Bleached

2023
Interactive Installation
iLight Singapore
South Beach Tower

Bleached! recreates an ocean bed of seaweed and corals. With Singapore being such a metropolitan city, many Singaporeans are very detached from the environmental impact of their actions. Hover your hand over the sensors and watch as the “corals” turn white temporarily, mimicking coral bleaching in our oceans.

Corals made of recycled plastic containers & seaweed made from seaweed bioplastic are attached to a base and fitted with LED lights, forming a single reef structure. At rest, the lights are multicoloured, gently cycling through a rainbow myriad. Infrared (IR) sensors detect when someone is nearby, turning the lights inside the corals white and blue.