2014 Calgary Nuit Blanche Highlights

Limelight: Saturday night took part in Calgary's 2014 Nuit Blanche this fall and here are a few select photographs from that night!

Vancouver Snapshots

We just added the snapshots from Vancouver, on this page, bottom left. (link fixed)

Some Vancouver highlights

Finally here is a selection of some of the action in the Limelight in Vancouver in January. The nights were suprisingly dry for a January in Vancouver and passers by enjoyed playing in the light.

Picture by Adam Stenhouse

The snapshots will be added later on this week.

Limelight in Vancouver

For its first venue in 2013, Limelight: Saturday night will be in Vancouver this week end.
We're setting up the lights tonight in 2 different places along Grandville Street. The spotlight will be happening at the same time in these 2 locations on Friday night and Saturday night.
Look for the limelight on Hastings and Grandville and 68th and Granville this week end!

And on sunday night we will have an informal evening of conversation and dialogue about Limelight: Saturday night with Bryan Newson, Public Art Program Manager for the City of Vancouver and Dr. Cameron Cartiere, Dean of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Sunday 27th January, 17.00 till 19.00, at the Metro Theatre, 1370 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6P 5Z9.
More info here


Hope to see you in the Limelight or at the discussion!

The installation of Limelight in Vancouver is part of chART: Public Art Marpole, a creative collaboration between Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the Marpole BIA. The project aims to support public art and community engagement through creativity and innovation. This collaboration is led by Dr. Cameron Cartiere, Dean of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr.

Limelight: Saturday Night in Vancouver is hosted by chART: Public Art Marpole, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Downtown Business Improvement Association, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Marpole Business Improvement Association and the City of Vancouver Public Art Program.

2010-2012 film

After 12 cities visited over the last 2 years, we thought it would be nice to see them all together on a short video. Touzie Tyke edited a compilation of the 12 cities in this 14 minutes film, enjoy!

Limelight Saturday night from sans façon on Vimeo.

Limelight on ice

We finally put the snapshots for Calgary online (see bottom left of this page).
Here's some of the action of that night:

the show is on

Last night we installed Limelight on the ice rink in Down Town Calgary, a nicely straight forward install and as soon as the light was on the show started! The official first night is tonight but we couldn't resist snapping some of the action, so here's a couple of pictures before we left. With a low of minus 12 predicted for tonight, it's a fairly nice night ahead.

Limelight in Calgary

Limelight will be in Olympic Plaza this week end as Part of High Performance Rodeo, if you feel like coming and dancing (or running, singing, skating, playing, ... ) in the spotlight or just watch the reactions, do come and join us!

High Performance Rodeo

As High Performance Rodeo launched its 25th edition, we're proud to be part of this year's line up with Limelight: Saturday night. Commissioned by Calgary's Public Art Program, Limelight will be part of the High Performance Rodeo events in January and, for the first time, it will be on ice!

Miami

On Saturday limelight was installed in Miami Brach for the Sleepless Night .
The night started quickly with a lot of foot traffic, soon the first performances happened with cruiser bikes, kids running to it, couples dancing, and even with a couple of light showers the show continued. One of the highlights was a tall clarinetist dressed in white with a pink hat who came and did a short number in the spot light, magical.
Pictures soon!

Limelight in the limelight

On the first night of Limelight in Salford Quays, the BBC One Show came around to do a nice wee piece on the installation.
You can have a look at it on iplayer if you're in the UK (or you might know ways around from abroad) here until the 25th October.
It starts about 17mn in

Salford Quays

Tonight is the last night of Limelight in Salford Quays.
Salford University in association with CUBE invited us to bring Limelight in front of the BBC buildings in the new Media City for three nights.
Come and see us there tonight, hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer!

Toronto Nuit Blanche

We just came back from Toronto where Limelight was presented at the fifth edition of the Nuit Blanche. After an installation in the pouring rain on Friday, the weather held for the event on Saturday and the crowd was amazing, the spotlight was constantly surrounded and the passers-by queued to go in, a real pleasure to watch, smilling all night.
Here are a couple of pictures and descriptions of the night gathered from the net before we upload our own pictures:


From Blogto.com

It was really nothing more than two spotlights shining down into the middle of the street at Yonge and Grosvenor, but its beauty was its simplicity. Essentially, the street corner was turned into a stage, and random people become the performers as they stepped into the light and did...well, whatever the hell they wanted. A large crowd was consistently on hand as they were treated to impromptu acts of performance art, acrobatics, and a 300+ pound man running through the light with his shirt off, screaming at the top of his lungs. B.S. Photo by Tom Ryaboi

Some of Limelight's action in this youtube clip by backformore06 starting from 2.18 untill 5.00:


from Chromewaves

Toronto Nuit Blanche

Limelight:Saturday night will be in Toronto this week-end for the Nuit Blanche. "For one sleepless night experience the city transformed by hundreds of artists for Toronto's sixth annual sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art."

Limelight will be in place for Saturday on Grosvenor street, west of Yonge street.

Limelight in Frankfurt

We just came back from Frankfurt where Limelight was on last week-end as part of Playing the City 3 organised by the Schirn Kunsthalle.
The light was placed in a great setting, at the heart of the city, and the shows were non stop.
Have a look at some of the pictures Cem Yücteas took for Playing the City, and the nice short film of Saturday night produced by Ursula Schmidt:

Limelight in Frankfurt

Saturday after next (20th August) Limelight will be in Germany in Frankfurt am Main for Playing the city 3.



"This final edition will again be focused on public space as a venue for artistic activities involving the city and its inhabitants in a variety of ways. New actions, performances, and other participatory projects will be presented in Frankfurt day by day. The program will continue the controversial discussion on collective, free and malleable spaces, their boundaries, and the inhabitants’ involvement." Matthias Ulrich, curator of Playing the City for SCHIRN

Limelight will be in place for one night in Frankfurt Hauptwache, if you are around we would be delighted to see you.


The website www.playingthecity.de will accompany the entire exhibition venture with the latest news, pictures, videos, and a blog

Updates

Finally some updates on the the next venues.
Continuing on from the great start of 2011 with Gaborone we have some really nice upcoming cities!

The next one is Frankfurt in August for Playing the city 3.
Then Limelight will be heading to Istanbul for the Biennial and Contemporary Istanbul,
Toronto for the Nuit Blanche,
Berlin for the Festival of Lights,
Prague for Tina B
and Miami for Sleepless Night.

review

A nice wee article of Limelight in Frame magazine Online.

Websites

Two new recent sightings of Limelight on the web:

In Public Space We Trust,
The tumblr site of Public Design Festival: "We toured the world's public spaces looking for ideas and projects to present - interventions, installations, and services that will transform the way we experience and live the city.
This is Public Design Festival's challenge: when professionals' aware and sustainable design meets the active participation of citizens, students, travellers and tourists - that's when cities can change."


And in Lightcommunity
a forum on light in its different guises.

Gaborone

After an initially shy start the people of Gaborone shone in the limelight, the project will be in place again tonight at River walk next to Linga Longa.
A few first snaps from last night: