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Press Release
March 5, 2012

MIndChic Club! is honoured to be invited to be an Official Festival Photo AmBAYssadors for i Light Marina Bay. 
i Light Marina Bay, Asia's first and only sustainable light art festival was first held from 15 October to 7 November in 2010. Presented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and organised by Smart Light Singapore (SLS), the event celebrated Marina Bay's nightscape through the showcase of 25 dynamic and innovative light art installations along the 3.5km waterfront promenade.

The installations made use of energy-efficient lighting and created awareness for energy-saving lighting technology for the urban environment. The "Switch Off, Turn Up" campaign kicked off a programme supported by Marina Bay stakeholders to Switch Off non essential lighting and Turn Up air-conditioning temperatures for the festival period. This initiative has come about to offset energy usage and promote energy savings from lighting. Programmes and fringe activities targeting families, students, industry professionals and the general public were also planned as part of the Festival.

The inaugural festival was a substantial success and was attended by more than 433,000 visitors over a three-week duration, of which approximately 71,031 were international visitors.

This second edition of i Light Marina Bay, is held from 9 March to 1 April 2012. Themed "Light Meets Asia", the sophomore will feature more than 30 innovative and environmentally sustainable light art installations, with a strong focus on works from Asia.

The Festival's curatorial team is helmed by Festival Director Mary-Anne Kyriakou, and includes two co-curators: Charmaine Toh, a Singapore visual arts curator; and the team from Singapore award-winning design studio FARM. In line with the theme "Light Meets Asia", the curatorial team has selected the sustainable light art installations from over one hundred submissions. The final selection of installations features a strong representation from new, emerging, and well-known artists from countries across Asia, including Singapore. 
Apart from the visually arresting and interactive sustainable light art installations, visitors to i Light Marina Bay 2012 can look forward to a full array of complementary programmes and activities – including a night carnivals, outdoor performances, guided tours, educational talks and workshops – all to ensure that there is something for everyone.

For more information:
- Festival Info, Map, Images and Videos
- iLight Marina Bay 2012 Official Website. 

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Fans of ice sports can look forward to a brand-new skating experience at The Rink, Singapore’s first Olympic-size ice rink. The Rink will open on 2 April 2012 at the new JCube shopping mall in Jurong East – the same day as the mall opening. 

Located at the heart of JCube on Level 3, the ice rink measures 60 metres by 30 metres. The Rink will be able to host activities such as recreational skating, figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. With its 460-seat gallery, mall-goers can get up close to the excitement of the rink activities. They will also be able to enjoy the only rink-side dining experience in Singapore. 

Mr Lim Beng Chee, CEO of CapitaMalls Asia, said, “CapitaMalls Asia is pleased to have been awarded the contract to manage the ice rink at JCube. An entertainment-focused mall with extended hours, JCube and its ice rink will combine both retail therapy and ice sports.

About JCube
Nestled in the heart of the up and coming Jurong Lake District (close to the Jurong East MRT interchange), JCube is an ultra-hip mall with Singapore’s only Olympic-size ice rink and IMAX cinema in Singapore’s suburbs. The mall boasts a unique faceted façade inspired by an ice cube, reflecting natural light by day and sparkling by night. JCube has been awarded the Building and Construction Authority’s highest green accolade – Green Mark Platinum – for its environmentally friendly features.

We don't have pics or vids of this exciting new ice rink yet, maybe we'll pop over and get you some when it opens! :)

 

   

Leon Cheo, 26, is a director-writer-producer who graduated from the School of Film and Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2006, where he wrote and directed his thesis film "Bu Ye Tian" (Nightless Day). He recently graduated from Chapman University (Singapore) with a BFA in Creative Producing. His short films, "Four Dishes" and “Swing”, has travelled to festivals in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Tehran, Bangkok, Germany and Tokyo.

We catch up with him after he recently completed his latest short film, "The Three Sisters". 

   

   

At the moment, I like relationship stories and that is where most people start as it is easier to write what they have personal experience of. But I am also thinking of exploring other genres like crime, horror and comedies.

Four years ago, my mom related an incident where she brought my grandma and her sisters to watch cantonese opera at the Esplanade. Certain things happened during that outing and the cultural aspects of the story got me interested. It was something that stuck me because Singapore is a country that accelerates at a very fast pace and where the old and new constantly collide. 

  

That's why I was really happy working with Wanping, who was one of the earliest to agree to work with me on this film. I had worked with him before in my previous short films. Wanping is a DP (Director of Photography) that goes beyond the technical aspects of the shoot and value adds in many other ways to the story, the artistic side of it. During a discussion on how we wanted the film to look and how it would gel with the influences, references and themes, Wan ping suggested adding the scene of the sisters when they were little girls. Initially I was quite hesitant at first because it isn't easy to film three young girls, but as I thought about it more, it felt so much like a scene that should be there. 

Also, I must add that there was an incident that stood out during the filming. It made me realise that I had a wonderful cast and they were perfectly selected. During the filming of the climatic taxi scene, I realised that "wow, we just shot something amazing". The taxi scene, was an emotional scene. It is quite a roller coaster. It started out angry, then funny, then becoming more melancholic. The actress playing the youngest sister reacted to one line, "One day, you'll find someone who'll treasure you ...". At this moment, she started tearing and I was totally caught off guard because it was not part of the script. It was a wonderful moment that made all of us working on the film realised that we were working on something that could really touch people.  

by Richard Chai
Writer, Photographer and Videographer
Website: My-Right-Eye-is-a-Viewfinder.com