A light festival for a medieval city

 UK

Based in London, United Visual Arts (UVA) was founded in 2003 by Matthew Clark, Chris Bird and Ash Nehru. Based in London, their practice combines a wide range of disciplines including sculpture, installation, live performance, and architecture. The studio has an open approach to collaboration, uniting diverse skills to continuously evolve new technologies and materials, which in turn suggest new artistic directions. They have produced work for Royal Academy of Arts, Victoria & Albert Museum, Manchester International Festival, the Barbican and YCAM Japan and their work has been exhibited around the world including in Barcelona, Beijing, New York, Taipei and Tokyo. UVA were awarded a distinction for Chorus at the 2010 edition of Prix Arts Electronica.

uva.co.uk

UK

Mira Calix is an award-winning artist, composer and performer based in the UK. Music and sound have always been at the center of her practice, which she continues to integrate with visual media and technological innovation to create mufti-disciplinary installations and performance works. She has been commissioned by many leading international cultural institutions, festivals and ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Performa, National Portrait Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Manchester International Festival and The Mayor Of London.

miracalix.com

UK

Amelia Kosminsky is a visual artist focusing in video design, light sculpture and photography. She studied photography at London College of Communications and Video Design for Live Performance at Guildhall School.

Prior to Guildhall, Amelia worked on Lumiere Durham, Lumiere London and One & Other for Antony Gormely. Whilst at Guildhall, she worked on Waddesdon Imaginarium as the assistant designer, collaboratively on Light Odyssey for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Lightpool and as a solo designer on Hungariana for Gerard McBurney and the Barbican. Subsequently, Amelia has been the video designer for a concert for Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gerard McBurney and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in September 2019 and has a light sculpture that premiered at Lumiere Durham 2019. This piece Celestial Brainstorm was shortlisted for the Unlimited Commission for the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate in 2018.

https://www.ameliakosminsky.co.uk/

France

 Founded in 1994 by artistic director Jean-Baptiste Duperray, Compagnie Des Quidams has performed around the world in over forty countries, from Europe to Australia, Asia and South America. Bringing together twenty artists and technicians from theatre, dance, music and circus, the company is based in Etrez, France. They create lavish street performances that borrow from circus techniques, blending humour, visual spectacle and acrobatics.

http://www.quidams.com

UK

London-Based graphic studio, FIELD.io create expressive and dynamic artworks for digital platforms: audio-visual installations, experiences for web and mobile, and shareable digital artefacts. They explore colour, life, and infinity through new technology and a research-led approach – hi-tech experiences with a human touch. They have created work for galleries, festivals, and public installations in Europe, the US and Asia. The studio, led by co-founders Marcus Wendt and Vera-Maria Glahn delivers branded art for a global audience, and generative systems for intelligent design solutions.

Another installation by FIELD.io, Spectra-3 Lux, was part of Lumiere London 2016.

field.io

France

La Salamandre create street performances using fire. Their pieces remind the audience of ancient rites and wild parties. They have performed in Athens, Dubai, Lisbon, Milan, Munich and throughout France.

la-salamandre.com

 France / UK 

Ron Haselden is an international artist working with light, electronics, sound, film and other materials. He lives and works in London and in Plouër-sur-Rance, France. Haselden was already know in the North of England before Lumiere for his permanent works in Sunderland, Middelsborough and Newcastle. His work ranges in scale from minute photographs to huge performance pieces.

Other installations by Ron Haselden for Lumiere include Eschelle (Lumiere Durham 2009), Fête (Lumiere Durham 2013 and Lumiere Derry-Londonderry 2013), Brothers and Sisters (Lumiere Durham 2011 and Lumiere London 2016) and Diver (Lumiere London 2016).

http://lightsculpture.pagesperso-orange.fr

UK 

Speirs + Major is a UK lighting design practice originally founded by Jonathan Speirs (1958-2012) and Mark Major in 1993. Both credited with helping to raise awareness of the profession in the UK, the company has lit numerous well-known buildings including Heathrow Terminal 5, 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin), the Millennium Dome and St Paul’s Cathedral.

This piece was created by Mark Major, Clementine Rodgers, Christopher Beasley and Lee Sweetman.

speirsandmajor.com

UK

 Creatmosphere is a London-based cross-genre artistic studio that focuses on the exploration of light and its interplay with art, architecture and space. The work encompasses all aspects of light art, including permanent installations, temporary interventions, interactive projects and bespoke fabrications. All projects share the goal of positively transforming the spaces they investigate.

Whether the aim is to entertain, inform, communicate, guide or even to simply encourage play,their work revolves entirely around the people who use the spaces they work on, and how their experiences can be enhanced through the use of light and technology.

Their projects aim to utilise technology in as progressive and environmentally friendly method as possible. Better light, less power.

creatmosphere.com

 UK

Filament create work with light and moving imagery, using innovative technology in new and exciting ways. The company was made up of Steve Holmes, an AV artist working on large scale events; Neil Coleback, a lighting designer with experience of music, circus and theatre; and Dan Adams, who works as a technical designer for cultural events and art installations. Each shared a desire to create fun and exciting visual environments.

UK

Power Plant has received critical acclaim at major festivals around the world including Sydney Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008.

Simon Chatterton (Producer)

Barbra Egervary (Production Manager)

Nick Beard, Liam Walsh, Nick Sales, Pippa Taylor, Livvy Fink, Harriet Fink, Steve Shiel, Jason Ryal (Production Team)

Graham Calvert (Electronics)

Ben Ponton (Additional performers)

powerplant.org.uk

UK

Ross Ashton is an internationally renowned projection artist, specialising in projecting images onto buildings so that the image seems to become part of the architecture. He has created work for the FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony in South Africa, Buckingham Palace and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

rossashton.com 

UK

Robert Ziegler has conducted repertoire ranging from Mozart to Messiaen with most of the major British orchestras, including the LSO, LPO, and RPO, as well as the BBC Symphony, Concert and Scottish Symphony Orchestras. He has given two Proms with his own Matrix Ensemble, and conducted the Adelaide, New Zealand and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. He conducted the scores for films including There Will be Blood, Norwegian Wood, and Sense and Sensibility. He has received a British RTS Award and a Rose d’Or de Montreux for his work for BBC television and radio.

robertziegler.co.uk

John began his career in sound in London’s West End working on productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Billy Liar and Jeeves. He designed the sound for the original Rocky Horror Show and has worked at The Royal Court Theatre, The Royal Exchange Manchester.

John has been Sound Designer for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for the past 20 years. After working on the Zoria Military Tattoo on Red Square, John was awarded the Kremlin Zoria Gold Plate. He has worked for Royal Families in the UK and abroad including Jordan and Saudi Arabia. His recent work has included working with Pimlico Opera in various prisons around the country with shows such as Les Miserables, West Side Story, and Some Like It Hot. 

John previously worked with Artichoke on Hilary Westlake’s Dining with Alice and Crown of Light for Lumiere Durham in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2015 he worked on a new projection for the Cathedral, The World Machine. He is currently the sound consultant for Imagination whose major clients include BT, Canon, Rolls-Royce, Ford, and Lincoln. Currently, John is working on a project with Orlando Gough for Messums Wiltshire.

South Korea

 Strasbourg-based, French-Korean artist Tae gon KIM creates large-scale artworks based on items of clothing. He uses fibre-optics and LED lights to create sculptures that appear big enough to be worn by one or more people. His work has been exhibited in numerous cities across the world.