20.12.25, 16:55, Reflecting Night

How can we make light a fully-fledged and equal contributor within contemporary dramaturgy? Reflecting Light is a research project by various lighting designers who are literally shining the spotlight on the use of light in the performing arts. With the support of KASK & Conservatorium and arts centre BUDA, they have been shaping a discourse on lighting design for four years now, and are trying to share this knowledge – formally and informally – through fanzines and residencies, among other things.

The project grouped lighting designers Emese Csornai, Ezra Veldhuis, Henri Emmanuel Doublier, Jan Fedinger, Jan Maertens and Tomi Humalisto - and collaborated with Bruno Pocheron, Estelle Gautier, Ingunn Fjellang Sæther, Leticia Skrycky, Maureen Beguin, Meri Ekola, Minna Tiikkainen, Pernille Plantener Holst and Materia Leve.

To conclude this part of the project, Reflecting Light uses the darkness of the longest nights to host two nights of lectures, presentations and installations on light and lighting design.

Reflecting Night — Kortrijk

A party disguised in lighting installations - by Emese Csornai, Ezra Veldhuis, Henri Emmanuel Doublier, Leticia Skrycky, Lucas Van Haesbroeck & Minna Tiikkainen - music, the performance Las Lámparas by Leticia Skrycky, drinks, food and Campfire by Bosse Provoost and Ezra Veldhuis.

Las Lamparas, an electric choreography where sound moves the light and light turns again into sound, warming up the surroundings. Spot lights as electrical bonfires, aiming to activate a primordial state of observation like the one we feel when we contemplate a fire. Las Lámparas welcomes us, and allows itself to open, from the inside out, revealing itself as a place to stay and at the same a time to let go.