Festival "Circle of Light": reviews. What interesting can you see at the festival "Circle of Light" in Moscow?

One of the brightest events in the life of the Russian capital is the "Circle of Light" festival. The audience's feedback clearly reflects the atmosphere of the holiday, which is often called the festival of light.

The first festivals of light

For the first time such a celebration took place in the XIX century in Lyon. The original festival was of a purely religious nature. It was a holiday dedicated to the worship of the Virgin Mary, who saved the city from the plague. Residents of Lyon in gratitude to her put candles in the windows, which filled the city with a magical light. In our time this holiday has become secular and attracts millions of tourists.

With the development of technology, light festivals have become more ambitious. These are whole performances in the streets of cities. Modern holidays are multimedia and laser shows, video-mapping. They are held every year in Berlin, Prague, Lyon, Jerusalem and other cities around the world. The last four years, such a festival could be seen in Moscow.

Unique project

According to the idea of the organizers of the project, its main idea is to express the rapidity of the changes taking place in modern society, to demonstrate the full power of the latest technologies. And it is worth noting that they succeeded! The festival "Circle of Light" was first held in Moscow in 2011 and since then it has never ceased to amaze with its grandiose performances, which are simply impossible not to see.

Within the framework of a unique project, art artists and designers from around the world demonstrate endless possibilities in audiovisual art, which is a 3D projection on the facades of famous buildings, structures and cultural monuments of the city. Integrating their ideas into the architectural space of Moscow, they create an unforgettable video-mapping.

For viewers, free admission to all sites of the festival "Circle of Light." Reviews about the technologies of light art are filled with true delight. Spectators simply can not help but amaze with musical and multimedia performances, light installations that fill each of the participating sites of the festival with the energy of light.

The audience can also join the educational programs, get some knowledge, visiting the master classes of the leading artists in the field of light technology. All master classes are free of charge, but mandatory preliminary registration is required on the official website of the project.

Positive resonance

Festival "Circle of Light" was held in 2011 With great success . A new festive show using light innovative technologies has caused a positive response around the world. Already the first holding of such an event in Moscow allowed to put the festival on a par with the largest similar performances in other countries of the world.

The first "Circle of Light" in Moscow was held only in three main venues: Manezhnaya and Red Square, Gorky Park. Over 360 light installations were demonstrated here. The festival made it possible to identify the most talented masters of architectural illumination, gave an opportunity to use international experience in the thematic, light decoration of the city.

In the years that followed, all the leading trends in the field of video design and light were concentrated in the capital. It is the "Circle of the World" festival that can help to become a kind of epicenter of multimedia events in the world. Reviews Its success and scale have already spread throughout the world.

ART-VISION

"Circle of Light" is an international show. In it participate both masters of the business, and beginning experts from all world. Contestants have the opportunity to demonstrate their work in the contest "ART-VISION". In October 2014, their works were presented in the following art forms: classical architectural video mapping, modern video mapping, and wading.

Evaluates the work of the contestants an international jury, which includes well-known professionals in the field of design, architecture, lighting technology.

Criteria for evaluation of the competition

The jury in the same composition will judge the submitted works of the participants of the contest impartially. Each of the nominations is evaluated by them according to certain criteria. They are based on the following conditions:

• Uniqueness and originality of the performance.
• Creativity of the presented idea, the concept of execution, design in the disclosure of the topic and in the use of the environment.
• Integrity of the topic, narrative.
• The quality of the director's work.
• Musical design.
• Effective use of various technologies in creating a work.
• The reaction of the audience.
• Transformation. Change with the help of mapping and content sense of space.
• Technique of execution.
• Effects.
• Integration of multimedia.

Light Scenario

"Circle of Light" in Moscow is prepared according to specially designed individual scenarios. For artistic illumination of bridges, buildings, monuments, highways, a certain range of colors of different light dynamics is selected. Highlight is paid to the backlight so that it does not interrupt or distract from the already existing historical image of the capital, from its landscape and architectural silhouettes.

A peculiar charm to the festival is given by the season of its holding. In the autumn period, when the level of illumination falls, and the light day is significantly reduced, the laser show, 3D projections and hundreds of light objects create a unique, bright holiday atmosphere. The "Circle of Light" festival attracts millions of spectators who come to watch magnificent video illustrations, abstract stories and amazing performances.

The brilliant idea of a light show was appreciated on merit. Colorfulness, stunning effects, light in incredible incarnations, classical arias, sounding in a new way with such illuminations, attract more and more viewers from different parts of the world to the "Circle of Light". Reviews about the festival are extremely positive, from what they saw people really took breath away.

New image of the city

In 2012, a multimedia show held in Red Square was shocked by the colorfully illustrated history of the emergence and development of life on the planet. Its main theme was the birth and development of the world. The opening of the festival took a truly universal scale, and it ended with a camera story about the birth of light directly in the human soul.

The feedback from the spectators testified to the extraordinary scale of the festival. Light show literally swept the whole city. It seemed to residents and guests of the capital that they were in a magical world.

Festival "Circle of Light" in Moscow In the following years also prepared many surprises for his visitors. Five evenings of the third festival revealed a stunning video projection "On the birth and journey of fire", spectators were shown light performances "The Image of Russia" and "Ballet, decor, movement".

The fourth festival, the theme of which was chosen as "The Round-the-world trip", is recognized as the most grandiose. For its implementation, 8 sites were used: Ostankino, Tsaritsyno, VDNH, Bolshoi Theater, Digital October, Manezhnaya Square, Kuznetsky Most.

In the days of the festival, tens of thousands of Moscow courtyards , facades of historical buildings and structures, hundreds of streets, parks and squares were illuminated, and the production "Around the World in Less Than an Hour" was shown. The main heroine of the performance was the Ostankino Tower, which, in front of the audience, was reincarnated in Tokyo, the Eiffel Tower and other equally famous buildings.

It was hard to express in words the admiration for the performances that the Circle of Light festival demonstrated in Moscow. Feedback from the incredible game of light, beauty and grace testifies to the success of the project. A lot of enthusiasm leaves and a thoughtful educational program. Master classes of video-mapping and lectures from the creators of light installations, world-famous light shows, developers of modern software for the production of audio-visual content reveal to the visitors the unprecedented opportunities of the multimedia technologies and lighting design industry.

Reviews

Festival "Circle of Light" in Moscow is a Grandiose and unusual festive show. According to the number of participants and the scale of performances in the autumn of 2014, he surpassed the record of previous years.

A fabulous show, prepared by the best art artists from around the world, won the audience who visited the Circle of the World. Reviews of them only about the opening of the festival were mostly in the words "fantastically beautiful, unforgettable, incredible."

The art of the color show turned the autumn night into a colorful fairy tale, allowed the viewer to travel across all continents, to observe the extraordinary abstract installations of a different genre and style.

Lucky and those who could watch the broadcast of the show at home on TV. There was a feeling that not a single detail was lost, which allowed viewers also to take part in a kind of time travel.

A lot of pleasant sensations were given by the closing of the festival "Circle of Light". Reviews about the incredible beauty of light shows and their scale are clear proof that those who have not yet had a chance to visit this magnificent and enchanting spectacle need to do it next year.

Event tourism

The main goal of the festival was the development of event tourism. Demonstration of the newest technologies in the field of light attracts more and more people from all over the world. "Circle of Light" is an extraordinary festival, which allows transforming the usual urban space with the help of light technologies. This is a bright holiday - a synthesis of fine, light and plastic art. These are new trends in the sphere of architectural and light design in the country. The festival became a visiting card of Moscow, one of the components of the city's brand.