Circle of light on theater square. Tsaritsyno will become the venue for the Circle of Light festival

The Circle of Light Festival is taking place, during which the architectural space of the city will be transformed by the hands of lighting designers and professionals in the field of 2D and 3D graphics.

The facades of religious buildings will be transformed into something extraordinary and will be painted bright colors light show and will show completely different and unimaginable landscapes and stories.

The festival originates from the city of Lyon in France. late XVII century, later finding popularity throughout Europe.

In 2002, Anton Chukaev (Moscow artist) sent a request to the Moscow Committee for Culture to hold such an event, but only 9 years later the festival debuted, which was recognized and received annual status.

Festival themes

Every year the festival has a new theme.

• In 2012 - “Energy of Life” (the main idea is the speed of changes in the consciousness of society, fashion, tastes, the idea is the unity of peoples and cultures).
• In 2013 - “Relay of Light” (during the festival the Olympic Flame arrived in Moscow, 11 countries of the world took part)
• In 2014 - " Around the world trip"(combined iconic places and attractions of the capital in a multimedia show)
• In 2015 - “In the City of Light” ( amazing trip to a capital like no one has ever seen before)
• In 2016 - “Circle of Light” (a grand journey around the world)
• In 2017 - “The seven tallest buildings in the world” (the Eiffel Tower (300 meters), the Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa (828 meters) and the New York Empire State Building (443 meters), the Toronto TV tower (553 meters), Shanghai (486 meters) meters), Tokyo (332 meters) and Sydney (309 meters).

"Circle of Light" for children

The event as a whole is a family format and involves a wide audience – it is interesting for everyone. In 2015, for example, in Lubyanka, the Central Children's Store was painted with bright colors fairy-tale heroes and showed the little spectators a parade of toys.

Reviews and photo reports

The number of visitors is growing every year - from 1 million (in 2011) to 8 million people (in 2017). Admission to the festival is free, anyone can become part of the show. Just to see the opening ceremony as closely as possible, you need to have an invitation card, which in turn can be obtained through social media or win a competition on the official festival page (distributed by the Moscow government department).

It’s interesting to look at the festival works of past years; reports from Tourister users provide this opportunity. Ru. The festival took place from September 26 to October 4. 9 sites were involved. This year the event was included in the Guinness Book of Records for the first time as the largest video projection (on the building of the Ministry of Defense on Frunzenskaya Embankment). In the year from September 23 to September 27. Light shows took place at 6 venues, 2 light performances were shown with a total duration of about 50 minutes (“Unlimited Moscow State University” and “Keeper”). At the end of each evening there is a pyrotechnic show (more than 19,000 volleys of fireworks). It also broke its own record in the Guinness Book of Records - the largest video projection.

Awards and achievements of the Circle of Light festival

• Moscow Design Biennale - first place in the category “Multimedia show/Event design” (2016)
• “Guinness Book of Records” nomination “Largest video projection” (2016)
• “Guinness Book of Records” nomination “Highest luminous flux power when projecting an image” (2016)
• “Guinness Book of Records” nomination “Largest video projection” (2015)
• “Time of Innovation” nomination “Event Project of the Year” (2015)
• “Event of the Year” nomination “City Event of the Year” (2015)
• The Moscow Times Awards nomination “Cultural Event of the Year” (2014)
• “Best in Russia/Best.ru” nomination “Best cultural event of the year” (2014)
• “Guiding Star” nomination “Best Event Project” (2014)
• “Brand No. 1 in Russia” category “Festival” (2013, 2014)
• “Brand of the Year/EFFIE” category “Entertainment” (2011, 2012)

Where will the Circle of Light festival take place in 2019: program

Preliminary plan of events:

• Opening/closing ceremony of the festival: September 21 - 25
• Competition "ART VISION VJing": September 22 ( concert hall"World")
• Competition "ART VISION Modern": September 23 (facade of the Grand Tsaritsyn Palace)
• Competition "ART VISION Classic": September 24 (Russian Academic youth theater, Bolshoi and Maly theaters of Moscow)

How to get there

Every year the sites are different and different parts cities. The only trend is that there are very few parking spaces, best option To avoid traffic jams, use the metro or any other public transport.

It’s also convenient to use taxi apps in Moscow - Uber, Gett, Yandex. Taxi and others.

Festival "Circle of Light": video

The seventh international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow from September 23 to 27. Traditionally, viewers will be able to see multimedia laser shows, special lighting effects and fireworks on the streets of the city, and the main venue will be the Ostankino TV tower. Admission to all events is free.

Ostankino

Theater Square

The Bolshoi and Maly theaters will be combined into a single venue for two shows: “Celestial Mechanics” and “Timeless”. "Celestial Mechanics" will tell romantic story love and loneliness, theater buildings will symbolize two lovers. Lighting effects will complement the choreographic performance and music.

On the show “Timeless”, viewers will travel back in time with A. N. Ostrovsky. On the facades of theater buildings, unique historical scenery will be restored using projectors and excerpts from famous performances will be shown.

After the show, video mapping competitions in the “classic” and “modern” categories will be held on Teatralnaya Square. Video mapping is the creation of light projections on buildings, taking into account their size, architecture and location in urban space. Muscovites will be able to take a fresh look at buildings familiar from childhood.

Where: Moscow, Bolshoi Theater, Maly Theater

"Tsaritsyno"

All days of the festival in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve there will be a fountain show and work light installations. The center of the program is the “Palace of Feelings” show, during which the Tsaritsyn Palace will become a canvas for video mapping. With the help of light projections and music, the building will come to life, and viewers will be invited to immerse themselves in its intended feelings and emotions. Every day on the site there will be songs performed by the Soprano art group of the Turetsky choir, which has brought together the entire range women's voices, from lowest to highest, and on September 24 the band will perform live. And on September 25, Dmitry Malikov will perform a classical program in Tsaritsyn. Lighting designers will create visual metaphors against the backdrop of the palace in real time while the pianist plays, which will help to understand classical music in a new way.

Where: Moscow, State Museum "Tsaritsyno"

Stroginsky backwater

The festival of light will end on September 27 in Strogin: here you can see a 30-minute pyrotechnic show using Japanese fireworks, which have no analogues in the whole world. For the first time in Russia, a large pyrotechnic charge of 600 caliber will be used in the show.

Where: Moscow, Bolshoy Stroginsky backwater,

Digital October

Those interested in new products in the field of video mapping and visual arts will be able to visit the educational program at the Digital October center. On September 23 and 24 there will be lectures, discussions and master classes conducted by specialists in computer graphics, representatives of design studios, programmers, lighting engineers, architects, etc. In particular, on September 24, at a lecture about contemporary art“All Art Was Modern” will talk about how culture reflects our reality and changes in society, and the lecture “From Phantasmagoria to Sensory Reality” will talk about visual art, its history and development over the centuries. Listeners will learn about how science and art were connected, what the earliest optical technologies were. Pre-registration is required to participate.

Where: Moscow, Bersenevskaya embankment, 6, building 3.

VJing competition

Behind the competition of the best VJs as part of the competition Art Vision You can watch it in the Mir concert hall.

VJing (VJ) is a creation visual images to the music, mixing visual effects and video with music in real time. Pre-registration is required.

Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2.

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From September 23 to 27, the VII Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” will take place in Moscow. Impressive light and sound performances will be presented free of charge at seven venues.

Architectural video mapping - projection volumetric images on city buildings and structures - can be seen on the Ostankino Tower, which this year celebrates its half-century anniversary. In addition to the Ostankino TV Tower, the Circle of Light festival program will include four more open areas: Theater Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Patriarch's Ponds and Stroginskaya Floodplain.

Ostankino Tower

One of the main venues of the Moscow international festival The Ostankino Tower will become the “Circle of Light”. On September 23, from 20:00 to 21:15, the opening ceremony of the festival will take place here.

An amazing musical and multimedia show using video projection, choreography of fountains, synergy of light, lasers and fire will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the surface of the Ostankino Pond.

With the help of modern water and pyrotechnic technologies, as well as the magic of light and music, viewers will be transported to fabulous Lavender fields, to the foot of Niagara Falls, in the heart of Yellow Stone Park and the Bamboo Flute Cave, will experience the heat of the Sahara Desert or the refreshing breeze of the Great Barrier Reef, will witness the mesmerizing power of Mount Fuji, the immense depth of Lake Baikal, the endless beauty of the Ural Mountains and the captivating charm of Sakhalin Island .

The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower.

As part of the festival, the Ostankino TV tower, 540 meters high, will alternately turn into the Eiffel Tower (300 meters), the Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa (828 meters) and the New York Empire State Building (443 meters), as well as the Toronto TV tower (553 meters ), Shanghai (486 meters), Tokyo (332 meters) and Sydney (309 meters).

Theater Square

This year, Theater Square united two buildings at once - the Bolshoi and Maly Theaters. A unique light show was developed especially for this, where the interaction of two facades will become part of one love story.

In addition, the site will host a screening of works from the beloved ARTVISION competition. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.

On the facades of the Bolshoi and Maly theaters from September 23 to 27, from 19:30 to 23:00, a light show based on several works performed on their stages will be shown. Viewers will see fragments of plays by classics of Russian literature - Alexander Ostrovsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov and others.

Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

From September 23 to 27, Tsaritsyno Park will appear for visitors in a new fabulous light. Spectators can expect an audiovisual show at the Grand Catherine Palace, live performance art groups Soprano Turkish to the accompaniment of light and music, a mesmerizing show of fountains on Tsaritsynsky Pond and amazing light installations.

In “Tsaritsyno” you can admire the show on all festival days dancing fountains. Water jets will be illuminated using special installations. Musical background The performances will include works from the repertoire of Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and other Russian composers.

Also on September 24, the art group Soprano will perform for guests of Tsaritsyno Park. Participants unique project Mikhail Turetsky will be accompanied with his vocals by spectacular video projections on the building of one of the palaces. And from September 25 to 27, Soprano will be performed in recording.

Additional colorful touches will be given to Tsaritsyno Park by the best light installations by famous designers from around the world.

Patriarch's Ponds

At the Patriarch's Ponds on September 25 from 20:30 to 21:30 Dmitry Malikov will perform his own works on the piano. Romantic music and elegant video images on the facade of the yellow pavilion on the pond will create a harmonious light and music composition.

Strogino

On September 27, in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, at the end of the Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light”, for the first time in Russia, spectators will be treated to a large-scale 30-minute pyrotechnic show from Japanese manufacturers.

Spectators can expect a bright and unforgettable 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show, which has no analogues in Russia. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from four barges installed in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, the largest of which, 600 mm caliber, has never been presented in Russia before.

Japanese fireworks are unique in their properties and have no analogues in the world. They are superior in color and brightness to other fireworks, and the hand-made process, passed down from time immemorial, makes each projectile a true work art.

Digital October

From year to year, the Digital October platform remains a constant meeting place for famous professionals in the field visual arts and aspiring light artists.

Educational program consisting of lectures, seminars and practical classes helps beginners master the basics and reveals many secrets and subtleties in working with light.

On September 23 and 24, the center will host educational lectures by lighting designers and creators of laser installations. Admission is free subject to pre-registration on the festival website.

Concert Hall "MIR"

On September 24, the “Art Vision VJing” competition will take place at the “Mir” theater and concert hall on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music.

Spectators will witness a competitive competition of the best light and music artists in the direction of VJing. Participants will demonstrate 10-minute VJ sets, where in real time performed music will create completely new works using unexpected visual images and video clips.

Admission is free subject to pre-registration on the festival website.

From September 23 to 27, 2017, the VII Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” will be held in the capital Moscow.
The Circle of Light festival is held annually. For five days, Moscow will once again turn into a city of light - lighting designers and specialists in the field of audiovisual art from all over the world will transform architectural appearance capitals. Its most famous buildings will feature colorful large-scale video projections, the streets will be illuminated with fabulous installations, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable experience and bright emotions. Entrance to the festival is free.

Venues and schedule of the Circle of Light 2017 festival

The festival will take place at the following venues in Moscow: Ostankino, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Patriarch's Ponds, Strogino, Digital October and the Mir Concert Hall.

Ostankino

This is one of the main venues of the Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light 2017”. The opening ceremony will take place here on September 23. A musical and multimedia show using video projection, fountain choreography, synergy of light, lasers and fire will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the water surface of the Ostankino pond and will end with a grandiose pyrotechnic show.

SEPTEMBER 23: OPENING CEREMONY OF THE VII MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “CIRCLE OF LIGHT”, 20:00-21:15

Multimedia show-tour through different countries world and their geographical natural beauties. The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower
SEPTEMBER 24: MULTIMEDIA TRAVEL SHOW, 20:00-21:00
A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The program will end with a 7-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show.

Theater Square

The main buildings on this site are the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. Light show on their facades will tell a love story. In addition, the site will host a screening of works from the ARTVISION competition. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.

SEPTEMBER 23-27, 19:30-23:00
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW “SKY MECHANICS”

Viewers can expect a story about love and loneliness. About the impossibility of accepting one person by another, but at the same time the impossibility of existing alone.
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW “THE TIMELESS”
The audience will be told light history Maly Theater.

BIG THEATER. SHOWING THE WORKS OF ARTVISION COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS IN THE “CLASSIC” NOMINATION

On the facade Bolshoi Theater Viewers can expect new works in the genre of classic architectural video mapping. Participants will demonstrate the art of interaction of 2D-3D light-color projections on a physical object in the urban environment, taking into account its geometry and location in space.

SMALL THEATER. SHOWING WORKS OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ARTVISION COMPETITION IN THE “MODERN” NOMINATION

The facade of the Maly Theater will become the canvas for the works of participants in the ART VISION competition in the “Modern” category. This nomination differs from classic architectural video mapping in that the authors constantly search for and use new technologies, tools, and knowledge in the field of modern artistic trends.

Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

At this site, viewers can expect an audiovisual show at the Grand Catherine Palace, a live performance by Turetsky’s Soprano art group to the accompaniment of light and music, a fountain show on the Tsaritsyn Pond and amazing light installations.

SEPTEMBER 23-27, 19:30-23:00
GRAND CATHERINE PALACE
AUDIOVISUAL MAPPING “PALACE OF SENSINGS”

PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE BY THE ART GROUP SOPRANO TURETSKY, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE
Viewers will witness a unique combination of lighting technologies with recordings of songs by one of the best women's groups Russia, which represents voices from the highest ( coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo).

TSARITSYNSKY POND
FOUNTAIN SHOW
Dozens of fountains will come to life with music classical works Russian composers, making the audience participants in a large water orchestra.

PARK TSARITSYNO
LIGHT INSTALLATIONS
Throughout the evening, amazing light installations from leading lighting designers from all over the world will be running in Tsaritsyno Park.

ON SEPTEMBER 24, from 20:00 to 21:00, there will also be a PERFORMANCE BY THE TURKISH SOPRANO ART GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE.

Patriarch's Ponds

SEPTEMBER 25, 20:30-21:30
LIVE PERFORMANCE BY DMITRY MALIKOV ACCOMPANIED BY LIVE VIDEO PROJECTIONS
The program will feature a number of classical works performed by Dmitry Malikov, which will be translated into the language of visual metaphors and images by the VJ team, winner of the ART VISION competition.

Strogino

SEPTEMBER 27, 21:30-22:00
PYROTECHNIC SHOW
Spectators can expect a bright 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show, which has no analogues in Russia. From four barges installed in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater, hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched, the largest of which, 600 mm caliber, has never been presented in Russia before. Japanese fireworks are unique in their properties and have no analogues in the world. They surpass other fireworks in their color and brightness, and the manual production process, passed down from time immemorial, makes each projectile a true work of art.

Digital October

From year to year, the site remains a constant meeting place for famous professionals in the field of visual art and aspiring light artists. An educational program consisting of lectures, seminars and practical classes helps beginners master the basics and reveals many secrets and subtleties in working with light.
Address: Bersenevskaya embankment, 6, building 3. Registration: from September 9
A schedule of educational events with the possibility of registration will appear soon.
KZ "Mir"

A new space was chosen especially for the competition of the best light and music teams in the “VJing” category of the ART VISION competition – the MIR concert hall. On September 24, viewers will be treated to a vibrant musical battle that will not allow you to sit still and will infect everyone with dance courage.