Signal Festival

Signal Festival is a four-day festival of light art and emerging technologies in Prague, Czech Republic. Held annually in October, lighting designers from the Czech Republic and abroad create lighting installations in streets and public spaces across the city, including famous historical landmarks. The festival was included among the top priority cultural events of Prague and the Czech Republic by the city authorities and the Czech Ministry of Culture in 2016.[1]

2013

The festival was first held in October 2013,[2] and attracted around 250,000 visitors.[3] Local landmarks used for projections included Charles Bridge, the Church of St. Ludmila at Náměstí Míru and the Petřín Lookout Tower.[4] Entry to the festival was free,[5] but certain exhibits required special glasses, which were sold for 30 CZK.[4]

2014

The 2014 festival, beginning on 17 October 2014,[6] attracted around 460,000 visitors, and was listed as one of Europe’s top 10 light art festivals by The Guardian in September 2014.[3]

2015

The 2015 festival began on 15 October 2015, and included for the first time an educational platform, named Transmit, intended for light design specialists, artists and other professionals from the light and digital design field, as well as a spherical dome, the Signal Dome, located on Klárov, the only pay-to-enter installation. The Signal Dome consisted of a 15-minute spherical projection by French artist Joanie Lemercier, entitled Nimbes.[7]

2016

The fourth year of the festival, from 13-16 October, attracted 578,137 people according to data collected by Cisco Systems, partner of the festival. For the first time, the festival included a daytime program, aimed primarily at children, consisting of a spherical projection, Charles IV, by Jan Šíma, projected in the Signal Dome every day, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The 2016 festival consisted of 23 installations (15 light installations, 4 videomappings or spherical projections and 4 interactive installations) created by artists from 11 countries. The installations were located mainly in Prague 1, but also in Prague 2 and Prague 3. Two thirds of installations at the festival were presented as their world or European premieres. The festival was free admission except for the two installations (SIGNAL Dome and videomapping in Tyršův dům).[8]

Other activities

The festival organizers have also established the SIGNALlab creative centre, in Holešovice Hall No. 40, organised a second annual Transmit conference, held in March 2017.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "About the festival - Signal Festival". www.signalfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Prague's buildings illuminated for four-day light festival". BBC News. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Beanland, Christopher (2 September 2014). "Europe’s top 10 light art festivals". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 Johnston, Raymond (18 October 2013). "Prague sends out a Signal". The Prague Post. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Willoughby, Ian (17 October 2013). "First Signal festival of light begins in Prague". Radio Prague. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Prague Light Festival SIGNAL kicks off!". illumni.co. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ↑ BRAINZ. "Signal Festival 2015". www.signalfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  8. ↑ "Signal Festival - Prague Festival of Lights". www.signalfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.

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