THE light festival at Marina Bay is morphing from a mere light art installation show to a "lifestyle" festival this year, with more community engagement. And it plans to go annual, instead of being a biennial affair.

In its fifth edition, i Light Marina Bay will attract children and families with its larger-than-life inflatables that resemble animals. The Art-Zoo, a giant play-garden, will bring the zoo concept into the city, says Jackson Tan, creator and creative director of local multi-disciplinary creative agency Black.

"It'll be interactive as all the 11 inflatables are like bouncy castles so people can bounce or walk or bump into them. But there is also the whale that the public walks into and a giraffe maze,"