From the 21st of November until the end of the year, the streets of my city are lit with magic and festivity. This 3rd edition of The Lausanne Festival Of Light features ten artists from Switzerland, France, Germany and Finland who work with light, bringing it to life by means of projections, sculptures or clever staged productions.
Here are some of my favourite.
– Steve Bonny “5R”, under the Arches of the Grand-Pont.
The 5 letters R stand for Renoncez, Réparez, Réutilisez, Réfléchissez, Recyclez (give up, repair, reuse, think and recycle in english)
The blue neon lights come from a previous installation of 2013.
– Bernd Spiecker “Please have a seat”, St-François + passerelle du Flon
Benches are made to seat, relax and are conducive to conversation. The idea is to stimulate the interaction between people by means of lights, colors and art!
Bernd Spiecker has a vision to let 100 lightbenches wander around the world and to install them at famous places, like the Chinese wall, the Central Park, the Gorky Park or the Mont Blanc, so that people from every nation, religion and culture can have a seat and get the opportunity to communicate with each other.
– Jan Ising and Bartosz Navarra “Faces of Lausanne”, rue Centrale
According to the artists, it is not one person who represents the face of the city, but many people. The diversity of the inhabitants of a city and the variation in architecture and urbanism, determines the identity of a place. Faces is an interactive project always developing itself. Started in 2011, this 3-dimensional projection has travelled in many other cities and will one day wear the title “Faces of the World”.
With Christmas just round the corner, it is a perfect time to wander in a shimmery Lausanne. Enjoy and merry Xmas to all!!!
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