Major trans-national partnership announced!
08 August 2011
As part of Lumiere 2011 this November, we are proud to be working in an international collaboration, Lux Scientia: A European Constellation, between three European light festivals: Skyway (Torun, Poland), Valgusfestival (Tallinn, Estonia) and Lumiere (Durham, UK).
Lux Scientia aims to celebrate the beauty that comes from light, darkness, science and art. It explores how these things are articulated, expressed and interpreted differently in a trans-national European context.
Three highly innovative, successful light festivals in UK, Poland and Estonia will play host to three commissioned pieces, each exploring the scientific and aesthetic aspects of light. Three incredible artists, highly distinguished in their field, Simeon Nelson (UK), Dominik Lejman (Poland) and Leonardo Meigas (Estonia), will create the installations, which will be developed with the three cities in mind, and rebuilt within site-specific contexts at each festival.
Lux Scientia will build on the already positive economic impact of each festival with the aim of building a sustainable outline for future European collaborations. The collaboration will seek to create curiosity in scientific and cultural dialogues as the festivals will partner with academic institutions to develop a symposium at each festival. Each symposium will bring together the public, scientists, cultural experts and artists. The academic approach to stunning, vibrant light festivals aims to deepen the grand spectacle, contributing towards long-term sustainability of the project by giving it an educational foundation. The co-organisations all strive to delight and inspire through the spectacle of light; Lux Scientia will bring together three passionate curators who have a wealth of expertise in developing and investing in long-term European collaborations.
You read more by visiting the Lux Scientia website.
