

Location: Lotus Pond at ArtScience Museum

The Rainbow Connection by Yun (Singapore)

Solar-powered works of art from upcycled cookie containers

Made with upcycled cookie jars and co-created with the community, witness an array of solar light modules suspended to form a shifting, kaleidoscopic projection on the ground, exploring the fantastical dreamscape of the deep sea, the woods and the clouds.

Location: Mist Walk (near Event Square)

Time Traveller by Eko Prawoto (Indonesia)

Situated between One Fullerton – a result of development of the new city and Clifford Pier – the old landing point for travellers who arrived in Singapore via sea, Time Traveller stands tall between the old and the new as a bridge between generations.

Location: Clifford Square

Flower Clock by Guo Qian Ling, Lee Jian Wen, Liao Qing Shuang, Song Le Jing and You Fan Zhou from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China)

Inspired by the relationship between blooming flowers and time, this delightful artwork rotates to simulate the movement of a clock.

Location: One Fullerton

The Cat in the Garden by Loom Prod (France)

The Cat in the Garden transforms the Merlion to reveal scenes of nature together with snippets of Singapore’s daily life.

Location: Merlion Park

With A View by Superiore Design Associates – Ryan Linardy and Lim Cheng Jun (Singapore)

Using Singapore’s quintessential architectural icon – a shophouse window and a material of modern architecture – mirrors, With a View creates a series of reflections that recede into an infinite distance.

Location: River Promenade along Parliament House

Good Fortune by Olga Grybowicz and Kasper Hein (Poland)

Good Fortune is a visualisation of rain inspired by emotions it causes in different cultures, creating a moment of reflection in the viewers.

Location: Elgin Bridge Underpass

Cosmic Web by Foo Hui Wen, Lim Yu Zhi and R.Yashini D/O Renganathan from LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore)

Inspired by both the wolf spider’s web and a wormhole, this work creates a moment of isolation in a communal space.

Location: Breeze Shelter

Event Details

What: i Light Singapore 2019 – Bicentennial Edition
Where: Marina Bay, the Civic District, Singapore River and Raffles Terrace at Fort Canning Park
When: 28 January – 24 February 2019
Admission is free

Learn more from i Light Singapore

Map of installations at i Light Singapore 2019 (Click to enlarge)

NumberArt Installation TitleLocation
1The Time VortexThe Helix bridge
2Lighthouse of TimeArtScience Museum Façade
3DUNELotus Pond at ArtScience
Museum
4Why Green?Event Square
5The Rainbow ConnectionMist Walk (near Event Square)
6Prospegtive PerspectiveMarina Bay Lower Boardwalk
7The Floating LighthouseMarina Bay Lower Boardwalk
steps
8Shadow Exposed Mist Walk (next to Red Dot
Design Museum)
9Sails AloftMarina Bay waterfront
promenade
10Shades of TemporalityMarina Bay Link Mall
entrance
11Cosmic WebBreeze Shelter
12SquiggleThe Promontory@Marina Bay
13City Gazing SingaporeThe Lawn@Marina Bay
14Les FootballeursLawn next to One Marina
Boulevard
15Facey Thing One Marina Boulevard
16Time TravellerClifford Square
17Flower ClockOne Fullerton
18The Cat in the GardenMerlion Park
19OriflammesJubilee Bridge
20TIME FRAME Esplanade Bridge
21HALOEsplanade Park
22Time RhythmAnderson Bridge
23Cenotaph for a StoneWaterboat House Garden
24Where do stories begin / Where do stories endCavenagh Bridge
25Bridges of TimeSingapore River in front of Asian Civilisations Museum steps
26With A ViewRiver Promenade along
Parliament House
27Good FortuneElgin Bridge Underpass
28Run BeyondElgin Bridge
29Constructive InterferenceNorth Boat Quay
30Land-pass BirdRaffles Terrace at Fort
Canning Park
31Keys of LightRaffles Terrace at Fort
Canning Park
32Reflecting HolonsRaffles House at Fort Canning
Park

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