SPOTLIGHT / ITALY : FRANCE : ENGLAND 031
LYON, FRANCE
Taking place each year on 8 December,
the origins of the festival date back over
150 years to 1852 when a statue of the
Virgin Mary on Fourviere Hill was to be
inaugurated. The event had been postponed
several times and nearly didn’t happen
because a ferocious storm broke over the
city. But it passed quickly and the people
of Lyon spontaneously lit their homes with
candles and came out into the streets to
celebrate, and the Festival of Lights was
born. The people of Lyon continue this
visually spectacular tradition to this day.
The modern festival is now a four-day event
where contemporary light installations
illuminate the city attracting thousands
of visitors. As well as a time to celebrate,
the festival also acts as a forum for
communication with other cities in France
and around the world where the issue of
light in urban planning and town dwelling is
discussed.
www.lumieres.lyon.fr
Left Les Orpailleurs de lumière - Jean-Luc Hervé
/ Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Fourvière is the
emblematic hill of Lyon. A luminous path (produced
by the Public Lighting Department – Design Office
– City of Lyon) guided visitors on a discovery of the
particularities and treasures of this special place up
to the Notre-Dame
Below Simon Corder / Winter Garden. An exotic
garden of light used fluorescent tubes to reach from
beneath the bridge arch to hang high above from a
towering mature tree
Pic: © Matthew Andrews
DURHAM, ENGLAND
At least 75,000 people thronged the city’s
streets during Lumiere, filling the city’s
restaurants and cafes, trains and
buses and every available parking space.
Staged as part of Durham’s bid for UK
capital of culture in 2013, Lumiere
is the largest festival of its kind to take
place in the UK, and included no less than
seven new commissions and more
than 50 UK and international artists.
Producers of the festival, Artichoke
announced that Lumiere
would become a biennial event in Durham,
after at the spectacular success of the
festival which took place over four
consecutive nights, 12th – 15th November.
www.lumieredurham.co.uk
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