Video: Lux Helsinki - a light festival in the Finnish capital
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Light is one of the key concepts of all contemporary art, and light installations are one of its most popular forms. Therefore, it is not surprising that in many cities of the world they regularly hold Festivals of Light … Recently one of them took place in the capital of Finland, the city Helsinki.
Light installations are nothing new in Helsinki. There already exists a permanent work Silo 468 from the Lighting Design Collective in Madrid, which is an old oil tower equipped with interactive LED lighting.
And on January 4, the Lux Helsinki Festival of Light started in the Finnish capital, covering the entire central part of the city, many of its significant objects.
A total of twelve artists took part in the Lux Helsinki festival, whose light works have adorned twelve different objects in Helsinki for five evenings and nights, among which are the Central Railway Station, the Botanical Garden, the National Theater of Finland, the Cathedral on Senate Square and other familiar buildings. Finnish capital.
The Lux Helsinki Light Festival has been taking place in Helsinki for the past few winters. Indeed, at this time of year, nature cannot please people with bright colors, which has a very negative effect on their psychological well-being. It is this lack of positive visual impressions that the multi-colored light installations that have appeared within the framework of Lux Helsinki are designed to overcome.
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