Singapore, 12 November 2010 – i Light Marina Bay <照亮滨海湾>, Asia's first sustainable light art festival, closed on a successful note on 7 November 2010, receiving more than 430,000 visitors over a three-week period. The Festival's website attracted over 100,000 unique visitors and close to six million hits since its launch in October.

Officially opened on 15 October by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean, the light art festival aims to celebrate the nightscape with the use of energy-efficient lighting and to create awareness for energy-saving lighting technology through its light art installations, programmes and activities. The highlight of the Festival was a Light Walk along Marina Bay waterfront featuring 26 light art installations and sculptures by 14 local and 20 international artists and designers. The Festival was presented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and organised by Smart Light Singapore (SLS).

"The sustainable messages of the i Light Marina Bay tie in with the sustainable development of Marina Bay. The Festival was also part of Marina Bay Invitations 2010 to encourage the community to come and experience the new waterfront promenade at the Bay. We are very happy that they came, in big numbers, to participate in the Festival and enjoy the Marina Bay waterfront," said Mr Ng Lang, Chief Executive Officer of URA.

More than a thousand ways to look at Marina Bay and the light artworks

Over 1,000 entries were received through a photography competition organised as part of the Festival. 10-year old Heng Long De, the youngest participant in the competition, won the junior category with his photograph of Positive Attracts by Edwin Cheong. The winner of the open category was Dixie Wu, 37, whose winning entry was of Singapora-Flora by Warren Langley. The winning entries were showcased at the Festival from 5 to 7 November. They can be viewed at http://www.ilightmarinabay.sg/results.