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ANNEX A Light+HeART In this edition of i Light Marina Bay, the curatorial team has introduced the theme of “Light+HeART” to convey that “in the heart of the sustainability matters, is the matter of the heart”. Through this edition, we hope to inspire a collective change in our attitude and a widening of our perspective towards issues relating to sustainability. The coming edition is therefore about creating unique, happy and heart-felt installations to delight the audience while driving home the sustainability message. Using Marina Bay as a backdrop, the curatorial team has put together a line-up of 28 light art installations to transform Marina Bay into one huge public art gallery. At i Light Marina Bay 2014 , art will draw attention to the existing practices that are unsustainable, and help the public re-envision a more harmonious co-existence between man and the environment. i Light Marina Bay 2014 Friday, 7 March to Sunday, 30 March 2014 7.30pm to 11.00pm Marina Bay waterfront Free Admission www.ilightmarinabay.sg LIST OF ARTISTS AND INSTALLATIONS Interactivity through Collaborations These artworks demonstrate the creative use of technology to provoke an emotive awareness towards ourselves and our environment. These works will invite all to question how humans behave in the environment, how we interact with light, and how integrating art with technologies can influence how light art is presented. **Insert Caption Please Ryf Zaini (Singapore) Location: Marina Bay waterfront promenade, near the Breeze Shelter (A11 on map) About the artwork **Insert Caption Please is a giant speech bubble that displays thoughts and messages akin to comic strips. Our social interaction has often shifted to screen-based interfaces as our primary form of communication. If these speech bubbles could be representations of our thoughts, everyone would be walking around with hovering speech bubbles above their heads. But these messages are different. They are autonomous, generating random quotes and texts. With this, it beckons the audience to react to these heart-felt comments that are thought-provoking, witty and at times, humorous. About the artist Following his double diploma in Engineering and Media Arts, Ryf pursued a degree in Interactive Media Arts, attaining a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) degree. Since 2006, he has been creating artworks that involve public participation, by inviting audiences to question social issues and norms. Ryf’s work reflects his attempt to understand how technology is affecting our society. HeartBeat City Lights Egied Simons (The Netherlands) Location: Esplanade Bridge (B7 on map) About the artwork HeartBeat City Lights is inspired by this year’s theme, “Light+HeART”. Looking at Singapore’s traffic as our blood circulatory system, Simons sees traffic signs as “heartbeats” that regulate the car flow of the nation. At night, the moving traffic creates streams of white and red lights. When seen through a video camera with a lens set out of focus, the car lights become a colourful dance of circles. This phenomenon is filmed by a camera on top of the Esplanade Bridge and projected onto a underside of the bridge, allowing visitors strolling under the bridge to enjoy the vibrant “heartbeat” of the city. About the artist Egied Simons likes to use dynamic processes in his immediate environment as a basis for his work, including movements caused by the wind, small organisms, spectators and vehicular traffic. Floating Hearts Travesias De Luz (Spain) Location: Marina Bay waterfront promenade, near Marina Bay Link Mall pop-up structure (A10 on map) About the artwork Floating Hearts is presented as a wall of illuminated hearts, which invites people to play with it to form new visual spectacles with each contact. With its scale and tactile method of engagement, this unique installation also provides an interesting situation where everyone, whether strangers or families, can come together to interact, dialogue, and be delighted. About the artist Travesias De Luz is a group of artists from Spain who are inspired by the participatory process in the presentation of arts, and how their works take on a different visual character through public interaction,. Their works have always encouraged play through light, creating a magical experience for all. iSwarm Professor Thomas Schroepfer and Professor Suranga Nanayakkara, together with their team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (Singapore) Location: In Marina Bay, near Bayfront water taxi stop (A3 on map) Co-created by SUTD with Philips Lighting About the artwork iSwarm is a swarm of luminous “sea creatures” that interact with passers-by. Subtle and hardly visible by day, iSwarm comes alive at night. As daylight fades, the cells of iSwarm illuminate the waters of Marina Bay with fluorescent light reminiscent of natural phenomena such as bioluminescent algae or the Aurora Borealis. iSwarm reacts to groups of visitors by detecting human presence and greeting them with subtle modulation of its light patterns. This is the first time a team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Advanced Architecture Laboratory and Augmented Senses Group is participating in i Light Marina Bay 2014 . Created by them, the ingenuity of this installation, which is uniquely sited in the water, demonstrates the creativity of the team and is exemplary in its advancement into a new frontier in light art installation presentation, where collaborative efforts and research are needed to enrich the experience of interactive arts in today’s context. About the artist Prior to joining SUTD as a tenured faculty member and Associate Head of Pillar of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Professor Thomas Schroepfer was an Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) where he taught for seven years in the areas of architectural design, materials, and construction. He is joined by Professor Suranga Nanayakkara who teaches at the Engineering Product Development Pillar of SUTD. As head of the Augmented Senses Group at SUTD, Suranga’s vision is to create new interaction technologies that seamlessly integrate with users’ minds, bodies and behaviour, providing them an enhanced perception of their environment/themselves. Mimosa Jason Bruges Studio (United Kingdom) Location: Marina Bay City Gallery (A7 on map) About the artwork Mimosa is an interactive artwork displaying behaviour that mimics responsive plant systems. The piece was inspired by the Mimosa family of plants, which change kinetically to suit their environmental conditions. The studio used the slim form of individual organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) to represent the delicate light petals of flowers, which appear to dance with its petals opening and closing in response to visitors’ hand movements. This installation presents a perfect combination of art and technology, where the most innovative lighting technology - OLED - is integrated into a dynamic installation that reacts to people’s hand motions, forming a magical experience. About the artist Formed in 2002, Jason Bruges Studio designs and builds artworks that create innovative and engaging spaces which connect people with their environment. The design studio and in-house workshop is based in Old Street, London, the hub of the creative and digital industry in Europe. Made up of a multi-disciplinary team of architects, lighting designers, electronic engineers, programmers, visualisers, industrial designers and mechanical engineers, the studio's vision, passion and desire to find groundbreaking creative solutions is clearly evident in its work. JouJou-Ours Uno Lai (Taiwan) Technical Design: Sunnia Cheng, Jeff Hung Interactive Design: Jasper Tseng, innoCirque New Media Location: Beside Marina Bay City Gallery (A9 on map) Brought to you by Traxon Technologies/OSRAM About the artwork Uno believes that interactive arts are not just about technology, but it should reflect simple acts to express love. Inspired by childhood memories of hugging soft toys to sleep, Joujou-Ours is an installation that encourages all to come close and embrace these light installations, and with these close physical interactions, the embedded lights will create a magical kaleidoscope of colours. About the artist Uno Lai, an accomplished lighting designer and lighting artist, was born in Taiwan. In his design profession, he finds inspiration through his training in a variety of art forms from photography, theatre design and interior design. Uno travels to many other cities to give lectures and contributes articles to international publications to share his passion. Scribbledribblequibble Soh Ee Shaun, Chong Li-Chuan, Kenneth Cheong and Kashmira Kasmuri (Singapore) Location: The Float @ Marina Bay, under the Seating Gallery (B4 on map) About the artwork Scribbledribblequibble is a fun, site-specific video and sonic installation that explores the notion of street art and graffiti as a transient and sustainable art form in our city-state. It hopes to change the negative notion of graffiti into an ephemeral art form, and one that does not leave marks in our cities but is a complete experience of light, sound and motion. The installation suggests that the possibility of digitalising graffiti into short, playful animations projected onto an urban façade may be the new, eco-friendly way of keeping the city graffiti-free, yet allowing people to have the freedom of expression through temporary graffiti. 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