IlluminoCity Light Festival taks place around the City of London at Brookfield Properties locations around Shoreditch High Street to Moorgate. This is its fifth year, and I'd previously explored the light festival in 2021. This year features two different light installations. One of these is located near Shoreditch High Street (Principal Place) and the other at Moorgate (Citypoint). The installations have been created by collective Architects of Happiness to help brighten moods during the wintery months.
The first installation is "The Happy House" and includes a colourful lit-up house that can be explored with an accompanying soundscape created by Mathis Richet. The soundscape has to be played on an app on mobile phone, which is a shame, because it adds an immersive element if played on site. The soundscape sounds like laughing children playing with a soft drumming ambient tone which is uplifting and relaxing.
Th second installation is "Beaming" and inspired by social media. It features different emoji icons that have been lit up in different colours. People are encouraged to take photographs with the emojis and smile.
IlluminoCity Light Festival takes place from the end of October until 27th of January.
Previous editions of IlluminoCity are below:
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