La Fête des Lumières: Art, nature, and technology shine bright at Lyon’s iconic light festival

euronews (in English)

La Fête des Lumières in Lyon celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, attracting millions of visitors with stunning light shows that merge tradition, innovation and environmental themes.

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00:00Music

00:29Mr. Mayor, what does the Light Festival represent, not only for the city of Lyon, but also for the international community?

00:36First of all, the Light Festival is an emblem of the city. It has become an emblem with this anniversary that we celebrate this year.

00:42The 25th anniversary takes on a particular dimension.

00:46It is an opportunity to offer a free event in the public space for everyone.

00:51What matters to us is that this Light Festival can be a great moment of sharing, a real moment of celebration.

00:58It is also a moment of artistic creation.

01:01We mobilize French artists, of course, from Lyon, but also from all over the world,

01:09who come to offer us their talent to produce works specifically for the Light Festival.

01:15Music

01:26Most of the works I do are created in and with nature.

01:30I try to reflect on our human connection to nature, as we are part of nature.

01:35So I try to open people's eyes in a subtle way, how we perceive and witness nature,

01:44and to take care of her, because we only have one planet.

01:50So in this project we try to work only with recycled materials.

01:55We have those recycled fishnets.

01:57We work with a company from Berlin that uses recycled video projectors.

02:02And we will recycle all of the materials after to recreate this installation in other cities.

02:50Light Festival

02:52www.lightfestival.org

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