Light Night Leeds 2022 - Millennium Square Zone - sponsored by Reed Smith
Schedule
Thu Oct 13 2022 at 06:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Location
Millennium Square, Leeds | Leeds, EN
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01. LuxArtist: Focal Studios & DefProc Engineering (UK)
Location: Leeds Civic Hall, Millennium Square, LS1 1UR
Thursday & Friday, 7pm-10.30pm
What 3 Words: ///follow.couches.flows
Inside a futuristic control pod, inspired by classic 80s sci-fi and retro-futuristic games, players use contactless gesture controls to play with a wondrous projection mapped onto the architecture of Leeds Civic Hall. LUX is an exciting immersive augmented reality game and art installation that challenges players to apply creative problem-solving skills in response to a dynamic environment, seeing the building come alive with light and energy as they progress.
02. Continuum
Aritst: Illumaphonium (UK)
Location: Millennium Square, LS1 1UR
Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
What 3 Words: ///posts.broker.lease
This immersive artwork, presented for the first time in the UK, stands 2.5 metres tall and consists of a 20 metre geometric maze of illuminated and resonating mirrors. These luminescent sonic monoliths create a sense of an infinite space around the audience, redefining our understanding of a very familiar urban environment. When audience members approach the towers the exciters are activated and an enchanting and all-encompassing soundscape is created. Sounds that can be felt as well as heard.
03. Drop of Light
Artist: Gijs van Bon (The Netherlands)
Location: Main Auditorium Carriageworks Theatre, Millennium Square, LS1 1UR
Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm -10.30pm
What 3 Words: ///zeal.sudden.lately
Just another day in the life of a drop of light: it dances, sways, twirls, flutters, hides, jolts and plays. This magical installation combines displays of fluorescent liquid and ultra-violet laser lights to breathe life into a drop of light, drawing the viewer in through all the senses. Dramatic in its execution, Drop of Light occupies a unique space spanning sculpture, animation, art, technology and a lot of mathematics! The idea for this installation originated with the wish to create something never seen before: shapes projected in mid-air. The creation of Drop of Light required a coming together of artistic, technological and scientific specialists and a fusion of their visions and experiences, but, as artist Gijs van Bon states: the magic was always there.
04. Invisible
Artist: Daniel Popescu (Romania)
Location: Broderick Hall, Leeds City
Museum, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH
Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm-10.30pm
What 3 Words: ///hungry.song.souk
Daniel Popescu’s in[visible] takes its cue from the 90s blockbuster film series, The Matrix, reinterpreted in a questioning of one’s own self-identity and the realities of the surrounding world. As you enter the space, the very fabric of reality, which is usually perfectly simulated by the mirrors that are supposed to be truthful, is decomposed in a million different fragments distorting and diluting seemingly familiar sights, including the viewers themselves. As if falling through the looking glass or the proverbial rabbit hole, certainties seem to lose their edge, and even the viewer’s very self is recomposed up to the point of non-recognition. This is a testament to the level of trickery and augmented reality that can be achieved solely through the use of mirrors, such an ancient yet continuously fascinating object.
Delivered as part of an artist exchange with Lights On Romania
05. Light Show
Location: First Direct Arena , Clay Pit Lane, LS2 8BY
Thursday & Friday, 7pm – 10.30pm
What 3 Words: ///spider.jabs.lucky
First Direct Arena has been hosting exciting live music, comedy, spectacular entertainment shows and sporting events since it opened in 2013. In honour of the opening night of Light Night Leeds 2022, the Arena will be glowing in beautiful colours for our Playful City theme.
Please note access to the plaza will be restricted on 14th due to an event.
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