Lighting up the Viaduct Harbour

The free festival, in its second year, is led by Auckland-based architect, designer and University of Auckland alumnus Angus Muir, of Angus Muir Design.

Muir, who has been involved in over 50 lighting events across eight countries, is regarded as a world-class lighting visionary.

James, 23, who has recently completed a masters degree in architecture, has created a work that consists of 36 modular posts, each standing 2.5 metres high, laid out in a grid pattern, that are brought to life using a dramatic repertoire of lighting effects ranging from subtle changes in colour to simulated displays of nature.

The ‘Light Field’ is intended be viewed, approached and inhabited and offers a 360-degree experience, designed to draw people in and stimulate their emotions and senses.

His work is one of more than a dozen art installations that will come alive at 6pm each night starting Friday the 11th and running until Sunday 13 May.

Other light works include the Square Dance Discotheque, with a moving image floor, the Boing Boing Gloop Machine, featuring light, sound, magic and lycra, the Mountain of Light with simulated eruptions of shooting flames and molten lava, to name just a few.

Courtesy of the Maritime Museum, several lit-up ship sculptures will float in the air, and the famed dance troupe Vospertron will perform in lit up LED suits.

Bright Nights
Friday 11-Sunday 13 May
6pm-late, Viaduct Harbour

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