{"id":18712,"date":"2019-01-21T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18712"},"modified":"2019-01-21T01:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T01:34:16","slug":"in-photos-winter-lights-festival-at-canary-wharf-london-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-winter-lights-festival-at-canary-wharf-london-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London, January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-01.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Running until Sat 26th Jan 2019 and now in its fifth year, the London Winter Lights festival showcases state-of-the-art light technology in a series of interactive and responsive artworks, installations and experiences.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-02.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that the festival is free &#8211; just hop off the tube at Canary Wharf and get stuck in &#8211; but the bad news is that it was even busier than I visited two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>See my 2017 review here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/winter-lights-festival-in-canary-wharf-crowds-selfies-galore-and-disappointment\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Winter Lights festival in Canary Wharf: crowds, selfies galore and disappointment<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-03.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once again the thronging, smartphone-snapping masses made it difficult to enjoy many of the exhibits, with people walking into each other as they tried to view the show through their smartphone screen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prismatica installation let people spin around illuminated giant prisms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Angels of Freedom,&#8217; by the Oge Collective.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Submergence by Squidsoup was my favourite. A large, immersive, walkthrough light experience featured 24,000 individual suspended lights that pulsed and changed colour in waves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-14.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-15.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-16.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-17.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-18.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-19.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The huge crowds made it very difficult to appreciate the &#8216;Colour Moves&#8217; piece in the Adams Plaza Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-20.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-21.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-22.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-23.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Putting your hands on the sensors altered the colours of this illuminated bench<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-24.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oskar Krajewski&#8217;s &#8216;Recyclism&#8217; installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-25.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-26.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin Richman&#8217;s\u00a0permanent installation of more than 500 illuminated acrylic rods installed in a water channel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-27.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-28.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/winter-lights-london-2019-29.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Winter Lights festival at Canary Wharf, London - Jan 2019\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/canarywharf.com\/arts-events\/events\/winter-lights-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter Lights website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canary Wharf, London &#8211; runs until\u00a0Sat 26th Jan 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running until Sat 26th Jan 2019 and now in its fifth year, the London Winter Lights festival showcases state-of-the-art light technology in a series of interactive and responsive artworks, installations &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1765,54,194,17,193],"tags":[34,133,1422,325,1559,1558],"class_list":["post-18712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-festivals","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-art","tag-canary-wharf","tag-exhibition","tag-festival","tag-winter-lights","tag-winter-lights-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/winter-lights-london-2019-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4RO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18717,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18712\/revisions\/18717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}