| Lichtstadt Feldkirch | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Light art festival |
| Frequency | Bi-annually |
| Venue | City centre of Feldkirch (outdoor) |
| Location(s) | Feldkirch |
| Country | Austria |
| Inaugurated | 2018 |
| Next event | 2023 |
| Attendance | 30.000 (2018) [1] |
| Area | Vorarlberg |
| Website | https://www.lichtstadt.at/ |
Lichtstadt Feldkirch ("City of Light Feldkirch") is a light art festival in Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It was first held in 2018. It is planned that the festival be held every two years. [2]
Lichtstadt Feldkirch is a four-day biennial light show in the city of Feldkirch. In the nighttime, ight installations are presented at ten different venues. Many of the projects are created for the respective location. [3] The installations are free and barrier-free accessible. [4]
"As a scene for light art, the urban space offers numerous unexplored possibilities to experience our present through architecture, light and technology, to break viewing habits or to illuminate the past. [...] Artistic development can be made possible and thus different thematic or technically innovative focal points can be set will." – Lichtstadt Association [5]
Asynchronous to the main events, the smaller "Spotlight" events have been taking place since 2020, each of which focuses on an artist or a group of artists. [6] [5]
The festival and the "Spotlight" series are organized by the non-profit association "Lichtstadt", which was founded in 2017. [5]
The 2021 edition will take place from 4–7 October 2023. [7]
The 2021 edition took place from 6–9 October 2021. [8] The international artists and artist collectives OchoReSotto, Peter Kogler, Brigitte Kowanz, David Reumüller, NEON GOLDEN, artificialOwl and DUNDU realized mappings, installations, projections and interactive works in the second edition. [9]
The 2020 edition of the festival was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19. [10]
The first edition in 2018 was held to celebrate the 800th anniversary year of the city of Feldkirch. It took place from October 3 to 6, 2018. Ten projects by international artists, e.g. Ólafur Elíasson, transformed the old town into a large open-air museum at nightfall. Installations, sculptures, projections on facades and floor as well as laser projections, mappings and light objects were part of the light art festival. [11]
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