DBS Invites You To “IGNITE YOUR SPARK” at i Light Singapore & GastroBeats 2023!

Hi Huneybees,

i Light Singapore and GastroBeats are back this June and DBS is back as the presenting sponsor this year. This builds on DBS’ ongoing efforts in and around the Marina Bay area to give back to the community, including the recent launch of a multi-year partnership with Esplanade to provide more experiences for people to discover and express themselves - #selfcare, sustainable living, and being future-ready.

Themed “Ignite Your Spark” DBS invites festival goers to bring out the best in you and help shape a better, brighter world. With 6 zones to experience, DBS brings you through a journey of fun games, activities, and Instagrammable visual installations, including an artwork - ‘Blumiwave’ that will later be recycled and given a new lease of life.

Simply access your DBS passport by scanning a QR code on your mobile phone, and collect just 4 digital stamps by participating in various experiences within the DBS Zone. Completing this task, you will stand to win DBS swag (limited stocks only) and, in line with the bank’s aim of galvanizing the community to drive collective good, you will also be able to pay it forward (in a partnership between DBS and Food from the Heart) in supporting meal donations to families in need.

Start your festival journey with 'Blumiwave' at Mist Walk, an artwork that aims to raise awareness of blue energy, an alternative renewable energy source harnessed from the sea and river waters. Created by local artists from DP Design, Blumiwave features ‘crashing’ sculptural waves made of a carefully weaved fabric of safety nets and scaffolding salvaged from construction sites. Here, the team transforms what is normally perceived as unsightly materials into a space that invites multiple interpretations of the mundane and its possibilities.

In the spirit of giving discarded materials a new lease of life, all plastics used in the build of Blumiwave will be recycled by Magorium after the festival. Supported by DBS Foundation, Magorium is a social enterprise that converts plastic waste into a sustainable construction material called ‘NEWBitumen’, which can be used to pave eco-roads. ‘NEWBitumen’ was also used in paving the driveway of DBS Newton Green, Singapore’s first net zero building by a bank.

Stepping into the GastroBeats grounds, you will find the DBS Zone on your right. Key highlights at the DBS Zone include Find Your Spark, where a Glambot camera will capture you in cinematic, slow-motion video reels in an experience befitting of the red carpet – you know that tutu gown Ariana Grande moment taken by Cole Walliser? Yup, that's it! Be the first in Singapore to experience that Glambot moment! You can also glam up your Glambot reels with accessories from Fashion Pulpit - a social enterprise that aims to promote environmental education and awareness in the field of fashion.

*Don't forget to post those Glambot videos on Instagram along with a creative caption about self-love. The 3 best entries will win an Apple Watch SE (worth SGD 380) each!

For those who like a little challenge, pit against your friends and family in Eco Row and Glow, where you will be power rowing to light up the tree installation. If not, pit your reflexes and financial smarts at Money Matchmaker and Made for Travel, where you will be time-pressed to solve challenges on your feet.

My favorite is over at the POSB Money Smarts, a play zone where learning about money matters is made fun of through specially designed digital artboards and animations on each "ATM" machine.

As we are all enjoying the festival, DBS will also be working its magic in the back, working with like-minded businesses for impact and community partners throughout the month-long festival to bring to life its vision of paving the way towards a more inclusive, sustainable, and better society.

Food waste will be transformed into animal feed and fertilizers. Ento Industries, also a business for impact supported by DBS Foundation, is coming in as GastroBeats’ food waste solution partner! Using its horde of Black Soldier Flies, all food waste collected from festival goers and vendors at GastroBeats will be sent to Ento Industries for conversion into high-value end products such as animal feed and fertilizers.

 

From 6pm to 7pm every Friday and Saturday, DBS will also be presenting an enthralling line-up of performances by local talents who exemplify what it means to rise above life’s challenges. From jazz and classical piano and drumming performances, to pop music and soprano acts and more, you can expect to be blown away by these talented and resilient individuals who embody what it truly means to be a hero.

i Light Singapore 2023 and GastroBeats 2023 are taking place from 1 to 25 June! 

For more details on DBS’ participation in these 2 events, you can visit - https://www.dbs.com/live-more-by-the-bay/ilight-singapore.html.

 

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LG to ‘MOODUP’ AT VIVID SYDNEY 2023 with their innovative InstaView fridge

Hi Huneybees,

Photo Credits: LG Electronics Singapore

The annual Vivid Sydney attracts tons of visitors every year with their amazing innovative light installations and this year LG Electronics Inc. will be presenting their latest innovative InstaView^TM fridge with MoodUP^TM.

Photo Credits: LG Electronics Singapore

A truly revolutionary kitchen appliance, the LG InstaView^TM fridge with MoodUP^TM has colour-changing door panels that provide a whole new level of personalization. Enabling users to switch up the colours whenever the mood takes them, the fridge and its LED panels offer up to 190,000* colour combinations to choose from and easy management via the LG ThinQ™ mobile app. Additionally, the InstaView^TM with MoodUP^TM boasts advanced refrigeration and smart technologies that deliver outstanding food freshness and user convenience for an elevated kitchen experience.

*Applies to 4-LED panel-door models. The number of colour combinations available may vary by the models and the markets. The ThinQ™ app is available on compatible Android and iOS smartphones.
 

Photo Credits: LG Electronics Singapore

You will be greeted by an eye-catching LED ‘wall’ measuring an impressive 4m high by 11m wide. Along with meeting the company’s colourific new fridge, you can also take part in a fun, movement-based quiz, What’s your Vivid Sydney Mood?, spanning eight compelling categories: Energetic, Cruisy, Whimsical, Cheerful, Adventurous, Creative, Soulful and Curious. After completing the quiz, you can capture the moment with a 360-degree photo and - by answering some questions about the kind of Vivid experience you're looking for - can receive a personalized Vivid Sydney itinerary.
 
The ability to tailor the itinerary to the preferences of each visitor is made possible through the convenient accessibility of a web-augmented reality (web-AR) platform, which can be easily accessed using a compatible smart device*.

*Visitors can create an itinerary prior to visiting Vivid Sydney and without attending the ‘MoodUP, by LG’ activation via: www.lg.com/au/moodup.
 

Photo Credits: LG Electronics Singapore

For more interactive enjoyment, LG has also developed unique AR placements, strategically situated at various points along Vivid Sydney’s dazzling, 8km long light walk. These exclusive AR placements are also accessible through web AR on compatible devices, and will present different activities to enhance the experience of the festival’s immersive light show. To ensure you don’t miss out on any of the captivating AR, you can opt to receive prompts on your smartphones to alert you when you have arrived at one of LG’s AR-enabled locations.

“Our personalizable, customizable InstaView^TM fridge with MoodUP^TM offers a wide array of colours to suit any tastes or preferences, and we’re very excited to be showcasing it at Vivid Sydney. During Sydney’s iconic festival, visitors will have the chance to experience a range of engaging interactions with our innovative fridge, which we plan to release in Australia this summer – the first time it will be available outside of South Korea.” --- Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company.

 

Photo Credits: LG Electronics Singapore

 
Vivid Sydney 2023 is happening from 26 May 2023 to 17 June 2023, taking place outside of Customs House in Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia. If you are in Sydney, why not add this amazing festival to your itinerary?
 

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Luminance! - Singapore's First Youth Light Art Festival

Hi Huneybees,

 This is gona be a lengthy blog post with heaps of beautiful photos.

I was recently at Luminance! Singapore's first Youth Light Art Festival. *SCAPE is transformed into a light up village when the sky turns dark and it's a joy to enjoy art installations under the moonlight. Here's an introduction to the artworks. You got to be there in person to experience all the beauty and meet like-minded people as well....

You can opt to do:

• Self Guided Audio Tours - Look out for the "audio experience" QR code on selected art works and scan them. Let the music guide you and give an intuitive interpretation of the artworks.

• Meet the Artists - Enhance your festival expereince by getting to know the creative brains behind the art works. Scan the Qr codes on the light boxes placed just beside the art works and be instantly acquainted with the artists.

• Guided Tours - Guided tours are available for the duration of the festival. Approach the festival information booths on the Level 1 Street Market and Level 2 (next to escalator) to enquire about the tour timings and to sign up. It's FREE!

What is Luminance?

"Dreams and Aspirations" is chosen as the theme this year as it resonates well with the youths and young adults today. It is a platform for aspiring Singaporean artists to express their personal aspirations and social views through the whimsical yet dynamic medium of Light Art.

The concepts that precipitated from these emerging artists are an impressive diversity of community engagement, discovery of new technology and awareness about environmental sustainability.

Across a span of 9 days, this inaugural festival will showcase the manu hidden desires, tucked away dreams and aspirations of more than 40 first time youth artists and 5 local established artists. The total of 27 art pieces curated are powerful manifestations of the artists' dreams & aspirations containing messages such as the desire to live in a more sustainable city, the wish to create a less judgmental society, embracing the use of recycled materials and inspiring Singaporeans to have a greater aspiration for art.

Let's get on to the installations....

Pitter Patter - Nanyang Kindergarten and Gardenasia Kids.

You won't miss out this installation right in front on McDonald's.

It's made entirely from plastic bottles and there's even drawings from kindergarden kids in between. The lights changes colours and it send a super strong Save the Earth message...

Pixel Wall - Laurine Fradier, Les Grands Ateliers.

 

There's 2 parts to this installation.

Thinking Hats - Blank.

What are you thinking? Why not sit under the tree and enjoy the light show?

 

Or pop your head under a hat and see what colour it will turn?

Dancing Oobleck - Ng Shin Luey and Cheong En Liang.

What's behind the curtains?

Neon paints in a dark room with awesome music. See what sound vibrations will do to the blob in the middle...

  

With flash light.

Thrive - Khor Tuck Kuan and Christian Outreach To The Handicapped.

Thrive is a very beautiful piece of artwork that's done with the collaboration with the Christian Outreach To The Handicapped and under the help of Khor Tuck Kuan, Meiji bottles were carefully peeled of their labels and cut into shapes of Orchids and Tulips.

Khor showing a clip to my hubby, showing us the process of making this installation. 

Can't believe it's made from milk bottles right? 

Yes, these were the bottles used.

 And Meiji was really nice, they're the official drink for Luminance!
Everyone gets a bottle of milk to drink while enjoying the art pieces...

Closet Artists - Shari Chong.

Wonder what's behind these doors...

Ding Dong....

Ring the bell and look through the peep hole...

C/C (Can't flip the C) - Angela Chong.

You guys might recognise this chair from last year's iLight at Marina Bay, 

Who says sharing conversations are not colourful?

Love the rainbow colour the most!

I would love this for my home...

Nature In A Cube - Ivyone Khoo. 

Wouldn't it be great if human could live in peace with nature?



 

I've co-existed with Nature. Have you?

Everyday Aspirations - Karen Mitchell.

What are you aspirations?

Can you find yours?

So what are your aspirations? Come find yours here...

100 Dreams, 100 Aspirations - Ang Geok Hoon, Serene Yang & Tim Tang

Installation done with Lego.

OMG! Biscuit tins!!!

Lady L - Sun Yu-Li.

Have a seat, enjoy the view, feel the ambience under the company of these 3 ladies...

Scream Capture - Daniel Kee, Fiona Huang & Lilian Lee.

Go on, this is a must do, go scream all your pent-up stress out....

I did and it feels great! Scream a few more times...

From inside the Scream Capture.

Cardboard Tron - Bartholemew T.

Engage into your world of TRON.

Dare to Aspire! - Dexter Chew, Goh Yi Xian, Raymond Yeong and Saunardi Tay
Join in the dance floor and express yourself! Or simply more, and see what happens!

UP, and Away! - Key Anderson, Vellachi Ganesan, Alma Banuelos, Gautam Bhasin and Mauro Pellegrini.

Cycle hard as the breeze blows against your skin, lighting up the wings and fly

Fly fly fly!

The Luminous Impression Of The Canopy (L'effet Lumineux De Canopee).

Under a huge tree canopy, just sit around this corner and chill...

 

See how intricate the cuts are?

The Fifth Germination on Planet "Wu" - Philppe Liveneau, Les Grands Ateliers.

A very beautiful piece of work that blings!!!

 

 

See the shine from the gems?

Oh no! There's a girl on the roof!

Nope, it's another art installation called Let It Go! by Brian Tan.

 

 

Are you ready to let go of your need for plastic bags?

PlaySCAPE - Luther Chan.

Fancy a game of old school snake with your friends?

Simply download the app and you got your own controller.

 

Can you beat the record?

Serenity - Didier Ng and Simei Care Centre.

Tucked behind Gong Cha is a secret garden that's made entirely from recycled materials...

 

Can you figure what's it made of?

Ok, closer for you to see...

I just have to indulge the model in me. *pukes*

Well, so here you go, that's the art light-up installations for Luminance! I hve left out 3 other ones as they are animations and performances that you can only see during the weekend. So be sure to head down. They will be at *SCAPE till this Sunday (1st July 2012).

Have fun!

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