2nd edition of Spotlight festival to lighten up Bucharest in early May

The second edition of the Spotlight International Light Festival due on May 5-8 in several areas of Bucharest will put the Romanian capital once again on the map of the most important European cities hosting similar events.

Bucharest will be bathed into amazing lights projected on the buildings’ facades in the city’s old center but also in famous parts of the Bucharest’s outskirts.

The light festival  that will host several cultural events and rejoin some Romanian and international artists will run on Victoriei Square, from the Central University Library (near the Bucharest Opera house) up to the United Nations Square. The festival is organized by ArCuB- Bucharest Cultural Center.

Amazing shows represented by 15 art light equipment will turn the following buildings’ facades: the CEC building, the National History Museum, the National Military Circle, Novotel Hotel. Architectural lighting and video mapping sessions prepared by the invited artists will join the party.

This year, Spotlight will go under the sign of Bucharest’s bid for the European Culture Capital 2021, meaning that the light festival will be also present in other districts in Bucharest by illuminating some hallmark buildings such as Foisorul de Foc, “Gheorghe Sincai” National College or the “Lion” engineering statue.

Spotlight will have this year two strong international partners, the Signal Festival in Prague and the Lights Festival in Berlin, the most widely known and largest festivals of this kind across the world.

The programme and the map of the Spotlight festival will be soon available at http://spotlightfestival.ro/.

The access is free.

The first edition of Spotlight International Light Festival in Bucharest took place at the end of April last year, with thousands of locals enjoying a nigh walk to admire the lightened buildings, art equipment, video mappings and light projections.

Among the lightened buildings, there were Central University Library, Romania’s National Art Museum, Interior Ministry, Odeon Theatre, National Military Circle, CEC Palace and National History Museum.

The Festival comprised 23 artistic works, architectural lighting systems, with 6,000 square meters being lightened. Most of the equipment was using LED light, having low energy consumption.