First-time participants Max Lab, a lighting design and technology company based in Singapore, will invite festival-goers to discover and rethink our perspective of lighting with Light Wave – a visual manifestation of wave energy transmission. Festival-goers are invited to move and twist the series of suspended light rods, to create waves of dynamic lighting that flow across the tranquil water surface of the Reflection Pool above Bras Basah MRT.

Also taking part in SNF for the first time, Singaporean accountant turned visual artist Teng Kai Wei invites festival goers from all walks of life to take The Leap of Faith, to explore and discover the world around them.

Located at Handy Road, outside The Cathay.

Art meets technology meets fashion as the festival partners with the World of WearableArt for the first time. The internationally renowned New Zealand-based design competition, whose alumni include the likes of Maria Tsopanaki and Dimitri Mavinis – designers for Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas and Jessie J – will display eight past competition creations that are in themselves a theatrical spectacle. Located at National Design Centre, Atrium.

Students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) will present a solar-system inspired installation titled Orbit by LiteWerkz X 3M for SNF 2018.

It promises a one-of-a-kind experience and #selfie opportunity that cannot be replicated as visitors trigger a unique sequence of light and reflection as they interact with the installation. Located at Dhoby Ghaut Green.

Familiar spaces around Bras Basah.Bugis precinct will also be transformed into delightful and unexpected experiences.

Festival-goers will get the opportunity to see the back alleys of Armenian Street through fresh eyes, as graffiti art and technology collide at Graffiti Alive.

Created by local architectural consultancy firm, Arup Singapore, the installation utilises motion sensors and lights to bring local street art to life and turn the Armenian Street alleyway into an intriguing night time streetscape.

Local collective Starlight Alchemy is no stranger to the Festival, and returns this year with their tallest interactive installation yet. Titled Ember Rain, the installation explores how great innovations often begin from a single spark or catalyst.

By pedalling on a bike which is part of the installation, festival-goers will be able to ignite a shower of sparkling embers that cascade down from a five-metre tall fire tower. Located at Cathay Green.

A Thousand Skies (at Raffles City) is a nomadic pavilion with an urban vision to provide local communities with a broad ownership of use, whichever city it pops up in.

The “heart” of the artwork marks out a public space that invites audiences to be viewers as much as be the “art” within the artwork — by becoming live presenters of their own artistic talent or creators of engaging activities.

Focusing on the philosophical concepts of language, Before The Word (located at Chijmes) comes alive through sound,evoking landscapes and moments of nature.

The lawn at the National Museum of Singapore transforms into a forest below the sea, revealing a world of uncharted wonders between the earth and sea. Explore the past and future of the oceans and unveil every corner of the underwater world, from the surface to the deep depths. Weave through glowing and harmonious installations bringing you from the Arctic Ocean to Coral Gardens, and into the mysteries of the Volcanic Sea.

Expressed as a single flowing ribbon, Hyperbands manifests the embodied energy of our fast-paced city through dynamic movements of light masses, in their multifarious states of manoeuvre. Located at LTA Walkway next to SMRT HQ.

The Search seeks to pay homage to this journey that everyone embarks upon, through the representation of a paper plane — a fond childhood plaything for many. Located at National Design Centre.

Splendour illustrates the beauty of light in the presence of darkness, with UV paint- coated acrylic strips suspended on steel wires glowing in the night, creating an ethereal landscape. Located at NAFA.

Text: AsiaOne