Set-up underway for Wellington LUX

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18 June 2013

Set-up underway for Wellington LUX

International artists are receiving a bracing welcome to the capital as they arrive for the Wellington LUX festival. Artists from South Korea, Germany, Mexico, Australia and the UK, as well as New Zealand, will spend the next few days setting up their outdoor interactive works for the festival.

The lights will go on for Wellington LUX this Friday June 21, and run through to June 24. Most events are free. Bring your own hat, coat and scarf!

Urban Alive: illuminated artworks
Taking a walk around the central city, people will be able to interact with 18 artworks. They will discover intriguing installations along the Wellington waterfront from Te Papa to the Museum of City and Sea, and in some inner city back lanes. As an example, Frank Kitts Park will be transformed by the interactive Lit Tree, from South Korea; the mesmerising Digital Wattle, from Australia; and Social Firefly, from Mexico, where robotic lights respond to each other in eerily human fashion.

Where: Wellington waterfront from Te Papa to the Museum of City and Sea, and in some inner city back lanes.

Chalk the walk
Go crazy with glow-in-the-dark chalk; UV canons and glowsticks (for kids) will light up your creative efforts.

Where: waterfront footpath by Frank Kitts Park

Te Papa photo booth
Enter the photo booth and see the results projected onto the wall of our national museum.

Where: outside Te Papa

Bring Your Own Beamer - Wellington
Bring Your Own Beamer is a worldwide phenomenon – a potluck dinner of pixels and lights. Registered artists, who work in video, projections, lighting, multi-media and host of related fields, can contribute. Members of the public can come along and watch.

Where: People’s Cinema
When: Saturday June 22, 8-11pm

LUX Symposium
The two-day Wellington LUX symposium brings artists, designers, architects, students, researchers and others into contact with leading international and local exponents of the use of light. Speakers will explore the intersections of light, space and interaction, with a focus on visualising new immersive and responsive environments through the application of advanced lighting technologies.

Where: City Gallery, Wellington
When: June 22-23
Tickets on sale at www.lux.org.nz

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