From September 20 to 24, 2019, the international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow.
The Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" is an annual event in which lighting designers and specialists in the field of audiovisual art from around the world will transform architectural appearance capital Cities.
For several days in September, Moscow will once again turn into a center of attraction for light, colorful large-scale video projections will unfold on its iconic buildings, fabulous installations will illuminate the streets, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable experience and bright emotions.
The festival, which began in 2011 with three small venues, becomes more vibrant and impressive every year. The number of platforms, the skill of visual effects, and the number of viewers who never tire of sharing their photographs, videos and real emotions are growing. in social networks. The festival's visual effects include streams of light, video projections, laser shows, light shows and pyrotechnic displays. Water and fire special effects are also used. The scale of the performances is also striking - in 2017 there was a show on the main building of Moscow State University named after. Lomonosov exceeded 40,000 square meters. This year, light shows will be shown at seven venues. They will demonstrate their skills the best masters video mapping.
You can come and enjoy the performances for free - admission to all festival sites is free.
Program of the festival “Circle of Light 2019”»
The venues for the Festival of Light 2019 in Moscow will be the Rowing Canal, Teatralnaya Square, Kolomenskoye, Ostankino Park, the Victory Museum, a complex of buildings on Sakharov Avenue, Arbat Hall, the Polytechnic Museum and Center Digital October.
Grebnoy Canal (opening)
The opening of the festival will take place September 20 on the Rowing Canal, where viewers will be shown the multimedia light musical “Seven Notes”.
September 21, 22 at 19:45— reruns of the show “Seven Notes”
September 24 at 20:30– light and pyrotechnic show “Code of Unity”
How to get there: From the Molodezhnaya metro station take bus No. 229 to the “Grebnoy Canal” stop or bus No. 691 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop. From the Krylatskoye metro station, take bus No. 829 to the “Grebnoy Kanal” stop or trolleybus No. 19 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop.
theatre square
This year Theater Square will use the facades of three theaters for light shows: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. The three buildings will allow for a panoramic 270-degree video projection.
Schedule
How to get there: pl. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad metro stations, Revolution Square, Teatralnaya
Kolomenskoye
During the festival, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will once again turn into a “Fairy Tale Park” - a place where it is especially pleasant to come with the whole family and immerse yourself in Magic world light illusions and adventures. The territory of the Fairy Tale Park, covering an area of more than one and a half hectares, will be filled with light installations and video mapping shows on the facades of buildings.
Schedule
- September 20 – 24 19:30 – 23:00 – “Fairy Tale Park”
- September 22nd 20:00 – concert by Dmitry Malikov
How to get there: metro station "Kolomenskaya".
Victory Museum
ONLY ART VISION MODERN COMPETITORS AND THE JURY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE FESTIVAL SITE!
Ostankino Park
Guests of Ostankino Park will be amazed to find themselves there during the Circle of Light festival. After all, their favorite place will open for them a new, fantastic science - “Geometry of Light”!
Schedule
How to get there: Park-estate Ostankino, 1st Ostankino st., no.5. VDNH metro station
Digital October
Within educational program On September 21 and 22 at the Digital October Center, leading experts in lighting design and video projection from around the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects, talk about the pitfalls of the organizational process of lighting performances, discuss technical innovations and current trends. The program includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures.
Schedule
How to get there: emb. Bersenevskaya, 6, building 3, metro stations Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka
ARBAT HALL
On Saturday evening, fans of club music will enjoy the Arbat Hall concert hall, where an international light and music party will take place - a creative competition between VJs from different corners world - participants in the “VJing” nomination of the “ART VISION” competition.
Schedule
COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS ON Ave. AK. SAKHAROV
The facades of the buildings of the International Investment Bank complex will become the space for a combined video projection and laser show, unique in its scale even for the Circle of Light festival. In the history of the festival, laser projections have never been implemented on the facades of such an area. A 15-minute laser show and two video projection shows will be shown to the audience in a cyclic mode.
Schedule
How to get there: metro station Sretensky Bulvar, Chistye Prudy, Turgenevskaya, Red Gate, Sukharevskaya.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
In the very center of Moscow, on the facade of the Polytechnic Museum, viewers will see two incredibly colorful performances - about the history of the oldest building in the capital and its future.
Schedule
Official website of the festival - https://lightfest.ru
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 to the public.
Skillfully using video mapping techniques and modern multimedia technologies, masters transform urban space and the architectural appearance of 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 traditionally will be Teatralnaya 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 to different countries of the world and see their natural beauty: 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 they will demonstrate 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 groups SOPRANO Turkish accompanied by video projection.
At the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, festival guests will enjoy an audiovisual mapping “Palace of Feelings”, the authors of which will enliven the facade of the Bolshoi Catherine Palace and talk about his feelings. Among other things, there will be a fountain show on Tsaritsynsky Pond, and the park will host light installations from leading lighting designers from different countries peace.
. Patriarch's Ponds
The Patriarch's Ponds are to become an experimental platform: for the first time, within the framework 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 "MIR"
. 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 Circle of Light festival, which will take place from September 20 to 24, will be the highlight of this fall. The capital will be immersed in an atmosphere of geometric illusions, laser projections and light installations.
Fireworks over the water and harmony of light and music
The opening of the festival will take place on September 20 on the Rowing Canal. From 20:30 to 21:30, the multimedia musical “Seven Notes” will be shown here - a story about how music helps people find spiritual harmony, as well as a 15-minute musical and pyrotechnic show.
An arc will be built over the canal, which will connect the two banks and serve as a screen for video projections. And on the water surface of the canal there will be more than a hundred burners, over two hundred fountains and screens that will visually bring the characters of the show closer to the guests. There will also be more spectator seats this year.
You can watch the show again on the site on September 21 and 22 from 19:45 to 21:30, but with a five-minute fireworks display.
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On the last day, September 24, the “Code of Unity” light show will be presented on the Rowing Canal. In 25 minutes, guests will see several eras and main events in the history of Russia. The festival will close with a ten-minute musical and pyrotechnic show with high-altitude fireworks. It will use charges with a caliber of up to 300 millimeters.
“Space Odyssey”, “Spartacus” and the history of the Polytechnic Museum: colorful stories on the facades of buildings
On Theater Square spectators will be greeted by a 270-degree panoramic platform, including the facades of the Bolshoi, Maly and Russian Academic Youth Theaters. For five days it will show a five-minute light novel dedicated to the Year of the Theatre. Guests will also see the Spartak show, stories from the official partners of the festival and the work of the finalists international competition“Art Vision” in the “Classic” category from five countries.
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For the first time, the festival site will be a renovated Museum of Science and Industry. From 19:30 to 23:00, multimedia shows about the history of the Polytechnic University and scientific and technological progress will be shown on the facade. For example, viewers will learn about the exhibition of 1872, the work of scientific laboratories, creative meetings with figures of Russian culture and art, as well as the secrets that will be revealed to visitors to the Polytechnic Museum after the restoration is completed.
Among the new items in the program is also a show on Academician Sakharov Avenue. A 15-minute laser show and video projections will be shown on the facades of the building complex in a cyclic mode. “A Space Odyssey” will open up the depths of space to viewers, and the 28-minute show “Melodies of Knowledge” will be dedicated to scientific disciplines.
Illusions and light: walks in the parks
Lovers evening walks in the parks will also be in the center of the “Circle of Light”. Visitors Ostankino Park will find themselves in a world of illusions thanks to 15 light and video projection installations. A museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" will turn into a “Fairy Tale Park”. Here guests can meet the Genie, animated puppets and dancing people, or see the “Shadow Theatre”. Installations and video mapping shows will be presented on an area of more than 1.5 hectares. In addition, on September 22 at 20:00 a concert by Dmitry Malikov with lighting accompaniment will take place in the park. The concert program will include songs and instrumental compositions by the People's Artist of Russia.
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IN Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill will show the works of participants in the Art Vision competition from 12 countries in the Modern category.
Entrance to all sites is free. More information about the events of the Circle of Light festival can be found on the official website.
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In Moscow, on September 21, 2018, the international festival “Circle of Light” will open along the spit of the Rowing Canal. On the opening day, a multimedia show “Carnival of Light” is planned to be shown, combining amazing features light and laser projections, fountains and fire, as well as grandiose pyrotechnic displays. You can get to the festival by bus, metro and car, subject to temporary separate road closures. Entry to the Circle of Light event sites is absolutely free.
How to get to the opening of the Circle of Light festival on September 21, 2018
The Circle of Light festival will open in the Rowing Canal on September 21, 2018 with the Carnival of Light show starting at 20:30. The video projection will consist of 12-meter cubes, more than 250 fountains over the water and more than 150 fire burners various types. Over the next two days, festivalgoers will be able to see reruns of the show (at 7:45 p.m.).
The Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" is held annually. During the event, lighting designers and professionals in the field of 2D and 3D graphics demonstrate their achievements using the architectural space of Moscow. Buildings and structures become objects of multimedia and light installations.
You can get to the opening of the Circle of Light festival by bus No. 229 from the Molodezhnaya metro station to the Grebnoy Kanal stop or bus No. 691 to the Winged Bridge stop. From the Krylatskoye metro station, bus No. 829 to the Grebnoy Kanal stop or trolleybus No. 19 to the Krylaty Most stop will take you to your destination. For those who will travel by car, there is a special scheme for blocking traffic and the Grebnoy Canal site. This is necessary to select in advance the best ways overview and detour routes.
Circle of Light festival program in 2018
The Circle of Light Festival in 2018 is organized at several venues, some of which will host the event for the first time. This year in Tsaritsyno, guests will be treated to two new works as part of the festival, which will be shown on the façade of the Great Tsaritsyno Palace. This is the story of the Phoenix bird “Palace of Wanderings” and an audiovisual performance about the world of the future. In addition, portal structures to the world of the future will be installed, created from LED tubes and harmoniously integrated into the nature of the park. They can be read using smartphone cameras. And all this thanks to augmented reality technology.
On September 24, a concert will take place on the stage in front of the Great Tsaritsyn Palace People's Artist Russia Dmitry Malikov, accompanied by video projections on the facade of the palace.
In 2018, Theater Square will use the facades of three theaters for light shows: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. A panoramic 270-degree video projection will be played out on three buildings. They will show a light novel about Spartak, as well as two light shows from last year, works of the international Art Vision competition.
The Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” is one of the largest and most popular city festivals in Moscow, a grand celebration of light, during which talented lighting designers and audiovisual art specialists from around the world transform the architectural appearance of the capital.
Skillfully using video mapping techniques and modern multimedia technologies, masters transform the facades of Moscow's symbolic buildings into screens for large-scale video projections. Colorful video projections, light installations and vibrant multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks - all this can be seen at the festival sites completely free of charge!
In 2018, the “Circle of Light” takes place for the eighth time.
Over the years, it has turned from a local Moscow holiday into a major international event - one of the most popular festivals of light, which attracts tourists to Moscow not only from Russia, but also from foreign countries. The festival's achievements have been included in the Guinness Book of Records several times: for the largest video projection in 2015 and 2016, as well as for the largest luminous flux power when projecting an image in 2016.
Where will the Circle of Light festival take place in 2018: program
Preliminary plan of events:
- Opening/closing ceremony of the festival: September 21 - 25
- Competition "ART VISION VJing": September 22 (Mir Concert Hall)
- Competition "ART VISION Modern": September 23 (facade of the Grand Tsaritsyn Palace)
- Competition "ART VISION Classic": September 24 (Russian Academic youth theater, Bolshoi and Maly theaters of Moscow)
Where will the VIII International Festival “Circle of Light”-2018 take place, event program
“Circle of Light” 2018 will open with a big light show. It will take place on September 21 on the Rowing Canal. The organizers promise the audience a real “choreography of fire and fountains”, as well as an enchanting pyrotechnic show.
The festival itself is in this year will pass at seven sites. One of them will be Grand Palace at the Tsaritsino estate. On its façade they will demonstrate bright show, dedicated to the world's greatest landmarks. Viewers will see the Taj Mahal, Big Ben and other legendary architectural monuments planets. In addition, a light film dedicated to the distant fantastic future will be shown there.
Traditionally, many spectators come to watch the show on Theater Square. This year on the facades of famous capital theaters- Big, Small and RAMT - they will show a light show about the Roman gladiator Spartacus.
Another festival site will be the Kolomenskoye Nature Reserve. There you can see installations on the theme of children's fairy tales.
A competition of VJs from different countries will take place in the Mir concert hall on Tsvetnoy. They will compete in the skill of creating light projections accompanied by music. And on the Rowing Canal for three days - from September 21 to 23 - you can see the pyrotechnic show “Carnival of Light”.
This year, for the first time, one of the festival sites will be the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill. On the façade of the building they will show a projection of the fleet from the time of Peter I and a reconstruction of the Battle of Kulikovo.
And on the facades of book houses on Novy Arbat from 18:45 until midnight during the festival you can see light patterns and the event logo.
Teams from more than 30 countries take part in the Circle of Light. According to the organizers' calculations, about five million people will watch it in 2018.
Site schedule
Performances of the Circle of Light Festival 2018 can be viewed from 19:30 to 23:00. Entrance to the sites is free.
How to get there
Every year the sites are different and different parts cities. The only trend is that there are very few parking spaces, the best option To avoid traffic jams, use the metro or any other public transport.