Lumiere London 2018 lights up the capital with interactive art
For three days, London's streets will be lit up by more than fifty art installations
The UK's largest light festival is back, lighting up London's most famous landmarks with more than fifty interactive art installations from artists all over the world.
Lumiere London is free to visit and is taking place all over the capital between January 18 and 21. More than fifteen of London's iconic landmarks have been lit up by a variety of artists. From sculptures in Leicester Square to a giant bauble hanging over Oxford Circus, there's plenty to do.
You can check out a map of the installations here.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images01Light seems to bounce around St James' Square in Spectral by Katarzyna Malejka and Joachim Slugocki.
Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images02Thousands of illuminated reflectors on stalks fill Lewis Cubitt Park in this work by Rami Bebawi.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images03Members of the public interact with Illumpahonium, a musical light sculpture by Michael Davis.
Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images04Performers dance with illuminated umbrellas on London's Regent Street.
Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images05General Views of Nightlife, by the Lantern Company, fills Leicester Square.
Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images06Westminster Abbey is flooded with coloured light in this piece called The Light of the Spirit Chapter 2 by Patrice Warrener.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images07In Supercube, by Stephane Masson, people are invited to have their face recorded and projected within hundreds of jars lining the sculpture.
Getty Images / Eamonn M. McCormack / Stringer08Nightlife, created by the Lantern Company with Jo Pocock has seen a number of animals pop up around the city
Getty Images / JUSTIN TALLIS / Contributor09This ultra-realistic looking fish tank is actually a creation, dubbed Aquarium, from the artists Benedetto Bufalino and Benoit Deseille
Getty Images / Neil P. Mockford / Contributor10Above the cross points of Oxford Street and Regent Street, the 'Origin of the World Bubble 2018' hangs. Projectors around Oxford Circus light up the giant ball
Getty Images / Eamonn M. McCormack / Stringer11As part of Nightlife, a statue of a fox has been lit up outside the W hotel on Leicester Square
