IN GOOD LIGHT

The Straits Times follows artists who are busy setting up their installations for the i Light Singapore festival.

- Shintaro Tay

From a distance, it looks like a huge, colourful rock.

But look closer, and you will find moving silhouettes inside it.

It is time for the i Light Singapore festival, and the crew are busy setting up an artwork named Iwagumi Air Scape at The Promontory @ Marina Bay.

The piece, inspired by the Japanese art of Iwagumi, which means underwater gardening, is one of 17 artworks by 25 local and international artists. The festival organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority showcases light art installations.

In the energy-sapping humidity, Nimrod Weis, an interactive artist from Australia, and his men were hard at work to ensure that the artwork met the high standards expected of a festival of this magnitude.

Weis is the founder of art and technology company Eness, which is behind Iwagumi Air Scape. He said: "It is really hard to work in such humid, hot and wet conditions.