Winter Lights

Lovely open air exhibition at Canary Wharf of light sculptures and installations.

There were about 15 pieces on display the weekend we went round and although it was very cold it was fun to look for the different works, popping into shopping malls as we went to much needed hot chocolate.

Our favourite wasn’t that exciting to look at as it was a column on lights in red, white and blue but when you read the commentary it said it reacted to mobile phone signals so we phoned each other up and found that it moved in rhythm with our speech. Even better our laughter at this sent it into overdrive. It was called Totem by the Bitone Collective.

I also loved Bit.Fall by Julius Cope on Middle Dock which was illuminated drops of water falling to create words from news stories. It’s hard to describe but it was a magical cascade of words in the air.

Also worth a mention is Fantastic Planet by Amanda Parer, a large inflated crouching figures.

This is the second year I’ve been to this festival and here’s hoping they do it again. Just one tip would be to have some signage at each stop to point you to the other nearby pieces. We did get quite lost at times despite having the map!

Closed 22 January

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