This weekend’s Singapore Formula One Grand Prix will see a more energy-efficient lighting system illuminating the 4.928km track.
LED lights have replaced the conventional metal-halide lights, which were in place since the night race debuted in 2008.
DZ Engineering SRL and Signify Singapore – two companies helping motorsport lighting go green – engaged 10 local artists to turn the old metal-halide lights into art for display at Art In The Night Race, The New Floodlights.
“The exhibition shows how a simple switch in the type of lighting can pave the way for the motorsport to move towards sustainability and a greener future,” said Signify Singapore country head and managing director Jitender Khurana.
Artists Anuska Sakar, Elena Lo Giudice, Jeyasree Chandrakumaran, Kumari Nahappan, Victoria Hertel, Yeo Ker Siang, Daniel Chong, Ashley Hi, Iman Sengupta and Chok Si Xuan transformed the discarded floodlights into works of art in their own distinctive style.
The exhibition, curated by Dino Zoli Foundation director Nadia Stefanel, who has worked on Singapore’s motorsport-related cultural events, celebrates the transformative power of creativity through illumination, transformation and symbolism.
V.K. Santosh Kumar
Art In The Night Race, The New Floodlights
When: Sept 13-19, 10am-8pm Where: The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429 Admission: Free
