2019 Bucharest Light Festival

2019 Bucharest light festival - SPOTLIGHT

The artistic director of this year’s edition was Jean-François Zurawik, the director and producer of Fête des Lumières – Lyon.

“The theme of this edition – EuropeLights – celebrates the role Romania is playing in Europe throughout this period by capturing a series of relevant European identity characteristics translated into light installations created by local and international artists,” reads a press release.

In this context, Spotlight has launched a call for projects intended for young, emerging artists, architects, and designers, with the theme “Digital Europe. The Europe of the Future.” The organizers invite participants to propose interactive artistic light-based installations that explore at least one of the following aspects: “What Will Europe Look Like in the Future?,” “How Does One Translate Europe into the Digital Language ?,” “Analogue versus Digital – Yesterday’s and Today’s Europe.”

 

SPOTLIGHT – Festivalul Internațional al Luminii, București este cel mai mare festival din România dedicat luminii și tehnologiilor bazate pe lumină, care include anual o serie de instalații de lumină, proiecții video, proiecte de iluminat arhitectural sau instalații artistice interactive ale artiștilor locali și internaționali. Evenimentul a fost organizat de Primăria Municipiului București prin ARCUB în perioada 18-21 aprilie.
Ediția 2019 a festivalului marchează două evenimente majore ale anului:  
Președinția României la Consiliul Uniunii Europene
  și 
deschiderea Sezonului România-Franța la București, care se vor reflecta în tema ediției, intitulată: EuropeLights. Directorul artistic și curatorul celei de-a cincea ediții a festivalului de la București este directorul și producătorul Fête des Lumières – Lyon, Jean-François Zurawik.
 

Spotlight - International festival of lights Bucharest 2017 Discoballs by 360 Revolution

Being one of the attractions of the first Spotlight edition,Discoballs returns to transform Victoriei Avenue into a background for party The light spots projected onto the buildings in the area are combined with live music played by a DJ professional dancers and the passers willing to join the street party Discoballs returns in 2017 to transform Victoriei Avenue into a background for party. The light spots projected onto the buildings in the area are combined with live music played by a DJ, professional dancers and the passers willing to join the street party.

Author: 360 Revolution

Locație: Calea Victoriei, vizavi de Magazinul Muzica

Una dintre atracțiile primei ediții Spotlight, Discoballs, revine în 2017 pentru a  transforma Calea Victoriei în decor de petrecere. Spoturile luminoase proiectate pe clădirile din zonă merg cel mai bine cu muzică mixată live de un DJ și flashmob-uri organizate de dansatori profesioniști și animate de trecătorii care vor să li se alăture.

Tom Brânduș / SylenzMedia Spotlight Festival

Following Rainbow Street,,en,the huge rainbow that illuminated the emblematic architecture of the CEC Palace for its first two editions,,en,Spotlight brings homage to this historical monument of Bucharest with an architectural multimedia installation created by musician and visual artist Tom Brânduș,,en,One of the architectural symbols of the Capital, CEC Palace is shown in a different light through the seven laser projectors that create 3D rays effect,,en,while the LED lights are adapted to the features of the building,,en,in concordance with the rhythm of the music and laser show,,en, the huge rainbow that illuminated the emblematic architecture of the CEC Palace for its first two editions, in 2017 Spotlight brings homage to this historical monument of Bucharest with an architectural multimedia installation created by musician and visual artist Tom Brânduș. One of the architectural symbols of the Capital, CEC Palace is shown in a different light through the seven laser projectors that create 3D rays effect, while the LED lights are adapted to the features of the building, in concordance with the rhythm of the music and laser show.

Tom Brânduș - Multimedia artist, both musician and visual artist, he got his Master's degree at the National University of Music in Bucharest in 2001, and later specialized in Music Production and Multumedia at Berklee College of Music in Boston and New York University. In 2003 he started the Music Technology Program at the National University of Music in Bucharest and taught several courses here. He has composed music and produced video for theater, concerts and other events. As a live performer (a.k.a. Vj Tom) he has played music electronics and made live visuals on various club stages in Romania and abroad, as part of several musical projects. Since 2006 he is a member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania. Founder of Sylenz Media in 2004.

Symmetry - Maxin10sity Spotlight Festival

Art Installations,

Lighting and Architectural Projections

 

SYMMETRY (HU)

The Royal Palace of Bucharest were hosting a stunning shape and colors interplay created by Maxin10sity, the Hungarian projection mapping specialist. From Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, to Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the award winning studio brings Symmetry to Bucharest, a video mapping combining innovating modern technology effects and visual power with music. 

Symmetry (HU)

Autor: Maxin10sity

Localizare: Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României

Vizibilă pe fațada Palatului Regal, proiecția realizată de Maxin10sity aduce în fața publicului Spotlight un joc fascinant de forme și culori. Proiectul de video mapping a pornit de la ideea că simetria face parte din viața fiecăruia dintre noi. Symmetry combină efectele inovatoare și pline de dinamism cu elementele de arhitectură ale clădirii și cu fundalul sonor adecvat.

Spotlight Festival - Art Installations

What if the entire facade of the Novotel Hotel turns into an optical illusion? Let yourself amazed by the grace of the simple, repetitive graphic elements that manage to change the perception of the building’ shape. This interactive video mapping allows the participants to express their creativity in real time. Using two midi controllers, one can produce and modify the visual images projected on the facade of the building, as well as change the colours, the shapes and also create audio effects and make diverse elements move.
Author: Les Ateliers Nomad (RO)

Five brightly lit angels descended on the streets of Bucharest. Each of them is unique, with their wings in ever-changing colours, the Angels of Freedom allure passengers to approach them, choose their favourite and become part of the show while stepping in the place of a fantastic creature. Ready steady selfie!

Author: OGE Creative Group

Designed initially for a university project, this 60 meters long Dutch installation is a challenge for the senses. Step into a world of ever changing colours, where patterns screened on the floor completely redefine the surrounding space.

Author: Intelligent Lighting Institute of the TU Eindhoven

Watch out for the 12 meters inflatable giant. Made of bright light that shines in the night, this huge creature sets out to explore a new world. Designed to spread the message that our planet is a truly fantastic wonderland, the installation takes after the 1973 science fiction movie with the same title. Whoever visits the Fantastic Planet is transported into a wild universe, populated with numerous giants and a few humans. Don’t let the size of the creatures keep you away, let curiosity prevail and you won’t regret it!
Author: Amanda Parer

We, the humans, think of ourselves as the most powerful creatures roaming the face of Earth.
The HoloFace tries to challenge this feeling of self-importance and lets you control the face of a god of light. Huge in size and presence.
From this change of perspective one should become aware that the way we relate with the smaller, apparently less important things around us, is the way the higher things relate to us.

Artist: Aural Eye  

A 13 meters wide urban mirage. While the light sculpture gradually displays all its details. Pe măsură ce ansamblul își dezvăluie toate detaliile, atenția trecătorilor este provocată să observe noi perspective. Privește cât mai mult instalația, pentru a experimenta efectul relaxant al unei stări de spirit cu adevărat speciale.

Author: Ralf Westerhof 

Hikarinoki is the tree made out entirely of green recyclable materials that contracts anyone around with a good mood. The installation made its debut at Lyon Light Festival in 2009 and is famous for transforming its surroundings with bright lights. A symbol of life, Hikarinoki is the link between earth and sky, a place where different worlds meet. The friendly lightning tree works as a great attraction and meeting point, a place where passengers stop and get intoxicated with smiles.

Author: Philippe Morvan 

Care for a moving planetarium? Experiment the immensity and complexity of the universe with this translucent screening of the sky with all the moving celestial objects and constellations.
Author: 360 Revolution

Multicolored pinguins take over the city and amuse the passengers. This entertaining army of light figurines is placed around complex steel structures. Out of all the penguins with their everchanging colors, Fynn and Dana are the most talkative. Find The Penguin Army and pay attention to what they are communicating!
Author: Jörn Hanitzsch 

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