LumiFest. First Ever Light Festival held in St. Petersburg
22 october 2015 lumifest lighting design mapping festival of light lighting show lighting installation
Channel 1 prepared a brief clip about LumiFest – a citywide light culture festival, which was first held in St. Petersburg on 8 and 9 October. The festival was organized by ITMO University’s Chair of Creative Light Design School for the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
Over two evenings, Alexander Park turned into a large-scale outdoor exhibition of illuminated installations developed by students at ITMO University. Also, during the festival, artistic groups performed, lighting workshops and lighting shows were held. The festival programme also included top professionals, architects, designers and experts participating in the Lighting Design 2015 conference. For example, Roger Narboni, legendary urbanist, participated in the discussions on how to develop urban spaces and the latest lighting and illuminating technology. Mr. Narboni has created lighting solutions for the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, Château de Chambord, Rion-Antirion Cable-Stayed Bridge in Greece, and the Grand Canal in Guangzhou, etc.
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