Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" - one of the largest and most popular festivals in Moscow, a grand festival of light, in which talented lighting designers and audiovisual art specialists from Russia and foreign countries compete in their skills, demonstrating large-scale light shows and unusual installations.
Skillfully using video mapping techniques and modern multimedia technologies, masters transform urban space and architectural appearance symbolic buildings of Moscow, the facades of which become a screen for large-scale video projections.
In 2017, the festival is being held for the seventh time.
Program of the festival "Circle of Light" 2017
Light shows as part of the festival program will be held at 7 different venues, among which will traditionally be theatre square with the building Bolshoi Theater, but the equally familiar space of VDNKh, unfortunately, will not be used this year: a large-scale reconstruction is taking place there. The “highlight” of this year promises to be the Ostankino Tower, the height of video projections on which will reach 330 meters.
. Ostankino
Ostankino will become one of the main venues of the festival: this is where the opening ceremony will take place! With the help of video projection, light, lasers and fire, viewers will be shown an amazing multimedia show, the action of which will unfold both on the Ostankino Tower and on the water surface of the Ostankino Pond. Thanks to modern technologies festival visitors will be able to travel around different countries world and see their natural beauties: Niagara Falls, Yellow Stone Park and Bamboo Flute Caves, the sands of the Sahara, the Great Barrier Reef, Baikal, Mount Fuji, French lavender fields and other places.
And at the Ostankino Tower itself there will be a light show on the theme of the tallest buildings in the world: in turn it will turn into the Eiffel Tower, New York's Empire State Building and Dubai's Burj Khalifa, as well as the television towers of Toronto, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. The height of video projections will reach 330 meters!
The program will end with a pyrotechnic show.
. theatre square
Over the several years that the Circle of Light festival has been held, Teatralnaya Square has become its traditional venue, however, if usually the show was shown on the facade of the Bolshoi Theater, this time it will unite 2 buildings at once: the Bolshoi and Maly Theaters.
Taking into account the use of two facades at once, a unique light show was developed in which their interaction will become part of one story: the play “Celestial Mechanics” will tell the audience about love and loneliness, about the impossibility of existing alone, but at the same time - the impossibility of complete acceptance of one person by another . And during the light show “Timeless”, viewers in the company of Alexander Ostrovsky will get acquainted with the history and cult performances of the Maly Theater.
Also on the facades of buildings will be shown the works of participants in the “Art Vision” video mapping competition in the “Classic” and “Modern” categories.
. Tsaritsyno
September 23 - 27: light show, fountain show, light installations; September 24 - live show art group SOPRANO Turetsky, accompanied by video projection.
At the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, festival guests will be treated to an audiovisual mapping “Palace of Feelings”, the authors of which will animate the façade of the Grand Catherine Palace and talk about its feelings. Among other things, a fountain show will be held on Tsaritsynsky Pond, and the park will host light installations from leading lighting designers from around the world.
. Patriarch's Ponds
Patriarch's Ponds will become an experimental platform: for the first time, as part of the Circle of Light festival, visual images for a live performance by a pianist (Dmitry Malikov will perform classical works) will be created in real time.
. Strogino
On the last day of the festival, a 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show will take place in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater: hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from 4 barges.
. Concert hall"WORLD"
. Digital October
Admission to the open areas of the Circle of Light 2017 festival is free (except for the stands); to attend the program in the MIR concert hall and the Digital October center, pre-registration is required.
View more detailed information about the festival and the work schedule of the venues can be found on the official website of the Circle of Light festival -
The seventh international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow from September 23 to 27. Traditionally, viewers will be able to see multimedia laser shows, special lighting effects and fireworks on the city streets, and the main venue will be the Ostankino TV Tower. Admission to all events is free.
Ostankino
Digital October
Those who are interested in new products in the field of video mapping and visual arts will be able to visit the educational program at the Digital October center. On September 23 and 24 there will be lectures, discussions and master classes conducted by specialists in computer graphics, representatives of design studios, programmers, lighting engineers, architects, etc. In particular, on September 24, at a lecture about contemporary art“All Art Was Modern” will talk about how culture reflects our reality and changes in society, and the lecture “From Phantasmagoria to Sensory Reality” will talk about visual art, its history and development over the centuries. Listeners will learn about how science and art were connected, what the earliest optical technologies were. Pre-registration is required to participate.
Where: Moscow, Bersenevskaya embankment, 6, building 3.
VJing competition
You can watch the competition of the best VJs as part of the Art Vision competition in the Mir concert hall.
VJing (VJ) is the creation of visual images to music, mixing visual effects and videos to music in real time. Pre-registration is required.
Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2.
On famous architectural objects you can see 3D video mapping and plot presentations.
SHOULD WE GO AROUND THE WORLD?
The main venue of the Circle of Light 2017 festival in Moscow is Ostankino. On September 23 at 20.00 the opening ceremony of the festival will take place there. The country's main television tower celebrates its half-century anniversary this year. The technology of projecting three-dimensional images onto an architectural object - video mapping - will allow the birthday girl to “try on” images of the tallest buildings in the world.
The famous skyscrapers and television towers of France, the UAE, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear before the audience against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries.
Fountains, burners, and lighting fixtures will be installed on Ostankino Pond. Guests will be treated to an extraordinary multimedia show combining light, lasers, choreography of fountains and fire, as well as a grandiose pyrotechnic show.
THEATRICAL NOVEL
Theater Square (September 23 - 27, 19.30 - 23.00). On this site, the “Celestial Mechanics” program is a kind of non-verbal dialogue of a couple in love and a plastic dialogue of two buildings. The synthesis of choreography, drama and light will erase the boundaries between the Bolshoi and Maly theaters.
The second show is Timeless. The Maly Theater will invite you on a journey through centuries and eras along with the great Russian classics. Denying the linear flow of time, decorations created from historical sketches will appear on two facades at once, and scenes from famous performances will unfold.
Also at the Bolshoi and Maly theaters the works of participants in the Art Vision competition will be shown.
Free admission.
"Tsaritsyno"
m. "Tsaritsyno",
st. Dolskaya, 1.
The festival will take place at two venues.
On Grand Palace(19.30 - 23.00) will show the audiovisual mapping “Palace of Senses”. With the help of light and music, the authors of the story will revive the façade of the building and tell the audience about its... feelings.
On September 24, you can watch a live performance by the art group “ Soprano Turkish"accompanied by a video projection on the façade of the palace. Spectators can expect a mix of lighting technologies accompanied by one of the best women's groups Russia, which presents voices from the highest (coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo). On other days women's voices will be heard on the recording.
At Tsaritsynsky Pond (19.30 - 23.00) - fountain show. Dozens of fountains will dance to the works of Russian composers. Light installations will be on throughout the evening.
Stroginskaya floodplain
m. "Krylatskoe".
21.30 - 22.00.
The powerful finale of the festival will be a show in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater. For the first time in Russia, viewers can expect a large-scale 35-minute pyrotechnic show from Japanese manufacturers. According to the organizers, Japanese fireworks are unique in their properties and have no analogues in the world. For the show, barges will be installed on the water, on which pyrotechnic installations will be placed. The charges of Japanese fireworks are much larger than usual, each shot is made manually, and the design is individual. They will open at an altitude of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be about 240 meters.
You can attend the festival, as in previous years, absolutely free!
FACT
Last year, the Circle of Light festival was visited by 6 million people!
BY THE WAY
Festival events will be held in parallel at two indoor venues.
On September 24, the “Art Vision VJing” competition will take place at the “Mir” theater and concert hall, where teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music. And on September 23 and 24, the Digital October center will host free educational lectures by lighting designers from all over the world.
During the Circle of Light festival, 10 streets will be closed.
Venue
Ostankino, Theater Square, Tsaritsyno, Strogino, Digital October, KZ Mir
Date and time of the festival/event
Sat, 09/23/2017 - 00:00 - Wed, 09/27/2017 - 23:59
Ticket prices
Free admission
From September 23 to 27, 2017, the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" will be held in the capital Moscow.
The Circle of Light festival is held annually. For five days Moscow will once again turn into a city of light - lighting designers and audio specialists visual arts from all over the world will transform the architectural appearance of the capital. Its most famous buildings will feature colorful large-scale video projections, the streets will be illuminated with fabulous installations, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable experience and bright emotions.
Admission to the opening ceremony of the Circle of Light, as well as to other performances of the festival, is free. However, you can watch the opening ceremony up close - from specially organized stands. To do this you need to get an invitation card. In particular, you can win invitation tickets to the opening ceremony of the festival by participating in a competition held at official page festival VKontakte.
ATTENTION! Tickets for the stands are distributed through social services and departments of the Moscow government. Tickets are also raffled off in competitions in in social networks festival
Venues and schedule of the festival "Circle of Light 2017"
The festival will take place at the following venues in Moscow: Ostankino, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Strogino, Digital October and the Mir Concert Hall.
Ostankino
This is one of the main venues of the Moscow international festival"Circle of Light 2017". The opening ceremony will take place here on September 23. A musical and multimedia show using video projection, fountain choreography, synergy of light, lasers and fire will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the water surface of the Ostankino pond and will end with a grandiose pyrotechnic show.
SEPTEMBER 23: OPENING CEREMONY OF THE VII MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "CIRCLE OF LIGHT", 20:00-21:15
A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower
ATTENTION! In connection with the opening ceremony of the festival, a number of roads in the Ostankino area will be blocked. Changes will also be made to the work public transport. The road closure plan at the Ostankino site on September 23 and 24 was published in the photo gallery on this page (see above).
A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The program will end with a 7-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show.
theatre square
The main buildings on this site are the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. The light show on their facades will tell a love story. In addition, the site will host a screening of works from the ARTVISION competition. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "SKY MECHANICS"
Viewers can expect a story about love and loneliness. About the impossibility of accepting one person by another, but at the same time the impossibility of existing alone.
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "TIMELESS"
The light history of the Maly Theater will be told to the audience.
BIG THEATER. SHOWING THE WORKS OF ARTVISION COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS IN THE "CLASSIC" NOMINATION
On the façade of the Bolshoi Theater, viewers can expect new works in the genre of classic architectural video mapping. Participants will demonstrate the art of interaction of 2D-3D light-color projections on a physical object in the urban environment, taking into account its geometry and location in space.
SMALL THEATER. SHOWING WORKS OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ARTVISION COMPETITION IN THE "MODERN" NOMINATION
The facade of the Maly Theater will become a canvas for the works of participants in the ART VISION competition in the “Modern” category. This nomination differs from classic architectural video mapping in that the authors constantly search for and use new technologies, tools, and knowledge in the field of modern artistic trends.
Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"
At this site, viewers can expect an audiovisual show at the Bolshoi Catherine's Palace, a live performance by Turetsky's Soprano art group to the accompaniment of light and music, a fountain show on Tsaritsynsky Pond and amazing light installations.
GRAND CATHERINE PALACE
AUDIOVISUAL MAPPING "PALACE OF SENSES"
PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE BY THE ART GROUP SOPRANO TURETSKY, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE
Viewers will witness a unique combination of lighting technologies with recordings of songs from one of the best female groups in Russia, which features voices from the highest (coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo).
TSARITSYNSKY POND
FOUNTAIN SHOW
Dozens of fountains will come to life with music classical works Russian composers, making the audience participants in a large water orchestra.
PARK TSARITSYNO
LIGHT INSTALLATIONS
Throughout the evening, amazing light installations from leading lighting designers from all over the world will be running in Tsaritsyno Park. 4 light installations will be installed:
- Your own space;
- Mushroom glade;
- Raindrops;
- Vinyl Mapping.
ON SEPTEMBER 24, from 20:00 to 21:00, there will also be a PERFORMANCE BY THE TURKISH SOPRANO ART GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE.
The program will feature a number of classical works performed by Dmitry Malikov, which will be translated into the language of visual metaphors and images by the VJ team, winner of the ART VISION competition.
Strogino
CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL - PYROTECHNIC SHOW
Spectators can expect a bright 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show, which has no analogues in Russia. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from four barges installed in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, the largest of which, 600 mm caliber, has never been presented in Russia before. Japanese fireworks are unique in their properties and have no analogues in the world. They are superior in color and brightness to other fireworks, and the process handmade, passed down from time immemorial, makes each projectile a true work of art.
Digital October
From year to year, the site remains a constant meeting place for famous professionals in the field of visual art and aspiring light artists. Educational program, consisting of lectures, seminars and practical classes, helps beginners master the basics and reveals many secrets and subtleties in working with light.
Schedule of educational events in Digital October
The program includes workshops, panel discussions and public presentations.
To attend the events, you must register on the official festival website using the link.
September 23, Saturday
Conference hall
12:00 - 12:50 Discussion: When will robots replace designers?
Participants: Andrey Sebrant (Yandex), Andrey Kalinin (MailRU Group), Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexander Kaplan, artist Alexandra Gavrilova (Stain).
Moderator – Olga Vad (curator of the Polytechnic Museum)
13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: What “shines” for us. Gaston Zahr OGE Creative Group (Israel)
14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: Fulldome revolution. Pedro Zaz (Portugal)
15:20 - 16:20 Evolution of 3D mapping. Alexander Meltsev (Panasonic Russia)
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Rays of Light – educational sprint
Participants: Tanya Samarakovskaya, Vadim Mirgorodsky (co-founder of the Truce media design studio), Vadim Goncharov (front-end developer), Sergey Batyshev (media designer), moderator - Dmitry Karpov
Small Hall
12:30 - 13:10 Presentation: Using Blacktrax technology in multimedia performances. Dreamlaser
13:20 - 14:00 Presentation: Flaretic: An environment for creating real-time graphics. Julien Vulliet (France)
14:30 - 15:10 Presentation: Bolshoi Ostrovsky.
Technologies for creating dramatic mapping shows at the Bolshoi and Maly theaters from the Dobro studio.
15:20 - 16:20 Presentation: Unity of technology and art in collaboration with brands. Radugadesign
Workshops and seminars
Audience 1*
MadMapper 3.0 - DMX lighting control system. François Wunshel
Auditorium 2*
TouchDesigner: Elementary mathematics. Ilya Derzaev
Auditorium 3*
Unreal Visual Orchestra / Unreal Visual Orchestra. Kuflex
Auditorium 4*
Laser projectors Outdoor Lasers in lighting design. Outdoor Lasers
11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world in 2016-2017.
Conference hall
12:00 - 12:50 Discussion. Profession lighting designer: creating an incubator for geniuses.
Participants: Natalya Markevich (lighting designer, curator of the Lighting Design course at the MARSH school), Artem Voronov (co-founder of the MPEI Light Lab lighting design school), Natalya Bystryantseva ( graduate School lighting design at ITMO University) and Sergey Sizy (member international union lighting designers IALD, founder and director of the school and lighting design studio LiDS).
Moderator - Vladimir Pavlovich Budak (Department of Lighting Engineering MPEI)
13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: All art was modern. Marzia Lodi, European Institute of Design (IED, Italy)
14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: From phantasmagoria to sensory reality? Olga Mink (Netherlands)
15:20 - 16:20 Lecture: 1024 architecture – From the physical to the intangible. Panorama of studio projects 1024"
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Light orchestra - original lighting solutions for musical performances and events.
Participants: Roman Vakulyuk (Global Show Trade), Alexander Fuks, Marina Larikova, Oleg Tysyachny and Pavel Gusev (True Light Crew), moderator – Alexey Shcherbina
Small Hall
12:30 - 13:10 Video mapping. Entertainment and efficiency. Ivan Gorokhov, Meshsplash
13:20 - 14:00 Opening ceremony of Expo 2017 in Astana. Anton Sakara (Raketamedia)
14:30 - 15:10 Space Ku. Kuflex
15:20 - 16:20 Personality beyond new media. Natalya Bystryantseva (Higher School of Lighting Design, ITMO University, Russia)
Workshops and seminars
Audience 1*
Mapping on complex objects. Dreamlaser
Auditorium 2*
Design and control of lighting installations using VDMX and Unity. Mikhail Grigoriev, Ilya Ryzhkov (Luna Park)
www.lunapark.space
Auditorium 3*
Visual effects and compositing in vvvv. Julien Vullier (Mr. Vux, France), Ekaterina Danilova (Idwyr)
* - Pre-registration is required, the number of places is limited
11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world 2016-2017
KZ "Mir"
On September 24 at 20:00 the competition of the best light and music teams will take place in the “VJing” category of the ART VISION competition. Each VJ only has 10 minutes to present their best video projections accompanied by a live DJ set. Who will do it better and more creatively? The audience's reaction also affects the judges' scores! Musical accompaniment competition - DJ Artem Splash.