Artist Talk: Travesías de Luz on Urban Art Light Installations

Join Spanish collective Travesías de Luz for a conversation at the Embassy of Spain as part of Fête des Lumières Georgetown Festival.

Using light as a communication channel to connect citizens with their urban spaces, Travesías de Luz’s interactive installations aim to improve the city environment by surprising passersby.

In a behind-the-scenes conversation, the artists will present their current projects and discuss previous works showcased around the world. At the end of the presentation, the members of Travesías de Luz will guide attendants on a tour of their works Ciudad Habitada and Floating Lights featured at Fête des Lumières D.C. in Georgetown.

Fête des Lumières Georgetown on Dec. 13-20, 2013

Four international artists will bring their public art displays, using lights as their medium, to Georgetown for a week-long limited exhibition inspired by the world-renowned Fête des Lumières, or Festival of Lights, in Lyon, France.

The Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) in partnership with Alliance Française, Art Soiree, SPAIN arts & culture and EDF (Électricité de France) will sponsor the light installations that will be positioned in a few key locations throughout Georgetown.

Projects include:

• Ciudad Habitada by Travesías de Luz will feature a collection of LED-lit mannequins positioned in everyday activities.
• Floating Lights by Travesías de Luz will feature a 10 ft by 32 ft interactive light wall of inner tubes.
• Larsen 3G by Theoriz Crew will feature a collection of interactive video projections.
• Zodiac by Chloe Yaiche will feature a projection of NASA satellite imagery of constellations.

Free Admission. RSVP required for the Artist Talk on Dec. 16: [email protected].