SPECTACULAR L IGHT INSTALLATIONS AND INTERACTIVE ART

WINTER LIGHTSA T C A N A R Y W H A R F

TUESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 27 JANUARY / 5–10PM THROUGHOUT CANARY WHARF

FREE

Canary Wharf’s annual celebration of light technology and art, and recent winner of Best Creative Lighting Event at the 2017 Darc awards, returns with over 30 cutting edge installations and astounding artworks to discover. With over 300 bars, shops and restaurants and Canary Wharf’s magical ice rink in Canada Square Park, a visit to Winter Lights is the perfect seasonal trip.

Located around the Estate, both indoors and out, free to visit and easy to access, Winter Lights offers everything from small intimate displays to impressive interactive artworks you can enter and explore. Mostly made up of new works and a few returning favourites from previous years, you can also see the pieces we loved so much that we made them part of the permanent art collection here at Canary Wharf.

Download a map from canarywharf.com or pick one up when you arrive to make sure you see all the pieces on your self-guided walk. (Download available from mid January)

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SONIC LIGHT BUBBLEENESS Australia

JUBILEE PLAZA

Come closer. This amazing six-metre wide living, breathing installation pulsates with light and sound when you approach or touch it, emitting a warm glow through 236 programmed LEDs as it constantly generates new visual patterns to a unique soundtrack.

ENESS is a multidisciplinary design studio at the intersection of art and technology. They combine to produce unique installations of light, interaction design, sculpture and architecture to produce meaningful interactive art.

Kindly sponsored by TfL – Canary Wharf Plaza

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BIT.FALLJULIUS POPP Germany

CHANCELLOR PASSAGE

An ever-changing cascade of words drawn from a live newsfeed on The Times website falls down in a wall of water. Using sophisticated technology, a series of valves opens at exactly the right moment to let droplets of water fall to form letters. The words appear in mid-air, illuminated as they fall into the water below, only perceptible for a brief moment before dissolving forever.

Bit.fall is part of Canary Wharf's permanent art collection.

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HALOVENIVIDIMULTIPLEX AND FOSFOR DESIGN Netherlands

CABOT SQUARE

See Cabot Square in a new light as a giant Halo seems to levitate above the fountain creating a powerful light experience. Halos

are an optical phenomenon produced by light interacting with crystals in the atmosphere recreated here to delight and uplift. In this piece the Halo refers to the sun as our greatest source of light and warmth, shaping the conditions for life on our planet.

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THE CUBEOTTOTTO Portugal

CUBITT STEPS

This exploded cube of light symbiotically bonds with the pedestrian bridge at the bottom of Cubitt Steps. During the day it is an intriguing black and white abstract skeleton, but from sunset the faces of this 3sqm cube reflect and frame the adjacent scenery - the water underneath, the city around, and the sky above.

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POLARISLAURENT FONT France

CABOT PLACE

Step inside this cube and experience the mesmerising installation inspired by the Polar Aurora Borealis. The fluctuating blue and green energy perfectly illustrates the breathtaking visual impact of this natural phenomena. It expresses a new concept that moves light art into a sensory experience, connecting art and the natural world.

CUSTOMARTLIGHT.COM Curated by Alessandra Caggiano, e-Luminate Studio

LIGHTBENCHESLBO LICHTBANK Germany

COLUMBUS COURTYARD

Try out the 10 illuminated, colour changing benches, now a favourite part of Canary Wharf's permanent collection.

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APPARATUS FLORIUSTOM DEKYVERE Belgium

WESTFERRY CIRCUS

Apparatus Florius will illuminate the trees of Westferry Circus with a multicoloured light installation featuring giant geometric patterns that grow and intersect as you watch. The structure symbolises the instinctive flow of a plant, taking over the city in search of light to be able to expand and create natural space.

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Image: Copyright La Thompson

URBAN PATTERNSKASJO STUDIO Poland

COLUMBUS COURTYARD

Urban Patterns is a vibrant installation which seeks to explore the surrounding city landscape. Weaved amongst the trees out of hundreds of colourful lines, the installation comes alive when darkness falls using UV light to transform and animate the area.

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DAZZLING DODECAHEDRONAMBERLIGHTS UK

WREN LANDING

Step inside this beautiful, jewel-like structure and bathe in the glow of amazing purples, golds, pinks, blues, green and bronze from the 12 pentagon panels made of iridescent acrylic. During the day the installation twinkles with a kaleidoscope of colour created by natural sunlight. At night, the lights go on and the Dazzling Dodecahedron comes to life as a giant disco ball.

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WE CAN MEETMARTIN RICHMAN UK

CROSSRAIL PLACE, QUAYSIDE

A permanent installation of more than 500 illuminated acrylic rods installed in a water channel, this engaging art work was commissioned by Canary Wharf Group in 2015. Viewed from above, the programmed illumination regularly changes colour and frequency throughout the day and evening.

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PIXELSJONAS VORWERK Netherlands

ADAMS PLAZA

Pixels is an interactive installation designed as a playful set of blocks that creates dynamic environments controlled by the public rather than the artist. The installation is composed out of multiple LED-lit cubes, which can change the colour and intensity by rotation. Pixels provide an open playground where everyone can create their own space, colour and atmosphere by using the blocks to build sculptures, images or animations. The pixel blocks are a tool that triggers both individual expression and collective exploration.

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FLORAPHILIPP ARTUS Germany

CROSSRAIL PLACE , QUAYSIDE

In this beautiful interactive installation, abstract lines create complex and delicate shapes which resemble the natural beauty of plants. You can interactively control the animation with a touchpad and design the emerging patterns. Flora is an artwork that generates creativity, a visual instrument that mirrors the personality of the player.

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ON YOUR WAVELENGTHMARCUS LYALL UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

This interactive light sculpture and music composition is controlled by your mind, via an EEG headset. As your thought patterns change, the electrical data from your brain is used to control the music and create intricate light patterns. These illuminate a large-scale light installation fitted with over 30,000 LEDs. Artist Marcus Lyall collaborated with interactive composer Robert Thomas, who wrote the adaptive music.

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TEMPUSBEN ROUSSEAU UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

A fascinating example of state of the art timepieces for the digital generation. Available in the form of kinetic wall artworks and sculptures, the piece utilises the versatility of lighting technology and control, combined with modern luxury materials and precision engineering to create a modern and playful way of representing time.

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SELECTED WORKSAMBERLIGHTS UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

A selection of colourful and sensory artworks by Amber Stefani made from acrylic and wood, creating shifting patterns of iridescent rainbow colours. The colour shifting depends on the viewer’s angle and the shimmering texture covers a wide rainbow spectrum with metallic, bronze and gold. It reflects some light waves and refracts others, similar to the effect on dragonfly wings or peacock feathers.

Don’t miss Amberlights' newest and largest piece Dazzling Dodecahedron on Wren Landing. Installation 9.

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CLONESJOACHIM SLUGOCKI Poland

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

Joachim creates complex paintings which keep to rigorous geometric principles, attempting to achieve the impossible. Added to this is the science of light, by applying UV light, the paintings glow in the dark.

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FRACTUREJESSICA LLOYD-JONES UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

Merging art and science, this kaleidoscopic light-wall installation explores energy and optical phenomena through the creative use of holographic colours and patterns that dynamically change when observed from different angles.

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LUNAKINETECH DESIGN Hungary & UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

'LUNA' is a project that launched Kinetech Design as new innovators of kinetic and expandable surfaces to explore notions of light, movement and space. Taking inspiration from the worlds of kinetic art and paper folding (kiriorigami); Kinetech merges the experience of each of the co-founders Balint Bolygo and Elod Beregszaszi into a unique practice that is developing collapsible and illuminated structures for applications in architecture, interior design and art.

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REDUCEDLANDSCAPESMAJA PETRIC Croatia

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

A dynamic light art box made to depict the abstracted atmosphere of the sky, air, stars, sun and water. The pieces reflect their ever-changing nature by altering their appearance depending on your angle of viewing.

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REFLECTING HOLONSMICHIEL MARTENS & JETSKE VISSER Netherlands

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

Experimenting with the ephemeral magic of light and movement, Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens call the mesmerising objects they stumbled upon by experimenting with reflecting materials HOLONS. Long strips of oil like transparent foil combined with simple spinning motors become a visual entity reflecting the lights around them as if they were waterdrops.

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Image: Boudewijn Bollmann

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HELIOSDPA LIGHTING CONSULTANTS, LED LINEAR & ARCHITAINMENT LIGHTING Greece, Germany & UK

CROSSRAIL PLACE ROOF GARDEN

Inspired by the clean lines and mesmerizing characteristics of neon, whilst leveraging the full colour control of LED, Helios is a stylized sequenced representation of the sun, emerging out of a total eclipse into its full bloom. The LEDs create clean, graphic lines providing the viewer with an ever-changing range of perspectives, which only when viewed straight on will form a complete circular sun.

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MADE BY MANOSMANOS KALAMENIOS Greece

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

A selection of delicate and elaborate handcrafted porcelain light sculptures challenging the perception of materiality and process. The collection includes stunning wall pieces made from fine bone china with integrated LED panels.

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FUTURE FASHIONCUTECIRCUIT UK

LEVEL -3, CROSSRAIL PLACE

Fashion in the digital age is a powerful form of expression mediated by social media.

The interactive fashions from this collection invite visitors’ participation through a social media-responsive App. The garments react to audience input by changing colour, animating, and displaying text, creating a participatory and ever-evolving display that changes over the course of the exhibition.

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LUMA PAINT LIGHT GRAFFITILICHTFAKTOR Germany

CROSSRAIL PLACE ROOF GARDEN

The fusion of light graffiti and object mapping transforms almost any object into a living paint canvas. It could be a car, a building, a wall or piece of furniture. With special light sources creating stunning light graffiti in rapid speed, come and make your own art.

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PLAYFUL SHADOWSMALGOSIA BENHAM UK

CANADA PLACE

Step inside this cube and explore the colourful mixing of shadows through interaction and play. You’ll create shadows of three different colours – cyan, magenta and yellow. Block the light source to create your own eye-catching shadows and unexpected colour combinations of white, black, red, green and blue.

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Curated by Alessandra Caggiano, e-Luminate studio Thanks to Simon Fisher at FMark Ltd for his technical support

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ESTUARY POEM FOR WYNDHAM LEWIS AND OTHER WORKSROBERT MONTGOMERY UK

LOBBY, ONE CANADA SQUARE

Robert’s Estuary Poem brings the unique landscape and atmosphere of the Thames Estuary into the heart of Canary Wharf, reminding us of its historic connections to the coast. The ceremonial burning of the poem on Shellness Beach at dusk celebrates the landscape. Back in the studio the burnt fragments are carefully reconstructed and the rebuilt sculpture is then illuminated with neon and LED creating a halo around the relic of the simple poem. Showing alongside is the atmospheric film of the burning of the poem on the beach.

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Curated by Alessandra Caggiano, e-luminate Studio

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VAPOURFENELLA OSBORNE UK

WINDOW GALLERY, JUBILEE WALK

Fenella’s glass and light installations defy simple explanation. Light is defracted by the nature of glass. The use of translucent optical film further alters the reflection and refraction of light within glass and upon both its surface and the surface of the surrounding structures. Light and illusion through Fenella's work is translated into a meditative experience of contemplation, dream, memory and imagination.

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COUP DE FOUDRE IIBILL CULBERT New Zealand

CHURCHILL PLACE

One of Canary Wharf’s permanent art pieces, this neon light sculpture Coup de Foudre II, consists of lines of coloured light that flow effortlessly inside and outside the building creating the illusion of one continuous piece. Bill Culbert is one of the world’s leading light artists and has been working in this medium for over 40 years, with works in public collections worldwide.

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MADE BY MANOSMANOS KALAMENIOS Greece

WINDOW GALLERY, CANADA WALK

For this year’s Window Gallery installation, Manos uses as reference medieval tiles found on the banks of the River Thames. The tiles have hidden coloured layers, due to carbon and reducing atmosphere during firing. Created with a contemporary twist by adding vibrant colours similar to those found under a microscope.

Don’t miss Manos' other pieces being exhibited in Crossrail Place Level -3. Installation 21.

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ABSTRACTCOLLECTIF COIN France

MONTGOMERY SQUARE

Collectif Coin's new installation is inspired by the concept of time and relativity. Abstract is a pixel matrix in which every pixel can move over its vertical axis between the ground and a height of five metres. Movement, sound and light all interweave to create a stunning performance piece repeating on a loop. Time can be perceived as a vertical dimension in which the pixels travel. This movement represents the freezing of time while the audience keep their feet firmly on the ground.

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SUNLIGHT GRAFFITILITTLE SUN Germany

JUBILEE PLACE

The interactive installation invites you to create your own, unique Sunlight Graffiti. Dance, jump, flip, write, draw with a Little Sun solar lamp and we’ll capture the ‘graffiti’ you make using long exposure photography. When you create Sunlight Graffiti, you are harnessing the awesome power of the sun to create your own unique piece of art. And by holding solar energy in your hands,

your moment of connecting with the most powerful force in our solar system, the sun, is captured forever.

The Sunlight Graffiti is part of Olafur Eliasson’s larger Little Sun project, created to put the power of the sun in the palm of your hand – creating safe, convenient, sustainable light and energy that you can take with you wherever you go. The global project was launched to bring clean, reliable and affordable light to the 1.1 billion people living without electricity.

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INTRUDEAMANDA PARER Australia

JUBILEE PARK

Some huge inflatable white rabbits, illuminated in stark white light, have been invading festivals around the world. The seven metre high bunnies appear to be quite at home in their new patch in Canary Wharf!

Rabbits in artist Amanda Parer’s native Australia are an out of control pest, leaving a trail of ecological destruction wherever they go but they are also the innocent, furry fairytale animals from our childhood. Intrude deliberately evokes this cutesy image and with its strong visual humour suggests the more serious environmental messages at play.

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Image: Studio Olafur Eliasson

COLOUR ME BEAUTIFULTINE BECH Denmark

JUBILEE PLACE

This fun artwork transforms public spaces into an interactive digital art playground. Five colourful runways lead to a vivid portrait landscape. The interactive installation captures images of audience members; live posting them onto a large screen – colouring you beautiful! The work invites people of all ages to ‘walk the colour runway’, strike a pose and be captured in a bright maze of colour.

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INFORMATION

JUBILEE LINE to Canary Wharf DLR to Canary Wharf or Heron Quays LONDON BUSES D3, D7, D8, 135, 277, N550 TFL.GOV.UK

PARKINGThere are four underground public car parks at Canary Wharf, three of which lead directly into Canary Wharf’s Cabot, Canada and Jubilee Place shopping malls. At weekends and bank holidays get 3 hours free parking in Canary Wharf’s public car parks when you spend £10 at any of Canary Wharf’s shops, cafés, bars or restaurants. Ask for your ticket to be validated at point of purchase and use in the pay on foot machines before returning to your car.

CYCLINGCanary Wharf has over 1,000 FREE cycle parking spaces plus a further 405 secure cycle parking spaces for public use for which a charge is applied. There are over 250 Santander Cycles docking stations at Canary Wharf.

THAMES CLIPPERS Operating every 20 minutes throughout the day serving 19 piers across London. thamesclippers.com

WIFI Simply select O2 WiFi from your smart phone settings for FREE, FAST and EASY access in all of Canary Wharf’s public areas including its five shopping malls.

GREEN CANARY WHARFCanary Wharf is committed to a ‘green policy’ of reducing energy usage and recycling as much as is possible. Most of the light installations are as energy efficient as possible, using mains power instead of generators and using LED lighting. Transportation and equipment are combined to reduce the number of journeys and local contractors are used where possible.

CANARY WHARF SHOPPINGThere are five shopping malls in Canary Wharf hosting over 300 shops, bars and restaurants. From small boutiques to designer brands, spanning beauty, fashion, fitness and homeware plus a tempting range of the very best restaurants, cafés and bars.

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WINTER LIGHTS MAPDownload a map of the installations in advance from canarywharf.com or pick one up when you arrive to help you on your self-guided walk.