Essential Info Getting there Don’t get stuck in a jam. Leave the car at home, there are lots of ways to get to Lumiere hassle-free: Public transport Translink will provide special train and coach services to take people to and from the festival. Why not take one of the Lumiere family trains from Belfast on Saturday 30 November? Enjoy on-board entertainment including a visit from Santa Claus.
Welcome Derry~Londonderry is a wonderful place; its ancient walls, fine architecture and hidden corners providing a spectacular backdrop for Lumiere, a four-day celebration of light. As the sensational City of Culture year draws to a close, we’re proud to bring this magical free event to the city.
Right across the city, artworks made from light will appear, ranging from spectacular projections to a magical fire garden, from unearthly flying figures to the brightest neons.
Lumiere is best experienced on foot, so please leave your car in one of the Park & Ride car parks provided for For four nights only, artists and lighting the event, or use public transport, and then explore at your leisure. designers will turn the city into a huge outdoor gallery, transforming once Wrap up warm, and prepare to be familiar buildings, walls and outdoor spaces with a nocturnal trail that will dazzled... delight residents and visitors alike. Helen Marriage and Nicky Webb Directors, Artichoke
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• Follow @artichoketrust and @lumierederry – use #lumierederry for live event, travel and traffic updates • Post us a message on facebook.com/artichoketrust • Check the website at lumiere-festival.com • Ask a Festival Maker on the street or in the Lumiere Hub
Tickets can be pre-purchased from Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street and Coleraine stations.
Park & Ride Visitors to the festival are encouraged to follow traffic information and directional signage on the approaches to the city. Please leave your car at one of the well signposted Park & Ride sites. Courtesy of Translink, free Park & Ride buses will run at 15 minute intervals from 5.15pm–10.15pm each night and routes will run on a loop. Find them at: Limavady Road Site 58 Limavady Road, Derry, BT47 6LT. Bus stops at Ebrington.
Fort George Site lumiere-festival.com The Quay Trail, Derry, BT48 7QH. Bus stops at Coaches On 29 and Queen’s Quay Lumiere online The information in this guide is anRoundabout. introduction to each of the 30 November, special beautiful light works, but the website is packed with much more in-depth info, Lumiere return coach services Traffic and Travel including: (pre-book online) will depart Although there are no from Belfast, Enniskillen, Omagh, planned road closures, there may information about the event Strabane, Dungannon, Cookstown, be some disruption to normal Magherafelt andinformation Dungiven. about planning your visit practical traffic movement during the festival and drivers are asked to exercise videos, additional artist interviews and audio tracks For full travel information, including caution in city centre areas. For live enhanced scheduled services, behind the scenes stories ontraffi the cfestival and travel updates, please visit translink.co.uk/lumiere tune into Q102 and Radio Foyle or search #lumierederry on twitter.
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Make the most of Lumiere Lumiere is best experienced on foot, so wrap up warm, put on your waterproofs and explore the city at your leisure. There’s no set route and you don’t have to visit the installations in any particular order, but the tips below may help you plan your visit.
Families with young children
Don’t miss Novak’s eye-popping 4D projection 10 or Ocubo’s spectacular Twice Upon a Time 2 created in collaboration with 120 local schoolchildren. Track down Deepa Mann-Kler’s charming collection of neon balloon dogs 9 and have fun playing with Cleary Connolly’s Change Your Stripes 7 and Marbles by Daan Roosegaarde 15
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We’re really proud of our volunteer Festival Makers. They’re from all over Derry~Londonderry and beyond, and are giving up their time to make your Lumiere extra special. Look out for them in bright red jackets, say hello and if you need anything, just ask!
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Welcome to Northern Ireland Boasting miles and miles of stunning scenic coastline along the world famous Causeway Coastal Route, magnificent mountain peaks and the Fermanagh lakelands, Northern Ireland is home to this year’s G8 Summit of World Leaders and the vibrant cities of Belfast and Derry-Londonderry. The inaugural UK City of Culture was voted one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2013 by Lonely Planet: take a walking tour of the famous 17th century City Walls, explore the impressive Guildhall and soak up the world-class events like Turner Prize and of course Lumiere. For information on things to do, what’s on, food and drink, and to book accommodation, visit derryvisitor.com. Or to find out more about visiting Northern Ireland, go to discovernorthernireland.com
Send us your snaps! We’d love to see your photos of the festival, here’s how you can share them: upload your phone pics to Instagram using #ilovelumiere upload your pics to Flickr tagging them ILoveLumiere
Essential Info Getting there Don’t get stuck in a jam. Leave the car at home, there are lots of ways to get to Lumiere hassle-free: Public transport Translink will provide special train and coach services to take people to and from the festival. Why not take one of the Lumiere family trains from Belfast on Saturday 30 November? Enjoy on-board entertainment including a visit from Santa Claus. Tickets can be pre-purchased from Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street and Coleraine stations.
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Park & Ride Visitors to the festival are encouraged to follow traffic information and directional signage on the approaches to the city. Please leave your car at one of the well signposted Park & Ride sites. Courtesy of Translink, free Park & Ride buses will run at 15 minute intervals from 5.15pm–10.15pm each night and routes will run on a loop. Find them at:
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Fire alchemists Compagnie Carabosse use scrap metal, charcoal, and even cast-off clothing to create a magical fire garden on a huge scale in St Columb’s Park. Carabosse are one of France’s most important street arts groups, transforming streets and parks into flickering artworks that remind us of one of our most basic and elemental human needs. This installation runs Thurs – Sat only, 6.30pm – 9.30pm. Sponsored by
KICKS 4 TEENAGE Deepa Mann-Kler
STITCH IN TIME 6 A Tim Etchells (UK)
(Northern Ireland) New commission BT Exchange Building
New commission Rosemount Shirt Factory
One of the most successful bands ever to come out of Derry, the Undertones spoke to a generation, reacting against the backdrop of the Troubles by writing songs that reflected on the normality of growing up, of being young and in love. Deepa Mann-Kler’s Teenage Kicks quotes a line from one their most celebrated songs.
Tim Etchells’ steel letters adorned with hundreds of LED lights will measure 23m long. The wording makes a playful but direct reference to the historical context of shirtmaking. It recalls the complete text of the proverb from which it is taken (A Stitch In Time Saves Nine), suggesting ideas of repair and care, and of disaster averted.
Commissioned in collaboration with City of Culture 2013
CONIQUE 5 SYMPHONIE Airvag (France) Queens Quay
YOUR STRIPES 7 CHANGE Cleary Connolly
(Ireland/France) Derry Credit Union’s Stardust Hall, Frederick Street, Bogside
Supported by Institut Français
UPON A TIME 2 TWICE Ocubo (Portugal)
New commission Clock Tower, Ebrington Square
Rising up to 14 metres high above the ground, Symphonie Conique creates a surreal universe of illuminated cones that move and sway in reaction to the crowd. Sponsored by
The clocktower building on Ebrington Square will be transformed into an imaginary world painted by 120 local children. 8 and 9 year olds from all faith traditions were invited to play a virtual game of consequences, painted onto a model of the building. The children were filmed during the workshops, and the final projection will include footage of them working together as well as their artworks. Sponsored by
Supported by Arts Council Northern Ireland, Bluebell Arts Project and the Embassy of Portugal. Workshops facilitated by Gasyard Centre and Fountain Primary School
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Cédric Le Borgne (France) Peace Bridge
Cédric Le Borgne’s breathtaking illuminated figures are sculptures made of light. In human form but with no features, they will be suspended on the Peace Bridge, appearing to soar and fly, inviting visitors to glance up and offering a connection between dreams and reality. Sponsored by
Supported by Londonderry Port and Institut Français
Supported by Institut Français
Paris-based Irish artists Cleary Connolly’s huge interactive projection has delighted audiences in Paris, Japan, and Dublin, but has never before been seen at this scale or outside a gallery setting. Supported by Institut Français
EMPTY PLINTH 8 THE Holywell Trust & The Nerve
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Centre (N. Ireland) New commission City Walls, Grand Parade
Krzysztof Wodiczko (Poland / USA) New commission Various locations
The Empty Plinth will be the first of a series of installations to be mounted on Walker’s plinth. Consisting of a simple beam of light, it will rise into the sky, a symbolic beacon of hope.
Wodiczko is renowned for his large-scale projections around the world. His work often involves the active participation of a city’s marginalised or estranged residents. For this new commission, he has been working with community groups and the Verbal Arts Centre to create a mobile artwork that will project testimonies of local people onto the sides of buildings.
Part of the Brilliant commissioning scheme for local artists
DOGS 9 NEON Deepa Mann-Kler
(Northern Ireland) New commission Walker Courtyard, Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall
★ Please note this installation will be moving around the City Centre. Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute and the Verbal Arts Centre
FUSED 13 CONNED HarperMagee
This installation consists of a joyful collection of bright balloon dogs made of neon. Neon Dogs is a glowing celebration of a favourite children’s party trick in a work designed to make people stop and smile.
(Northern Ireland/Australia) New commission Foyleside Shopping Centre
Part of the Brilliant commissioning scheme for local artists
10 VOYAGE Novak (UK) New commission Austins Department Store
This piece explores an effect known as ‘regional brain conflict’, it manipulates the connection between the parts of the brain that process written words and the parts that process colour. The installation sees the colours of the Tricolour and the Union Jack spelled out in different colours, causing confusion and questioning the allegiances the flags engender. Part of the Brilliant commissioning scheme for local artists
This large-scale projection, inspired by Jules Verne, will see the exterior of the oldest department store in the world transformed by a breathtaking digital projection. Featuring a bespoke score by composer Ed Carter.
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(The Netherlands) The Fountain (next to New Gate)
Marbles is a group of large, moulded plastic shapes that interact with people using sound, colour and light. Each ‘marble’ contains LEDs and smart sensors that instinctively respond to human touch, changing their mood from ‘bored’ to ‘excited’, becoming more animated as the audience interacts with them. Sponsored by
Supported by Kingdom of the Netherlands
16 SHIRTS Hilary Sleiman & Lesley
Bond (Northern Ireland) New commission Fabric World Building, Abercorn Road
In days gone by Derry-Londonderry was a centre of shirt-making, with dozens of shirt factories scattered around the city. Hilary Sleiman and Lesley Bond’s piece pays tribute to an industry that was once so important, with a series of ghostly shirts appearing in the windows of the old factory. Sponsored by Part of the Brilliant commissioning scheme for local artists
17 FÊTE Ron Haselden
(France / UK) The Gasyard Centre
Elaine Buckholtz (USA) Carlisle Road Car Park
New commission Craft Village
Inspired by the meaning of the word ‘Derry’ (derived from the Gaelic for ‘oak grove’), RMS Design’s installation comprises a series of tree-like structures made of electro luminescent wire, which responds to audiences’ movements.
15 MARBLES Daan Roosegaarde
Spinning Night In Living Colour samples Van Gogh’s painting, All Night Café, like a spinning record with a shaking video camera. It is transformed into a series of moving lines, reinterpreting the original colour palette. This will be the first time that this artwork has been displayed outdoors and on such a large scale. Sponsored by
Ron Haselden’s atmospheric installation conjures up the sights and sounds of an abandoned country fairground. Thousands of softly glowing lightbulbs and nostalgic tunes from France and Holland create a gorgeous interactive light and sound installation. Supported by Institut Français