Hawthorn - Neon Tree (detail)
There was no annual Winter Lights Festival at Canary Wharf this year due to the ongoing pandemic. Instead they present Connected by Light, a smaller specifically curated selection of light installations around the Canary Wharf estate. Although smaller in scale, the installations are just as colourful and vivid as previous years (here). On the evening that I visited some installations were turned off because of social-distancing concerns. The following pictures are of just some of the installations that I really enjoyed discovering on the trail. I visited the 2019 edition of Copenhagen's annual Light Festival which can be seen here.
Hawthorn - Newfoundland Reflections
Newfoundland is a new Canary Wharf icon and a striking addition to the
skyline. This stunning building will soon open its doors to its first residents but before then, it has been transformed it into a beaming spectacle of light creating beautiful reflections on the water.
Hawthorn - Newfoundland Reflections
Ottotto - The Clew
Commissioned for the Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival 2020. The Clew is made from 100 circles of red light. This minimal and elegant construction creates stunning reflections of
sunset on the water and frames the bridge, making you see this familiar
landmark in a brand new way.
Ottotto - The Clew
Ottotto - The Clew (detail)
Paul and Pute - Time and Tide
Time and Tide highlights the pressing issues of plastic pollution in our oceans and waterways and the damage not only to the environment but to the wildlife and their habitats too. Time and Tide is constructed from biodegradable materials. The installation takes the form of an hourglass suggesting that our time on this planet is finite and a warning about our future here if we continue to pollute it.
Paul and Pute - Time and Tide
Mandylights - Tetra Park
Tetra Park is a geometric artwork that explores colour progressions
through a complicated series of linear pathways. The series of stars
sometimes appear to work together, while at other times the installation
breaks down into seemingly chaotic colour. Their star forms remain true
throughout though; shining as bold forms in the night for anyone who
follows their path.
Mandylights - Tetra Park
Henry Moore - Draped Seated Woman, 1950s
Mandylights - Colour Cubed
Colour Cubed is a simple exploration of the beauty that comes from a
single light source. While we are constantly surrounded by vibrant
displays of constant technology, the artwork uses a single traditional
lamp along with long-used coloured glass techniques to cast a display of
coloured light just as brilliant, dominant and inspiring as any other
artwork or object in our lives.
Mandylights - Colour Cubed
LBO Lichtbank - Lightbenches
Hawthorn - Neon Tree
Brightly coloured neon flex transforms the tree’s bare branches into a
dazzling display of light. During the day see its subtle glow
at night the vibrant colours shine.
Hawthorn - Neon Tree
Several hundred networked orbs, each containing lights and speakers,
visualise a swarm of networked data moving through real space. Murmuration is a piece originally inspired by the flight patterns of
flocks of starlings, here transformed into digital form, but navigating
and negotiating its way around the physical location of Canary Wharf’s
Montgomery Square.
Squidsoup - Murmuration
Parker Heyl - Office Party
2020 and the start of 2021 have been defined by quarantine and social distancing, with many
Londoners now working from home. “Office Party” comes from the playful
idea that our work spaces may come to life in our absence. The blinds’
unexpected movement in an office after the workers have left, creates a
moment of magic. It also touches on the future of architectural design
and speculates about responsive and kinetic structures which can adapt
to the needs of inhabitants.
Parker Heyl - Office Party
Connected by Light
until 27th February
Canary Wharf (various locations)
London
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