Amsterdam light festival 2018 illuminated the city’s streets and canals.
Each year, hundreds of submissions are submitted by designers, architects, and artists from around the world. A selection committee then chooses 30 artworks which made up the festival’s installations, which in past years have included prominent artists such as Ai Weiwei. The theme for this year’s edition is ‘the medium is the message’. Artists have taken inspiration from this statement by Canadian scientist Marshall McLuhan. Read about the artworks featured in this year’s festival.
‘Spider on the Bridge’ by artist Groupe LAPS is composed of 80 luminous spiders and programmed so they appear to crawl
Absorbed By Light Gali May Lucas
‘Two Lamps’ by artist Jeroen Henneman places a shining spotlight on the streets of Amsterdam
‘Light A Wish’ by artist OGE group
‘Starry Night’ by artistsIvanaa Jelić & Pavle Petrović plays with the expressionism of Van Gogh
‘ALL THE LIGHT YOU SEE (is from the past)’ by artist Alicia Eggert
‘Waiting’ by artist Frank Foole frames a window with a reinterpretation of the loading icon
‘Natuurlijk Licht’ by artist Meke Vrienten is an ode to all our technical devices
‘Antenna Sud’ by artist Michela Bonzi
‘ARCHEStextures PORTAM CIVITATIS’ by artist Peter Snijder
‘Mr. J.J. van der Veldebrug’ by artist Peter Vink
‘O.T. 976’ by artist Stefan Reiss
‘Continuum’ by artist Sebastian Kite
‘Transmission’ by artist Serge Schoemaker
‘Shadow Scapes’ by artist Marcus Neustetter
‘Aftereal’ by artist Yasuhiro Chida
> all images Janus van den Eijnden
