LUCI "Rencontres de la Lumiere" conference

9 December 2011

"Lighting and bringing the city to life with the inhabitants"

Morning session: 9h00-12h30

Opening by Jean-Michel Daclin, Deputy Mayor, City of Lyon, and Councillor Alex Glass, Business Manager, Glasgow City Council

Moderator: Jean-Michel Deleuil, University Professor, INSA Lyon

The "Lika Olika" project – Gothenburg (Sweden)
Kajsa Sperling, Architect and Lighting Designer, White Architects

Kajsa will present the lighting project for Biskopsgården, a suburb of Gothenburg. The objective of the “Lika Olika” lighting project was to explore how to plan and change environments to overcome women’s feelings of insecurity in public spaces. The lighting project was one of the first major improvements of the outdoor environments in Biskopsgården and, most importantly, also had a participatory approach in which the local residents had a significant role.

The exploratory walks: a collective experience
Isabelle Corten, Lighting Designer, Radiance 35

Through her work on the lighting master plans of Brussels, Mulhouse and Lausanne, Isabelle has sought to discover the heart of urban practices. In order to nourish her reflection, she has privileged techniques that take her closer to people, such as exploratory night walks. These walks are the opportunity to meet the inhabitants, understand what they feel, and share a unique collective moment.

Lighting and community involvement: experiences from Glasgow (UK)
Liz Davidson, Principal City Design, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council
Sam Cassels, Design Advisor for Schools and Education Projects, Architecture and Design Scotland
The presentation will focus on the Shawlands Gate Lighting Project and address how lighting can revitalize urban spaces and how it can be used to raise awareness on environmental issues. The project is part of a wider initiative to revitalise the centre of the Shawlands area of Glasgow. It involves an imaginative lighting scheme for the main elevation of Shawlands Academy that is being developed by Light Collective following an intensive series of workshops organised by Architecture and Design Scotland with school pupils and community representatives.

Lunch

Afternoon session: 14h30-17h30

Moderator: Jean-François Zurawik, Director of Events, City of Lyon

Citizen lighting workshops: the Mermoz district project – Lyon (France)
Xavier Lucas, Cultural Cooperation Mission, City of Lyon
Lucas Goy, Lighting Designer, Les Eclaireurs

The inhabitants of the Mermoz district were invited to participate in a lighting project for their neighbourhood as part of the Lyon Light Festival 2011. Following the organisation of various thematic workshops with the inhabitants, their impressions and comments have been incorporated in the realization of the project and might be taken into account in the neighbourhood’s permanent lighting scheme.

"Beauty lights us with immensity": presentation of the future outdoor International Image Museum in Librino, Catane (Italy)
Antonio Presti and Gianfranco Molino, Antonio Presti Foundation
Cristina Bertelli, "Les périphériques vous parlent" magazine

Sicilian artist and patron Antonio Presti has led countless innovative projects, placing the population at the heart of his approach, through collective initiatives with the participation of internationally renowned artists. The magazine “Les périphériques vous parlent” also promotes creativity as a factor in social transformation.

Wake up everybody!
Jöran Linder and Erik Olsson, Lighting Designers, Olsson & Linder

For Erik and Jöran, you can’t solve all social problems with lighting design, but you can make a difference. For them, lighting design is a means to reach out to people in vulnerable and rundown neighbourhoods. Such community participation can launch a process which could ultimately lead to change.