The opening ceremony of the international festival "Circle of Light" ended with a grandiose salute. The festival is held for the seventh year in a row and gathers a huge number of guests and participants. There are six venues in Moscow, where everyone will be able to watch bright light shows until September 27. The Ostankino TV Tower is one of the main participants in the project. She will have a whole series of amazing transformations, and you can see them even from a long distance.
The opening of the Circle of Light festival has already broken all records in terms of the amount of equipment - 200 fountains, 6 megawatts of power, dozens of projectors - and in terms of the number of spectators. About 250 thousand people gathered in Ostankino alone to watch the brightest performance of autumn.
Travel around the world - the great skyscrapers of the world in one place. The Ostankino Tower, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, momentarily turned into both the Eiffel Tower and Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Toronto, Shanghai and Tokyo TV towers.
“Famous high-rise buildings, the great high-rise buildings of the world are uniting to once again remind people how beautiful our world is, how important it is to protect it, and what miracles nature has created,” says Vladimir Demekhin, director of the Ostankino site of the Circle of Light festival.
A fairy-tale world in which lavender fields bloom, the noise of Niagara Falls. The heat of the Sahara desert envelops the audience with bright fire, and the Fujiyama volcano fascinates with its power.
Ice and fire. Famous figure skaters Tatyana Navka and Pyotr Chernyshev, Alexander Smirnov and Yuko Kawaguchi are at the Ostankino Pond.
Fountains, burners, lighting fixtures. For a year, the organizers came up with a program, chose sites in Moscow, looked for the right amount of equipment that was brought to the capital from all over the country. Every detail matters.
“We have united a lot of people, more than a thousand people work here. We worked even harder in preparation for the festival. This is fireworks, this is water, these are lasers, this is a show,” says Elena Andreeva, coordinator of the Circle of Light Moscow International Festival.
"Circle of Light" - in various parts of Moscow. In Tsaritsyno, the Great Catherine Palace comes to life before the eyes of the audience. "Palace of Senses" - a performance under open sky. The building, complex in architecture, moves, turns into abstract images, then into unusual figures.
On Theater Square, the facades of the Bolshoi and Maly theaters show the idea of "celestial mechanics", in which loneliness and love coexist.
For five days, Moscow turned into the capital of the world. The culmination of the opening ceremony is a grand fireworks display, a show not to be missed.
The brightest, fantastic moment that everyone was waiting for. Hundreds of lights seem to embrace the Ostankino TV tower. The spectacle is simply incredible. This is a must see!
12+The opening ceremony of the Circle of Light festival will be held in Ostankino. An incredible show is being prepared using lasers, light, choreography of fountains and video projections, the height of which will reach 330 meters. With the help of all this, the audience will make a journey through the most beautiful places of our planet: from the lavender fields to the Sahara desert. And they will also see how the Ostankino Tower will transform into the Eiffel Tower and other world skyscrapers. The performance will be clearly visible from all sides. The show will be shown on September 23 and 24, beginning at 20:00, duration - 40 minutes. In the final, you will have a 7-minute pyrotechnic show.
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We will see boring classics on the facades of the Bolshoi and Maly theatres, united into one stage space. In cascades of light and visual effects on the walls historical buildings the works of Russian classics will come to life: fragments from Chekhov, Ostrovsky and Gogol. Performances will go on every day, starting at 19:30. Here you can also see the works of the finalists of the Artvision competition: architectural video mapping, 3D projections and new art trends.
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During the days of the festival, it is worth getting to Tsaritsyn. Facade Grand Palace will “come alive” with the help of light and music and will tell the audience about his feelings. A show of dancing fountains to the accompaniment will be arranged on Tsaritsynsky Pond musical works Russian composers. The park will install incredible light sculptures created by designers from all over the world. On September 24, the Soprano project will perform. Every day starts at 19:30.
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Most big show will be shown on the Stroginskaya floodplain on the closing day. Hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from barges on the water. Japanese fireworks are distinguished by their brightness and variety of colors - this is a must see. Only on September 27, from 21:30 to 22:00.
Strogino floodplainCompetitions of light and music teams will be held in the Mir concert hall. Each participant will present a 10-minute set. New works will be created in real time at the intersection of video, light and music. The event will be held on September 24, beginning at 20:00, entrance by
From September 23 to September 27, Moscow will host the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light". Impressive light and sound productions 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 half-century anniversary. In addition to the Ostankino TV tower, the program of the Circle of Light festival will involve four more open areas: theatre square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Patriarch's Ponds and Stroginskaya floodplain.
Ostankino tower
The Ostankino Tower will become one of the main venues for the Circle of Light Moscow International Festival. On September 23, from 20:00 to 21:15, the opening ceremony of the festival will take place here.
On the Ostankino Tower and the surface of the Ostankino Pond, an amazing musical multimedia show using video projection, fountain choreography, synergy of light, lasers and fire.
With the help of modern water and pyrotechnic technologies, as well as the magic of light and music, viewers will be transported to the fabulous Lavender fields, to the foot of Niagara Falls, to the heart of Yellowstone Park and the Bamboo Flute Cave, to experience the heat of the Sahara desert or the refreshing breeze of the Great Barrier Reef, become witnessing the bewitching power of the Fujiyama volcano, the immense depths of Lake Baikal, the endless beauties Ural mountains and the captivating charm of Sakhalin Island.
The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grand pyrotechnic show involving Ostankino tower.
As part of the festival, the Ostankino TV Tower with a height of 540 meters will alternately turn into the Eiffel Tower (300 meters), Dubai's 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).
theatre square
This year, Theater Square united two buildings at once - the Bolshoi and the Maly Theatre. For this purpose, a unique light show where the interaction of two facades will become part of one love story.
In addition, the site will host a display of works by everyone's favorite ARTVISION contest. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic nomination and at the Maly Theater in the Modern nomination.
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 played on their stages will be shown. The audience will see fragments of plays by the classics of Russian literature - Alexander Ostrovsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov and others.
Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"
From September 23 to 27, Tsaritsyno Park will appear for visitors in a new fabulous light. Spectators are waiting for an audiovisual show at the Bolshoi Catherine Palace, live show art groups Soprano Turkish to the accompaniment of light and music, a fascinating show of fountains on the Tsaritsyno Pond and amazing light installations.
In Tsaritsyn, on all festival days, you can admire the show of dancing fountains. Water jets will be illuminated with the help of special installations. Music background performances will include works from the repertoire of Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and other Russian composers.
Also on September 24, the Soprano art group will perform for the guests of Tsaritsyno Park. Participants unique project Mikhail Turetsky will accompany his vocals with spectacular video projections on the building of one of the palaces. And from 25 to 27 September Soprano will sound on record.
Additional colorful touches to Tsaritsyno Park will be given by the best light installations by famous designers from all over the world.
Patriarch's Ponds
On Patriarch's Ponds September 25 from 20:30 to 21:30 Dmitry Malikov will perform 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 Strogino backwater, at the end of the Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light", for the first time in Russia, viewers will be treated to a large-scale 30-minute pyrotechnic show from Japanese manufacturers.
Spectators will enjoy 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 surpass other fireworks in their color and brightness, and the hand-made process, passed down from time immemorial, makes each projectile true work art.
Digital October
From year to year, the Digital October platform remains the same meeting place for well-known professionals in the field visual art and emerging lighting artists.
Educational program consisting of lectures, seminars and practical exercises helps beginners learn the basics and reveals many secrets and subtleties in working with light.
On September 23 and 24, the center will host educational lectures by light designers and creators of laser installations. Admission is free, subject to prior registration on the festival website.
Concert Hall "MIR"
On September 24, the Mir Theater and Concert Hall on Tsvetnoy Boulevard will host the Art Vision VJing". Teams from different countries compete in the skill of creating light images to the music.
The audience will witness the competition of the best light and music artists in the direction of VJing. Participants will demonstrate 10-minute VJ sets, where in real time under performed music will create completely new works with the help of unexpected visual images and video clips.
Admission is free, subject to prior registration on the festival website.
IN 2016Festival "Circle of Light" will begin tomorrow, September 23, at six venues in Moscow. This year, the Circle of Light will present its grandiose performances on various facades of buildings for the sixth time. The organizers of the festival promise an unforgettable experience for guests, tourists of the capital, and for its residents. Where can I watch performances as part of the Circle of Light festival and at what time?
From 23 to 27 September show on the Rowing Canal will send viewers on a virtual journey across Russia, the Bolshoi Theater will turn into scenery for famous domestic films, VDNKh will embrace a fiery whirlwind, and performances about the history of high-rise buildings and protected areas of Russia will be shown on the facade of Moscow State University.
Every year in autumn Moscow becomes even brighter. When the street is dank and gray, colors and vivid emotions are added to the townspeople and guests international festival"Circle of Light". Facades of symbolic buildings of Russia become canvases for colorful video projections.
This year the festival will be held for the sixth time. Its venues will be the high-rise building of Lomonosov Moscow State University, VDNKh, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Rowing Canal, the Izvestia Hall concert hall and the Digital October Center, which will host lectures, master classes and presentations.
"Merry Fellows" and "Kin-dza-dza": Bolshoi Theater as a backdrop for a movie
Sketch on the facade Bolshoi Theater allows you to look at history domestic cinema the eyes of the viewer. The heroes of the story - a young couple - will visit the other side of the screen and become characters in cult films. Films will come to life on the classical facade Funny boys”, “Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”, “White Sun of the Desert”, “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” and “Kin-dza-dza”.
The theme of cinema, but already world cinema, will also be heard in the works of the Art Vision contest participants, who will compete in the Classic Architectural Video Mapping nomination. Their projects will be shown on this site during all days of the festival - from 23 to 27 September.
Secrets of high-rise buildings and protected areas of Russia: two performances on the facade of Moscow State University
Show performance on the facade of the main building of Moscow State University - a contender for the record. More than 200 video projectors will be created on the facade Stalin skyscraper image area larger than 40 thousand square meters. It will surpass last year's projection on the buildings of the Ministry of Defense, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records.Two light shows will go on total 50 minutes. The first, "Unlimited Moscow State University", is a journey through the world of knowledge. The founder of the university, Mikhail Lomonosov, will be the guide along it, who will show how this world was born and grew, and tell you what secrets the high-rise building on Sparrow Hills hides.
The second performance is the animated story "Keeper", dedicated to the centenary of the protected areas of Russia. The main characters, Wolf Cub and Albatross, will go through the forests, steppes of Kalmykia and the waters of Lake Baikal to save the world from a raging fire. The characters were voiced by Ivan Okhlobystin, Alexei Kortnev, Nikolai Drozdov, Lolita Milyavskaya and other celebrities.
The evenings of the festival will end with a pyrotechnic show.
For three days, from September 23 to 25, the sky above sparrow mountains more than 20 thousand fireworks will be painted.
Resort town and bustling metropolis on the Rowing Canal
A whole mini-city has grown in Krylatskoye for the festival. 52 meters high and 118 wide. On the spit of the Grebnoy Canal, 144 fountains with a total weight of 60 tons and over 40 burners were installed. Over the three days of the show, more than 18,000 fireworks will shoot up into the sky.
These large-scale preparations were necessary for the virtual journey that the audience will go on. They are waiting for the morning in a quiet resort town, the hustle and bustle of the day in a million-plus city and the evening in a metropolis that never sleeps. Another surprise is a laser show that will connect the banks of the canal with a huge bridge.
"Fire Tornado" and "Angels of Freedom" at VDNKh
Light installations from around the world will color Pavilion No. 1 at VDNKh. "Incandescence" - a project by French artist Severine Fonteyn - will show the evolution of the role of light in human life. Giant structures in the form of incandescent lamps will create a bewitching play of light.
A team from the Netherlands brought Fire Tornado to the festival. The fan system will spin the fire and turn it into a 12-meter-high humming whirlwind of flame. Berliners have created an interactive installation "Angels of Freedom": over main exhibition the camps will grow five pairs of luminous wings with a span of more than five meters.
At VDNH, you can see the show during all days of the festival.
Art Vision competition and lectures at Krasny Oktyabr
The finalists of the Art Vision contest in the VJing nomination will perform in the Izvestia Hall concert hall. The winner will be the one who will assemble the best fragments from previously prepared fragments in real time. visual effects for the first one that comes along musical composition. To see the competition, you need to register on the site.
The Digital October Center arranges presentations, workshops and discussions. Lighting and video projection specialists from around the world will talk about night city design, 6D video mapping for a rock opera, network abstract graphics and much more. You must register for events.
In Izvestiya Hall, the works of the contest participants will be shown on September 24, and the Digital October program is designed for two days - September 24 and 25.
"Circle of Light" in awards and numbers
The Circle of Light festival is a titled event. In his piggy bank a number of awards and achievements:
- "Brand of the Year / EFFIE" in the category "Entertainment" (2011, 2012);
- "Brand No. 1 in Russia" in the category "Festival" (2013, 2014);
- "Guiding Star" in the nomination "Best Event Project" (2014);
- "Best in Russia / Best.ru" in the nomination "Best Cultural Event of the Year" (2014);
- The Moscow Times Awards in the nomination "Cultural event of the year" (2014);
- "Event of the Year" in the nomination "City Event of the Year" (2015);
- "Innovation Time" in the nomination "Event Project of the Year" (2015);
- "Guinness Book of Records" in the nomination "The largest video projection" (2015).
There are more and more people wishing to see the light show every year. In 2011, he collected 250 thousand viewers, in 2012 - a million, in 2013 - 2.3 million. In 2014, it was visited by six million people, and in the past - 7.5 million, more than 100 thousand of which are tourists.
Festivals of Light Abroad
The two-week Berlin Light Festival takes place annually in the second half of October. Unlike Moscow, this festival does not involve large-scale high-tech installations. The main focus is on the artistic illumination of sights. During the festival, a special bus runs around the city, where you can see all the light compositions. There are also river buses, bicycle taxis and even balloon. All of them are decorated with multi-colored illumination. The program of the festival includes cultural and recreational activities, excursions, concerts, laser shows and fireworks. It ends with a night 10-kilometer marathon in the center of Berlin.
The Signal Festival in Prague does not take place every year. In 2016 it will be held for the third time. This year, light installations and a video mapping show await viewers in the historical center of the city.
The history of the festival of light in Lyon dates back several centuries. It was first celebrated in 1643, when the plague broke out in Europe. The city councilors decided to ask the Virgin Mary for intercession and took a vow to glorify her. On September 8, the plague stopped, and Lyon was the only city in France that was practically bypassed by the epidemic. Lyon kept his vow and glorified Our Lady with a statue of gilded bronze. The consecration ceremony was postponed from September to December 8 due to floods. But even in winter it was spoiled by a thunderstorm, the holiday had to be interrupted. And as soon as the rain subsided, the townspeople lit the fires again. So the celebrations of light became traditional, and over time acquired a secular character. The program of the four-day holiday includes performances, concerts and fireworks.
The festival "Lights of the Rhine" is not an event of one city, but of several located along the river Rhine. In May, it is hosted by Bonn, and it ends in September in Bingen. Here the main focus is on fireworks. There is also a parade of riverboats on the program, and many one-night cruises are organized every weekend. During the days of the festival, ancient castles and churches are beautifully illuminated.
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In 2016, the Circle of Light festival will be held from September 23 to 27 at six venues in the capital: on the Rowing Canal, at VDNH, on the facades of the Bolshoi Theater and the Main Building of one of the oldest universities in Russia - Moscow State University. Woman's Day will tell you what, where and when to watch.
The Circle of Light Moscow International Festival is an annual event where lighting designers and experts in the field of audiovisual art transform the architectural appearance of Moscow using the video mapping technique (facade projections).
For the Rowing Canal, the organizers of the Circle of Light festival have prepared a multimedia show that will exceed all the wildest expectations. This year, in addition to fountains, fire burners, lasers and lighting devices, a large-scale video projection will be used in the performance. This combination is unique by the standards of not only Moscow, but also the rest of the world's largest festivals of light. Especially for this, a whole mini-city was built on the spit of the Rowing Canal with total area more than 6,000 square meters (height - over 50 meters, width - about 120 meters, weight of the structure - more than 800 tons). The audience of the show will go on a virtual journey through the cities of Russia. To the accompaniment of hits different years they will meet the morning in a quiet resort town, then plunge into the hustle and bustle of the day in a million-plus city and spend the evening in an ever-awake metropolis. All this will be possible thanks to the energy of water, fire, light and pyrotechnics.
Participants' works international competition Art Vision can be seen on the facades of the Bolshoi Theater (Classic Video Mapping nomination) and Pavilion No. 1 at VDNKh (Modern nomination). Talented VJs from all over the world will show their skills in the Izvestia Hall concert hall. September 24 and 25 will be educational program at the Digital October Center. Entrance to all venues of the festival is free, except Concert Hall"Izvestia Hall" and the Digital October Center. To visit these sites, you must pre-register on the festival website.
Read the detailed program of the festival on the next page.
Festival "Circle of Light". What? Where? When?
The main building of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov
What Multimate show "Unlimited Moscow State University"– a journey through the world of knowledge hidden within the walls of Moscow State University. The founder of the university, Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov, will not only show how this world was born and grow, guide you through the mysterious spaces of various sciences, but also tell you what secrets the famous skyscraper on Sparrow Hills hides.
Multimedia show "Keeper"- an exciting animated story about full of adventure the journey of a brave young Wolf cub and a middle-aged, but experienced Albatross with a noble mission of saving the world from the raging elements of fire. Will the heroes be able to cope with all the trials and achieve their goal? Where will they get the strength for this unequal confrontation? Find out for yourself by visiting the show at the main building of Moscow State University!
pyrotechnic show
Where: Leninskiye Gory, 1, Universitetskaya Square (viewing area)
Grand Theatre
Rowing channel
What: "Multimedia pyrotechnic show"- the energy of fire, water, light and pyrotechnics is returning, and this year a video projection will be added to them on a structure specially erected on the spit of the Rowing Canal, more than 50 meters high. musical journey by cities of Russia
Where: Krylatskoe
VDNH
What: concert of the art group "Turetsky Choir" accompanied by video mapping, dedicated to the Year Russian cinema(live performance).
Where: pavilion No. 1 "Central" (facade from the side of the fountain "Friendship of Peoples")
