Of February 3 to 5 one of the most interesting winter cultural events in Barcelona returns: the festival BCN lightwhere the streets, squares and other public spaces of the neighborhood of New town are invaded by avant-garde lighting installations.
This year, finally without restrictions, there will be 13 installations by Spanish artists and from other countries, who will dialogue with 15 stagings from universities and art and design academies.
Last year 110,000 people walked through the streets, and the organizers hope to exceed this number – weather permitting.
art and reflection
The idea of this festival goes beyond exhibiting sculptures, installations and compositions using light as the raw material for the creations.
It is about art being a channel for reflection of various current problems, such as climate change and the energy crisis; For this reason, the facilities have to be “energy self-sufficient”, they specify in the organization.
The Korean collective Kimchi and Chips will create a gigantic moon that will be floating over the Central Park of Poblenou
Among the outstanding works are Another Moonfrom the Korean collective Kimchi and Chipswhere an artificial moon will float in the Poblenou Central Park and will be illuminated by solar-powered lasers.
there is also We Harvest Windan interactive kinetic sculpture powered by the force of the wind, created by the Dutch Thyis Biersteker.
Other outstanding works
To discover the invisible world hidden in the atmosphere, you can visit the installation Atmospheric Lighthousea real-time visualization that will convert the Glories Tower in a gigantic weather vane.
Very close, at the headquarters of the Design Museum (DHUB), Abel Korinsky y Orhan ‘Aib’ Kavrakoglu present Call Outa matrix of light that follows the trail of the satellites that will be crossing the sky of Barcelona at those moments.
To take into account the reactive sculpture Anima from the designer Nick mindthe kinetic intervention of the French Collective Coin on the Universitat Pompeu Fabra campus and the new configuration of the ‘lantern’ (a large cube of light) at the entrance of the Auditori made by Playmodes.
Nor can you stop seeing the project Liberty and Light of the british Chila Kumari Singh Burmanwhich will cover the foundation building Can Framis with neon sculptures built together with social organizations from Raval.
Neither are the immersive inflatables of Architects of Air and urban art in a monumental key from Madrid SpY.
This edition of Llum BCN will honor Vera Molnar, one of the pioneers in creating art with computers
Tribute to a pioneer of digital art
Each edition of BCN light pay tribute to key figures in design, architecture or art. This time the protagonist will be the Hungarian Vera Molnarone of the pioneers of art made with computers, who at the age of 98 participated in the last Venice Biennale.
Two works will highlight his life and work: one is a large format public projection created by the French Joanie Lemercierand another is a display of lights and laser beams conceived by both artists.
