Guerrilla Lighting

Our first Guerrilla Lighting to take place in Italy will happen in Palermo on July 11th. The event is called “The sea and culture of Palermo” because the guerrillas plan to illuminate an ancient area of the city which is full of monuments and palaces adjacent to the port.

Starting from Piazza Kalsa, the guerrillas will walk along the “muro delle Cattive” and pass through the “Porta Felice” to reach “Chiesa della Catena” (a 500 year old church) before finishing at “Quattro Canti” an important crossroad.

The impromptu illuminations will draw attention to the magnificent architectural heritage that in the past made Palermo one of the most cultural centres of the Mediterranean.

Come and join in…

Check out this thesis by Daniel Schertel that looks at guerrilla methods for the development of cities and includes some coverage of Guerrilla Lighting.

Its written in German and available here:

http://www.isr.tu-berlin.de/publikationen/popups/gr/gr38.html

Download:

http://opus.kobv.de/tuberlin/frontdoor.php?source_opus=3476

And an abstract in english:

http://opus.kobv.de/tuberlin/frontdoor.php?source_opus=3476



This is probably the fastest we have ever posted images after the event!  Last night, as part of Licht Festival Gent, we took 50 people round the streets and lit some buildings and space.

It was a great atmosphere and the people who joined us were a lovely bunch!  We had a great time – thanks to everyone that joined us.

Want to join the guerrilla lighting mission in gent?

Sign up here:

http://www.supersaas.be/schedule/lichtfestival/Guerrilla_Lighting

The London Borough of Lambeth held a Guerrilla Lighting event on Tuesday 13th December 2011 in Streatham as part of their Christmas season of events.

The reason behind the event was to illuminate a few of the architectural highlights in the area with a long term plan that the images could help gain funding for one of the sites to be lit permanently. Mostly one long high street with some famous art deco gems, the event went off the main route (in true guerrilla style) and focussed on some unknown buildings.

The route started with the Victorian Waterworks, followed by the memorial gardens, St Leonard’s Church and finished with the library.

The church was a project for the students of the Space and Architecture Course at Rose Bruford College and the students involved were team leaders on the other sites showing inhabitants of Streatham how to be an inner city Guerrilla.

All images are courtesy (and copyright) of the wonderful Sanna FP!

Following on from the lovely experience we had guerrilla lighting in the wonderful Sclessin area of Liege we are returning to Belgium, for one night only, as part of the Ghent Light Festival.  26th January – see you there!!!

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=BLRTO_20120110_006

http://www.lichtfestivalgent.be/nl/parcours/light-collective

The Danish Lighting Society undertook the first Copenhagen Guerrilla Lighting on 15th November 2011 as a precursor to the Danish Lighting day – an annual conference and award ceremony.

Although bitterly cold and the night of a National Football game, hundreds of people turned out to see three sites transformed in the locale of the University and Jean Nouvels Concert Hall. Each site was designed by a different lighting practise and one site went out live on Danish National TV!

Credits to Lighting Grontmij for the building site, Rambøll Lighing for the underside of the Metro and ÅF Lighting for the housing estate.

Check out site three for the bold use of props and light drawing!

Last week the very first Social Light Movement workshop took place in Sclessin, Belgium. The workshop was an amazing success with the participants developing great lighting solutions for several key areas in Sclessin and importantly making a real connection with the local people. The full impact of the workshop looks to continue as the event seems to have triggered a response from local government that is going to take forward the key messages and improve the lighting in the area.

A Guerrilla Lighting event was held on the last night to celebrate the end of the workshop. The guerrillas were made up from local residents and members of LUCI who were in town for the Liege City Under the Microscope (or CUM for those in the know).

It was an great success – everyone who was involved had a fantastic time and, despite a few technical hitches including a rogue floodlight suddenly turned on and a third of the team getting lost on the way to the second site (well it was dark), we were proud of the results. The images even made it to the national newspaper – Le Soir.

Links below:

Full details of SLM workshop on Facebook (join now!)

Image gallery for Sclessin

Massive thanks to the photographers - Juliette de Salle, Michael Inzillo and Eric Lamay – amazing images.

Swee and the team in Singapore have used Guerrilla Lighting as part of the voyage night festival to create a kaleidoscopic display of colours, lights and sounds!

Check out the Guerrilla Lighting SG web site and the WhenLightsWork Collective site for more details….

http://whenlightswork.net/2011/08/31/passage-illuminations-guerrilla-lighting-sg-2011-for-night-festival-2011/

http://www.guerrillalighting.sg/index.php/2011

Guerrilla Lighting are proud to be part of the Social Light Movement workshop in Liege in September.  Martin Lupton and Sharon Stammers will be running a session on how to organise a guerrilla lighting mission as part of this ground breaking social light workshop.

The first Social Light Movement workshop will be in Liege in September 2011

So, want to know how we do it?  Sign up for the workshop and take part in a live mission as part of your journey to social enlightenment!

More details and application forms here and also don’t forget to sign up to their facebook page here