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ABOUT LUMIERE Lumiere London is a major new light festival that, over four evenings, transforms many of the capital’s most iconic streets and buildings in the West End and King’s Cross. It brings together some of the world’s most exciting artists working with light. Expect large-scale video-mapped projections, interactive pieces and jaw-dropping installations. Produced by Artichoke and supported by the TRANSPORT ADVICE Mayor of London, Lumiere London is completely free to attend. Plan your visit using the map inside, The best way to experience Lumiere London is and get ready to see the capital in a new light. on foot. Use this map or download the London Official City Guide app (from the App Store or THURSDAY 14 - SUNDAY 17 Google Play) to find your way around. JANUARY 2016 Please leave your car at home, walk or use public 6.30PM - 10.30PM transport when possible. There will be road closures to facilitate the festival, which will cause significant Don’t miss… disruption to road traffic in Central London. The Heart and Soul of the City Free event, supported by Bloomberg During Lumiere London, expect Tube stations and bus Philanthropies routes nearby to be busier and operate differently Friday 15 January, 2pm – 4.30pm from normal, especially on the evenings of Thursday 14 and Friday 15 January. Lumiere London artists discuss and debate the life of the city and the public realm, and how they can For updated travel advice across Central London be transformed by communities and artists. during the festival, please visit tfl.gov.uk/lumiere Bloomberg London Headquarters For festival news and updates follow City Gate House, 39-45 Finsbury Square, #LumiereLDN on Twitter London, EC2A 1PQ Got a question? Find out more and get your ticket: Look out for the Team London volunteers who are on visitlondon.com/lumiere/symposium hand to help you during the Lumiere London festival. SEE THE CITY IN A NEW LIGHT 14 - 17 JANUARY 2016 Piccadilly, Regent St & St James’s Mayfair OTHER EVENTS 1 2 3 14 15 16 4 - 22 January Portal | Nathaniel Rackowe 12 Hay Hill, London W1J 6DQ Garden of Light, TILT Les Luminéoles, Porté par Elephantastic, Top’là Sanctuary, Sarah Blood Dissect I and Dissect II, Spinning Night in Living In association with House of the Nobleman le vent Design / Catherine Garret Sarah Blood Colour, Elaine Buckholtz houseofthenobleman.com 4 5 6 17 18 19 11 - 22 January, 4pm – 9pm Winter Lights Festival @ Canary Wharf Throughout Canary Wharf, 18 light Shaida Walking. 2015, Keyframes, Groupe LAPS / 1.8 London, Janet Brothers and Sisters, Lightbench, Bernd Spiecker Aquarium, Benedetto Bufalino Julian Opie Thomas Veyssière Echelman / Studio Echelman Ron Haselden for LBO-Lichtbankobjekte & Benoit Deseille installations by innovative artists from across the world. Free. 7 8 9 canarywharf.com King’s Cross 13 - 31 January 195 Piccadilly, NOVAK I Haven’t Changed my Mind in Les Voyageurs (The 20 21 22 The Mayor Gallery presents a Thousand Years, Beth J Ross Travellers), Cédric Le Borgne Calculations, Permutations, Notations | LAb[au] Art Bermondsey Project Space, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Platonic Spin, IFO (Identified Flying Joining the Dots, 183-185 Bermondsey St, London, SE1 3UW Nathaniel Rackowe Object), Jacques Rival Cleary Connolly mayorgallery.com 10 11 12 23 24 25 24a 14 - 17 January, 6pm – 9pm ANON | Walter & Zoniel 24b Gazelli Art House, 39 Dover Street, London Plastic Islands, Centre Point Lights Neon Dogs, Deepa Mann-Kler King’s Cross Tunnel, Allies and Dresses, Tae gon KIM Light Graffiti,Floating W1S 4NN Luzinterruptus Morrison / Speirs + Major Pictures A surrealist site-specific installation, housing luminous older people as living sculptures. 13 26 28 27 walterandzoniel.com The Light of the Spirit, 14 January - 12 March, 11am - 6pm binaryWaves, LAb[au] Circus of Light, Ocubo Litre of Light, Mick Stephenson, Patrice Warrener Central Saint Martins Students (closed Sundays) & MyShelter Foundation More Noise | Tim Etchells 29 30 Bloomberg SPACE, 50 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1HD bloombergspace.com Spectra-3 Lux, FIELD.io Diver, Ron Haselden Mayfair Piccadilly, Regent St & St James’s Trafalgar Square, Westminster King’s Cross New Oxford St Oxford St 500m Wigmore St 5 minutes walk Strand Underpass Tottenham Court Road Y o r Duke St 6 k Oxford St Poland St Wardour St W a Soho y Square James St Oxford Circus e Oxford St Berwick St v A y r Great Malborough St u Dean St b Charing Cross Rd s b e 24 ft 30 5 a Oxford St h S Bond Street SOHO 14 15 Brook St Lewis Cubitt Liberty Handyside StPark London 4 Y N Audley St Regent St Broadwick St o Carnaby St r Royal Opera k Brook St W G House r Covent Garden Handyside St e a a y t P ve u A 16 lt y e r Long Acre New Bond St n u e sb London Transport Grosvenor St y e ft Savile Row S a Chinatown Museum 29 t h VIP Golden S 17 19 MAYFAIR Square Stable St 18 Davies St a Leicester Square 24 Brewer St COVENT GARDEN Strand Bruton Pl Regent St 1 Grosvenor Square 28 Bedford St Cork St 3 House of Leicester Square Coventry St 27 Illustration Garden Berkeley Mount St Piccadilly Circus William IV St Strand Square Gardens 2 nt Granary Square Regent St 12 e m Haymarket k Royal Academy The National n Farm St a Old Bond St of Arts Gallery b 7 Piccadilly m 26 E Kings 11 a ri Berkeley St Place Duncannon St to ic 10 V South St 8 Waterloo Pl Charing Cross S Audley St Charles St Goods Way Cockspur St 9 Trafalgar Square 25 Northumberland Ave ST JAMES’S Embankment Pancras Rd St James’s St 24 Green Park Pancras Square Curzon St Pall Mall Park Ln 23 Piccadilly The Mall Hungerford Hyde Pedestrian Bridge Park Whitehall 22 Marlborough Rd Horse Guards Rd y Whitehall Gardens Horse Guards 21 a W Parade Platform 9 3/4 k r o Y Piccadilly Coca-Cola Green Park King’s Cross London Eye St Pancras International Hyde Park Corner The Mall H a m Victoria Embankment Whitehall p St James’s Park s Churchill War t e KEY a Constitution Hill Rooms RIVER THAMES d R 20 d Wellcome Piccadilly, Regent St & St James’s Tube stations Buckingham Collection Palace Euston Square Trafalgar Square, Westminster Train stationsBuckingham Palace Great George St Westminster Mayfair Find the Land Rover Birdcage Walk Euston Road G o Private View Westminster Bridge w Grosvenor PL e King’s Cross r S Places of interest Birdcage Walk Big Ben t Warren Street VIP VIP Hub y Houses of a 13 W on Parliament ft Please note, due to circumstances out of the event organiser’s ra IMPORTANT G control, the programme may be subject to change or cancellation. St. James’s Park Westminster Abbey #LumiereLDN @artichoketrust facebook.com/artichoketrust Artichoke is a registered charity No. 1112716 SUPPORTERS THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS WHO GIVE SO GENEROUSLY TO HELP ARTICHOKE PRODUCE LUMIERE LONDON. SUPPORTERS Artichoke is a registered charity and every penny received from the public, businesses, trusts and foundations goes directly towards the festival and keeping it accessible for everyone to attend. FOUNDING PARTNERS MAJOR SUPPORTERS WITH THANKS TO EVENT SUPPORTERS Artichoke would also like to thank the individuals who have supported Lumiere London, including Daniel Peltz, Mercedes Zóbel and those who wish to remain anonymous..