Programme
All Lyon Light Festival Forum activities will take place in the Village Lumière at Palais de la Bourse/CCI – Place de la Bourse, Lyon 69002
Thursday 6 December
LUCI members & guests only
17:45 Welcome cocktail
Room Ampère
- Karine Dognin-Sauze, Vice President Innovation, Smart City Digital, Lyon Metropole / Deputy Mayor, International Affairs, City of Lyon
20:00 Visit of the Fête des Lumières
Join us for a tour through Lyon to discover some of the light installations of this year’s festival.
Friday 7 December
Open to the public, registration required
Essence of Light: New forms of creative lighting for cities
As more and more cities seek to be recognized as “Creative Cities”, artistic lighting and light festivals are a way to reveal their creative potential all the while engaging with their citizens. The Lyon Light Festival Forum 2018 will be the opportunity to continue exploring the use of permanent and temporary light for cities, focusing on strategies melding these two types of light to uncover new forms of creative lighting that are emerging throughout the world.
8:30 Registration and welcome coffee
Village Lumière – Palais de la Bourse/CCI
9:00 Welcome Remarks
- Yann Cucherat, Deputy Mayor in charge of Sports, Major Events, and Tourism, City of Lyon
- Kiewook Kwon, General Director, Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Christophe Guidon, France Public Sales Leader, Signify
9:30 Session 1: Lights up! Using lights for creative cities
The number of both permanent and temporary creative lighting projects has increased in recent years as cities search for ways to stand out in a strong competitive global context. In addition to using light as a tool to attract tourists or brand a city, how can a city’s lighting strategy contribute to its overall creativity? How can creative lighting projects help drive citizen engagement? City representatives and festival organisers will discuss the various ways they have implemented such strategies and share insights about the opportunities and challenges that arise.
This session will be filmed with the support of Signify Lighting Academy (Pioneers of Light)
Moderated by Jean-François Zurawik, Director, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France) and Thierry Marsick, Director, Department of Urban Lighting, City of Lyon (France)
- Piia Rantala-Korhonen, Director and Advisor to the Mayor, International Affairs, City of Oulu (Finland)
- Maria Güell, Artistic Director, LLUM BCN (Spain)
- Ann Wishart, Arts Development Manager, Leeds City Council; Chair (UK), Light Up the North LUTN
- Michel Lemieux, Artistic Director, Cité Mémoire & Lemieux Pilon 4D Art, Montréal (Canada)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Session 2: Bright ideas: new forms of creative lighting
Building upon the first session’s conversations around cities’ creative lighting strategies, this session will showcase concrete examples of new forms of creative lighting projects and events emerging throughout the world. How do these new forms of lighting respond to cities’ and citizens’ needs? Light artists, designers and academics will discuss innovations in this realm, from media facades and projections to light sculptures and installations.
This session will be filmed with the support of Signify Lighting Academy (Pioneers of Light)
Moderated by Jean-François Zurawik, Director, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France) and Thierry Marsick, Director, Department of Urban Lighting, City of Lyon (France)
- Jérôme Donna, Lighting Designer and Artist, Department of Urban Lighting, City of Lyon (France)
- Titia Ex, Artist (The Netherlands)
- Thorsten Bauer, Creative Director, Urbanscreen (Germany)
- Howard Griffin, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director, MA Architectural Visualisation, University of Kent (UK)
13:00 Lunch
Room Ampère
14:30 Inspire & Exchange: Peer-to-peer presentations of creative lighting projects from around the world
This brand-new session of “Pecha Kucha”- style speed presentations will be an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing and exchange in the field of creative lighting. Hear from light festival organisers, artists, and designers about creative lighting projects and innovations in the field.
Check out the Pecha Kucha presentations here.
16:30-19:00 Free time
19:00 Beer and wine tasting
20:00 Fête des Lumières
Saturday 8 December
LUCI members & guests only
10:30 Registration and Coffee 11:00 Meeting with the organisers of the Fête des Lumières The organising team of the Fête des Lumières of the City of Lyon will share its experience with participants and give them a behind-the-scenes look at the event. This presentation will be followed by an informal open discussion. With special guest: 13:00 Lunch
Village Lumière – Palais de la Bourse/CCI
Photo credits: © Fête des Lumières 2016. Kiok Night Fever, Cyril Minois. © Fête des Lumières 2016. Platonium, Eric Michel, Akari-Lisa Ishii. © Fête des Lumières 2016. Evolutions. Yann Nguema, Ez3kiel. © Fête des Lumières 2017. Promenons-nous, TILT.
