Llum BCN

Llum BCN is an annual light art festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is celebrated since 2012 every February in Barcelona's neighborhood Poblenou.[1] A selection of outstanding international creators, along with the emerging talent of local art and design artists, feature a series of immersive light installations and shows blurring boundaries between art, science and technology, and showcasing the best of the new creative talent and technology.[2]

Llum BCN
Llum BCN 2022: Trevor Paglen, Faces of ImageNet and ProtoPixel, Mix & Match
GenreExhibition
BeginsFebruary
EndsFebruary
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Barcelona
Inaugurated2012
Websitewww.barcelona.cat/llumbcn/en/

Concept

Llum BCN, Light Barcelona in English, takes place in the Poblenou neighborhood, starting at the Design Museum of Barcelona at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. The installations are spread across the neighborhood and are visible from nightfall until midnight. Large historic buildings, old factory chimneys and industrial plants, but also the modern Torre Glòries are transformed into works of art by large-scale projections and audio-visual displays turning the Poblenou neighborhood into a unique world of expressive light and imagery. Many of the festival's light displays include the use of the latest technology, such as virtual reality and AI.[3]

Artists

Llum BCN has featured key artists, such as Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Julio Le Parc, Luke Jerram, Ulf Langheinrich, United Visual Artists, Kurt Hentschlager, Trevor Paglen and Catalonia's Antoni Arola as well as local schools of art, design, illumination, and architecture.[4]

  • Llum BCN 2015
  • Llum BCN 2016
  • Llum BCN 2017
  • Llum BCN 2018
  • Llum BCN 2019
  • Llum BCN 2020: Julio Le Parc, Metamorfosis
  • Llum BCN 2021: Onionlab, Agorythm
  • Llum BCN 2022: Toni Arola, Limbo

References
  1. Llum BCN to intertwine architecture and lighting installations Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. Website of the annual Light festival Llum BCN Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  3. Llum BCN, Art and Public Space Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. Llum BCN aims to light up Barcelona cityscape Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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