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Hello, I'm a tourist
All the Right Wrong Places
Lights on Romania elegantly demonstrates the meaning of venue for an artwork. Closer to You by Teodor Buruiană was not in a living room, which is great.One of the things I have changed my...Hello, I'm a tourist
The Black Paint of Light Art
Svetlobna gverila festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a gloriously spectacle-free light art festival. No additional wow effects added, no retinas harmed. I visited the 2022 edition and in my...Hello, I'm a tourist
Lots of Light Art and One Difficult Question
Nobel Week Lights is a light art festival scattered around Stockholm with a curatorial base in connection to Nobel prizes. It’s organised around...Hello, I'm a tourist
Dada Pipes and Duct Tape
I visited Water Light Festival in Bressanone one year ago. To commemorate that happy visit and to celebrate the following edition starting today, I'll share my experiences with a minor...Hello, I'm a tourist
Don’t worry, it’s just art
There are not too many light art festivals that I have an urge to visit again, but Arvika Ljus! is definitely one of them. Let me tell you why.Ainu Palmu's Dove, Hope is about light, shadow...Hello, I'm a tourist
No Complaints about the Elephant´s Ass
Essen Light Festival leans on projections and led-lights’ limitless colour scheme.Essen Light Festival is what I’d call a shopping street festival....Hello, I'm a tourist
Loud and Quiet in Łódź
The major attraction of Light.Move.Festival is a series of projection mappings, but some light art works are on display, as well as music and other projects. So there's a lot to see and...Hello, I'm a tourist
Panta Rhei Meanders Through Space
It is quite logical that a waterworks/energy company, having its anniversary, would arrange an art exhibition, concentrating on light as a material...Hello, I'm a tourist
Breathing the space
The Light & Space exhibition in Copenhagen Contemporary (3.12.21 – 4.9.22) was an ambitious and comprehensive overview on the style, providing maybe a little bit more than needed.A part of Helen Pashgian's Untitled...Hello, I'm a tourist
F-light: Hooray for History
A friend of mine once said that Florence is so full of old art that it really isn’t motivated to find contemporary approaches. Judging by the F-light festival, that is true. Most of the...Hello, I'm a tourist
Candles in a Plastic Garden and Easy Exits in Lyon
Fête des Lumières in Lyon is the grand old lady of the light art festivals. It has a pedigree ever since the 17th century and is still one of the...Hello, I'm a tourist
Light Art about Lausanne
At Lausanne Lumières, it's all about the city.For a couple of years, Lausanne Lumières festival has included mainly façade projections in its programme, which practically makes it more of a...Hello, I'm a tourist
From dusk till almost dark in Amsterdam Light...
Is darkness really needed?The tenth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival was defined by Covid restrictions, to the brink of madness. At least during...Hello, I'm a tourist
Light Art by Yards in Lumiere Durham
Durham is a city straight out of a nostalgic TV series. Tiny brick houses gather around the towering cathedral, out of proportions for a village this...Hello, I'm a tourist
LUX: New Wave of Contemporary Art
There's not a lot of LUX in the exhibition, but a new wave of transitions, mirrors and technical details.LUX: New Wave of Contemporary Art at 180...Hello, I'm a tourist
Locals on the spot (light)
Ghent Light Festival 2021 showed a glimpse of the life of the Ghentians. And a spaceship.Don't call the fire brigade, it's just art.The big fire that never happened by Michael...Hello, I'm a tourist
Rhymes with WOW
GLOW Eindhoven is one of the biggest light art festivals in Europe, reaching its 15th edition this year. There was something old, something new, a lot of recycled and something cold flickering blue.Lights! Colour!...Hello, I'm a tourist
Drop the Light Art!
Projio in Tampere is an interesting media art festival, that would do just fine without the light art appendixI loved the compactness of the Projio festival. Just one building and six artists! Well, the VJ competition...Hello, I'm a tourist
Aaltoja! Light and Sound in Kotka: A Good Sta...
Kotka has joined the cities with a very own light and sound festival, Aaltoja! (Waves! In English) 13.–16.10.2021. There was some sound all right,...Hello, I'm a tourist
Helsinki Public Art, the Nonconventional Edition
Helsinki has its share of huge metal lumps, in boring shapes of important middle age white men from the days past. Luckily, there is another kind of...Hello, I'm a tourist
Trajectum Lumen: Orienteering by Light Art
Trajectum is the ancient Roman name of Utrecht, and Lumen is the unit of luminous flux. And a metabolism hacking device. And a Russian rock band. So...Hello, I'm a tourist
Amsterdam Light Festival: White Crispy Lines ...
As mentioned previously, there are more than 70 recurring light art festivals in Europe. Seen through my own and social media’s eyes, they are...Hello, I'm a tourist
Light Art Festivals in Europe (and close)
I have the busiest weeks of my whole year going on, so of course I spend my time composing a map just for the fun of it. And because I absolutely...Hello, I'm a tourist
Blinded by the Light Art of Venice
Too much art is certainly a first world problem, but it does get real when you're in Venice during the Biennale. In order to survive the emotionally...Hello, I'm a tourist
Blinded by the Light Art of Venice: Other Nat...
These days, a lot of interesting Venice Biennale stuff is to be found outside the official exhibition. Here are some interesting examples, light...Hello, I'm a tourist
Blinded by the Light Art of Venice: Other Exh...
Besides the official Venice Biennale pavilions, there are loads of other high and low rank exhibitions to see as well. It's nice to see the old and...Hello, I'm a tourist
Flying Bricks and Twisting Towers: Projection...
You know projection mapping, the technique where video is projected on a (usually 3D, large) surface, often a facade of a building? Then the...Hello, I'm a tourist
