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LEIPZIG FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 2024
35 years of Peaceful Revolution
To mark the 35th anniversary, the Leipzig Festival of Lights on 9 October 2024 (7 p.m. to midnight) will take place along the entire inner city ring road along the authentic demonstration route. More than 20 national and international teams of artists will take up the historic events artistically and bring them to life in public space: spectacular mappings, projections, music, performances and other interventions will inspire and move tens of thousands. The giant 89 – built entirely out of candles and traditionally filled with thousands of lights by visitors – will be located on Augustusplatz in the anniversary year, where the opening of the Festival of Lights will also take place.
Special treat: In the anniversary year, the five light projects number 1, 4, 5, 6 and 13 can be seen beyond the evening of the light festival until the weekend.
More about Festival of Lights XXL here in the program.
N°13 "PASSAGE" in memory of our friend Jean-Philippe CORLIN
Our collective designed a monumental light and sound installation especially for the Leipzig Light Festival 2024: an oversized door six metres long and 4.2 metres high, which symbolises the Wall and its opening at the same time. Passage consists of around 500 used, recycled lights that reflect as many of the experiences of those involved in 1989. The installation envelops visitors in a chromatic, visual and sonic aesthetic. The lamps were donated in advance by local residents, resulting in a wide variety of different lamp types, shapes and colours. In addition, 120 lamps with a Leipzig motif are being used at Passage. These are lamps with a sculptural relief, so-called lithophanes. The special feature: They are made from bioplastics using 3D printing by the Leipzig-based company Glashaus 3D GmbH. PLA polymers (lactic acid) are used for production, consisting of renewable, food-safe and recyclable raw materials. Although this makes the lamps biodegradable and compostable, they are far from being obsolete after the Leipzig Festival of Lights and will be sold and reused. No waste is produced during the manufacture of the lamps and 14 trees are planted to offset CO2 emissions. A soundtrack of archive sounds from October 9, 1989, sound effects and music completes the installation.
ARTISTS ADRIEN BERTRAND & MARION CHAUVIN / LIGHTING & PROGRAMMING DESIGN RICHARD FONTAINE / SOUNDTRACK & SOUND ENGINEERING
JÉRÉMIE FURNO / PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PATRICK SIMON
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