PremierE OF THE INTERACTIVE PROJECTION: Wed., 27^th May 2015, at 21.30

ADDITIONAL DATES: 28^th and 29^th May; 21.30-23.30

 

Multimedia project Light Paintings invites visitors and passersby three nights in a row to paint with light on the facade of the City Museum of Ljubljana. The interactive platform features different color patterns that the visitors can use to create a kaleidoscope of patters in vivid colors. Light Paintings are a part of the international project Spectrum 14|15, co-financed by the European Union, aimed to promote artistic light projects in public spaces.

Light Paintings will, within the project Spectrum 14|15, enable residents of five European capitals to get acquainted with cultures of four other countries. By combining traditional ornaments and typical folklore elements from participating countries, the possibilities are endless. The projections on the facades of notable buildings in participating countries ( Portugal, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia) will enable the visitors to express themselves and to show and share other ways of seeing a building and its architectural elements.

OCUBO is an internationally renowned author-production studio and a regular contributor to international art events with its mapped video projections. They also produce the biggest multimedia projections in Portugal. Their projects often include an interactive note, as the purpose of their activities is also communication and interaction with the audience, by which the visitor becomes the co-creator of the artwork. They use projections on buildings, city walls and other architectural elements to encourage the public to rethink their culture and environment.

 

A part of the elements used in the project is derived from the following books: Ivan Razboršek: Slovenska krasilna umetnost (1992); Bogdan Grom: Slovenski ornamenti (1950); Jože Karlovšek: Slovenski ornament, Ljudski in obrtniški izdelki (1937).

 

Special thanks: Slovenian Ethnographic Museum

Coproduction: City Museum of Ljubljana and galleries of Ljubljana

The project is supported by Instituto Camões and Conrad d.o.o..