THE LIGHT SHOW 2009
Light Sculpture Exhibition
Thu 16 Apr to Sun 3 May, 11am to 7pm
Presented by Rogue Art & The Annexe Gallery
Admission Free

The Light Show 2009 presents an assortment of lights and light installations made from recycled/found objects to humour, cajole and inspire. Exhibitors include Bernard Chauly, Carolyn Lau, Fabian Tan, Farah Azizan, Jazmi Izwan Jamal, Lisa Foo, Loh Kok Man, Mah Su Sim, and Richard Lau.

Inspired and motivated by their respective interests and disciplines, the participants of TLS09 are bound by the commitment to be “greener” and kinder to our environment. And who says green can’t be beautiful? From PET bottles to milk cartons, plastic shopping bags to drinking straws, phased out incandescent light bulbs to old-skool cola bottles, these everyday materials have been rescued, re-used and re-imagined as light sculptures inspired by marine life-forms, whimsical one-off items, useful objects and many more.

The Light Show 2009 was made possible with support from the Krishen Jit-ASTRO Fund. With thanks to Galeri Tenaga, GDP Architects, and Balai Seni Lukis Negara.


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You are cordially invited to



THE LIGHT SHOW 2009 EXHIBITION OPENING
Thu 16 Apr, 8pm
Admission Free

The exhibition opening will be celebrated by SEVEN SKINS: A Dance Performance by Aida Redza & Friends.

SEVEN SKINS
Choreographed by Aida Redza
Performed by Aida Redza, Anne James, Foo Chi Wei, Hailizan Mahmoon, Shafirul Azmi Suhaimi, Suhaili Micheline Ahmad Kamil and Sukarji Sriman
Music by Hardesh Singh
Costumes by Carolyn Lau and Lisa Foo
Stage Managed by June Tan
Videography by Nazim Esa

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THE LIGHT SHOW WORKSHOPS

Learn how to make your own light installations! Both workshops will demonstrate methods used to work with specific materials. Participants will make one lampshade to take home.

Workshop 1 - Working with PET bottles:  Lisa Foo and Mah Su Sim
Sat 25 Apr, 2.30pm to 4pm

Workshop 2 - Fusing Plastic Bags: Carolyn Lau and Richard Lau
Sat 2 May, 2.30pm to 4pm

Fees RM15 per workshop.

BYO tools and recycled materials:
Workshop 1: 10 large 1.5litre/15-20 small plastic drinks bottles, cutting blade, needles.
Workshop 2: 15-20 assorted plastic shopping bags, an iron, cutting blade

Limited to 15 participants per workshop. Payment is required to secure a place!

For bookings, call Carolyn 012-3902446 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or check out Facebook group TLS09 for more info.

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ARTISTS’ STATEMENT by Carolyn Lau

The seeds for The Light Show 09 (TLS09) were sown about a year ago whilst www-surfing, ogling amazing light creations made from found objects and recycled material by people from all corners of the world. From thinking ‘We Need Some Of That’, to ‘We Can Do That’, we became inspired to walk our talk and mount our own light show. Serendipity at play that the word ‘light/to light’ carries positive connotations everyone could use.

Some of us were already making lights out of discards so finding like-minded people to join us was difficult only when it came to limiting the number of participants. It quickly became clear that we had two (traditionally) disparate design disciplines on board: object/spatially-driven architects and emotive/experiential/ephemeral-driven theatre-lighting designers. Add one interactive multimedia artist, and one artist who instinctively uses found objects as his preferred medium and TLS09rs make for an interesting mix.

Finding material to work with was easy. People throw away so much. Coupled with energy efficient lamps, the green label sits comfortably on some of what we have created for this show. Regardless, we hope to enable others to find aesthetic value in all things discarded and to expand perceptions of lighting and of found material.

Any interaction between different disciplines is rewarding, and particularly so the Performing Arts with Design. A dance response to the end results of our lights/installations, choreographed by Aida Redza and performed by dancers with passion, to music by Hardesh Singh is the absolute icing on the cake for us.

If we earn a few brownie points along the way promoting the mantra Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, all well and good. If TLS09 manages to inspire future light/found object shows then we would have achieved our quiet goal of contributing creatively towards Malaysian Design.

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THE LIGHT SHOW @ GALERI TENAGA

Please note that The Light Show will continue from 7 to 23 May at Galeri Tenaga, Ground Floor, Wisma TNB, 19 Jalan Timur, Petaling Jaya. Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 5PM; Sat 10am to 2pm. For more information about Galeri Tenaga, call 03-22966364 / 03-22966682 / 03-22966847 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please visit http://www.tnb.com.my

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ARTIST BIOS
Coming soon!