IN PRESQU'ÎLE 3 EVENINGS 8 PM - MIDNIGHT 8 • 9 • 10 DEC. – LYON 2016 PROGRA M ORGANIZATION FOUNDING PARTNERS FETEDESLUMIERES.LYON.FR A WORD FROM THE MAYOR Last year, the tragic events in Paris led us to transform the Festival of Lights into a tribute to the victims. This year, we made it a point to reaffirm our loyalty to this 3 EVENINGS emblematic tradition of our city and to take up once again its festive aspects while 8 PM - MIDNIGHT protecting the people of Lyon. This is the reason why we have decided to limit the scope of this edition, so that we can implement reinforced means of security that are 8 • 9 • 10 DEC. – LYON indispensable in the present context. I hope that this 2016 edition encounters the success it deserves, especially since this O new configuration will offer the audience a particularly dense collection of works in T the heart of the Lyon Presqu'île district. C N E Here, you will discover the jewels of our architectural heritage enhanced with light, creating poetic works that stimulate the imagination. You will note that the Festival N of Lights remains a major international event that by combining artistic creativity, T technical excellence and energy efficiency makes the city of Lyon known around the S world. And you will see that we succeed - in spite of everything - in bringing to life the values of unity, fraternity and tolerance that are the strength behind this popular event. May you all enjoy a wonderful Festival of Lights! In the Heart of Presqu’île P. 4 > 17 _ Further Along P. 18 > 19 Gérard COLLOMB Senator-Mayor of Lyon Around the Festival P. 20 > 26 President of Lyon Métropole Useful Information P. 27 > 28 MAP OF THE INSTALLATIONS P. 30 > 31 Forty points of entry (every 100 m), accessible ECEMB D ER to pedestrians, with random security checks. N 8 O Pedestrians may leave the area at any point. Luggage and backpacks are not allowed. LET'S CANDELIGHT OUR CITY! A tradition born in the mid 19th colored glass containers. century. Thus was born the Festival FETEDESLUMIERES.LYON.FR The story of December 8 of Lights, an emblematic Full program, interactive map, began in 1852. It had been popular gathering that unites useful information, videos, decided to place a golden the people of Lyon in a spirit photos, trophies, etc statue of the Virgin Mary on of togetherness. This is the DOWNLOAD THE APP Fourvière Hill on September 8 spirit behind the Festival, the Share your choice of that year. Unfortunately, heavy spirit behind candles placed in of installations flooding made it impossible to do windows. this. The ceremony was rescheduled for In remembrance of that time, the people of Participate in the Instagram photo contest December 8, and a number of religious events Lyon put these “lumignon” candles in their #FDL2016 #jeumeslumières2016 were planned. Bad weather ruined the official windows each year on December 8 and ceremonies, but when the storm died down, stroll through the city streets to admire the the people of Lyon spontaneously decided exceptional light installations. to light their windows with candles placed in IN THE HEART OF PRESQU'ÎLE 5 SEE SEE 2 DETAILED DETAILED MAP AND MAP AND LES FOOT- PATHWAYS PATHWAYS BALLEURS PLACE ANTONIN PONCET Rémi Brun • Production: MocapLab PAGES MOBILE Forget what you know about football. Forget 30/31 APP about materiality and physicality, and plunge into a match where players and ball are made of light, a moving light that pays tribute to the beauty of athletic movement. But don't look for a seat in the bleachers! As both spectator and referee, you'll find yourself right in the middle of the action! Project: Continental 3 NIGHT FLIGHTS IN THE HEART PLACE ANTONIN PONCET Thierry Chenavaud • Production: Enluminures This is an allegorical daydream based on the life and OF PRESQU'ÎLE work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, whose famous plane becomes the backdrop for his adventures and poetry. Get on board and travel to meet white sheep, deserts, far-away Africa and the jungle, storms and thunder showers, and clouds of stamped letters from the land of dreams. Project: La Banque Postale and the Moroccan National Tourist Office With the support of Aéroports de Lyon and the Aquitaine Nouvelle Region With Un songe forain, immerse yourself freely in Share your UN SONGE the ancient yet contemporary world of carnivals. photos and your excitement: FORAIN On the big Ferris wheel, there is a first tribute to #FDL2016. PLACE BELLECOUR this dizzying world. Images follow one another Between and twirl about: a merry-go-round, candy, a knife projections of Un songe forain, Nathanaelle Picot thrower, a strongman. Faster than a speeding roller you can see the Production: Pixel n’Pepper coaster, you'll travel from the sky to the bowels most beautiful photos selected Project sponsored by Solvay, Colliers International, Citeos, of the Earth. The colorful evocation of this festive for display on the Mini World Lyon, iGuzzini and Revolt world will bring back childhood memories that are giant screen of still alive inside you. the Ferris wheel. 4 1 What if the four masts of the Tony Bertrand water CAPRICE sports center, a notable architectural feature on TONY BERTRAND the left bank of the Rhône, became gigantic View from WATER SPORTS CENTER lighted turbines for the Festival? The impetuous Place Antonin Poncet and the Rhône, filled with history, is the power that drives Sébastien Lefèvre left bank of the them. The river's energy is symbolized by the Rhône Production: Le Pilote Productions movement of these lighted vortexes whirling in Project: Compagnie Nationale du Rhône monumental dynamic spirals that remind visitors of Lyon's expertise in lighting. 6 IN THE HEART OF PRESQU'ÎLE IN THE HEART OF PRESQU'ÎLE 7 5 8 OFF LINES THE BRIGHT BOAT BASINS AT PLACE PASSERELLE ABBÉ COUTURIER BELLECOUR Frédéric Godeau Pierre Ranzini Production: En attendant Production: Mad Rhizome production What if a bridge became a means of travel On basins at Place Bellecour, Off Lines casts away instead of merely a place for crossing? Through spatiotemporal constraints and lets you enjoy an initiatory, enigmatic and magical trip, The Bright View from the the fluidity of a vivid light playing across the Boat invites you to become the creator of your angle between Pont Bonaparte esplanade. Freeing themselves from a volume and personal journey among city lights. Oars lift, the and Quai Tilsitt defying space, 320 luminous lines offer a surprising sail is raised, the hull comes into view, the boat ballet of geometric connections. Creating timeless moves. Cast off and follow this star-studded boat shapes, the beams split the air, shatter to pieces from the riverbank as it moves along an imaginary and then join together again, accompanied by lighted pathway. harmonious sounds. Project sponsored by DCB International and IEFT Groupe IDRAC Project sponsored by Icade and Gecina Sponsored by Sineo International 9 MOUCHARABIÉ 6 JURASSIC SPARK MONTÉE DU GOURGUILLON PLACE BELLECOUR Pitaya Production: Pitaya Atelier Humpff: Jean-Charles Daclin, Windows on Montée du Gourguillon are decorated Romain Lardanchet, Julien Menzel with hundreds of lumignon candles placed there by Production : Number 8 local residents, and streetlights are covered with With the support of CAPSA Container and in collaboration with Carrion TP an openwork metal mesh. The street becomes a sparkling, luminous ocean that evokes the quaint Perched on an industrial container, Gustave is a charm of an old passageway lighted by candles. life-sized steel stegosaurus created by Romain Project: Promoval Lardanchet in collaboration with the Fernand Forest In collaboration with residents from the 5th arrondissement vocational school in St. Priest. The artist MrZL has dressed him in a moving suit of light made of LEDs and spotlights that blink on and off to a sparkling, dreamlike rhythm that brings to mind an era that is both Jurassic and industrial. Everything bathes in the aural atmosphere designed by Jean-Charles Daclin. 7 ROBOTICUM PLACE BELLECOUR Yves Moreaux Production : Assystem Project: Assystem, Institut des Ressources Industrielles, 10 Omron Adept, Philips and Fanuc With the support of TSPS Reaching up to seven meters, bouquets of In the night, four large robots with articulated ROS'Ô five lighted rushes in different sizes shine in metal arms play with lighted animations on their PLACE DES MINIMES various shades of red. Cylindrical and flexible, screens. Six naughty and giggling little robots these delicate plants are inspired by a bucolic TILT try to escape from their big brothers. In a festive landscape transposed to an urban setting, where Production: TILT digital convergence, these robots demonstrate light reinvents vegetation, adding a touch of pop that they know how to amuse us and make us and glamour to this wild species normally found smile. at the water's edge. 8 IN THE HEART OF PRESQU'ÎLE IN THE HEART OF PRESQU'ÎLE 9 11 CANDLES FROM THE HEART THÉÂTRES ANTIQUES Thousands of candles will convey a DE FOURVIÈRE - ODÉON strong message of support: light a This year, the "Electricians without Borders" candle here to bring light elsewhere, (Électriciens sans frontières) association, since Electricians without Borders in an which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, NGO promoting access to electricity for will benefit from the generosity of the destitute populations. people of Lyon and visitors to the Festival. Candles from the Heart are available at The principle is simple: purchase one or dedicated points of sale for two euros more lumignon candles and participate during the week that precedes the event in the creation of a lighted tapestry in and during the entire Festival of Lights.