Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light. Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" Festival around the world where it takes place

The Circle of Light festival has been held annually since 2011. During this time, the festival's audience grew 30 times - from 250 thousand people in 2011 to 7.5 million in 2015. Last year, the festival was visited by more than 100 thousand tourists. This year their number is expected to exceed 150 thousand people.

The grand opening will take place on September 23 on the facade of the main building of Lomonosov Moscow State University, where more than 200 powerful light projectors will create a video projection with an area of over 40 thousand square meters. meters and a total luminous flux of more than 4 million lumens. Two light shows will be shown - "The Guardian" and "Unlimited Moscow State University". Each festival evening will end with a pyrotechnic show.

The closing of the festival will take place on September 27 on the Rowing Canal in Krylatskoye. This year, in addition to fountains, fire burners, lasers and lighting devices, the performance will use a large-scale video projection.

Venues and schedule:

September 23 - 25 - Moscow State University (MSU), Main Building
September 23 – Opening of the festival
September 24, 25 – Show

Two light shows with a total duration of about 50 minutes will be presented on the façade of the Main Building of Moscow State University. More than 200 powerful light projectors will create a video projection covering an area of over 40,000 sq. m.

The first performance “Boundless Moscow State University” will take you on a journey through the mysteries-filled world of knowledge hidden within the walls of the university. The legendary founder of Moscow State University M. Lomonosov will guide you through the amazing spaces of various sciences and tell you what secrets the famous high-rise building on Vorobyovy Gory hides.

The second performance, “The Guardian,” is a fascinating animated story dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Russia’s protected areas. The characters were voiced by Russian actors, musicians and TV presenters: I. Okhlobystin, A. Kortnev, N. Drozdov, L. Milyavskaya and others.

Each festival evening will end with a pyrotechnic show. Over the course of three days, the sky above the Vorobyovy Gory will be painted with more than 19 thousand multi-colored fireworks.

A multimedia show has been prepared for the Rowing Channel that will exceed all your wildest expectations. This year, in addition to fountains, fire burners, lasers and lighting devices, the performance will use a large-scale video projection. Especially for this purpose, an entire mini-city with a height of more than 50 m will be built on the spit of the Rowing Canal.

To the accompaniment of hits from different years, viewers of the musical multimedia show will greet the morning in a quiet resort town, plunge into the hustle and bustle of the day in a million-plus city and spend the evening in an eternally awake metropolis.

A separate surprise will be a laser show on the surface of a line of fountains that will connect the banks of the Rowing Canal with a giant bridge.

On the facade of the world-famous symbol of Russian culture, the best lighting scenes of past years will be shown (“Swan Lake”, “Carmen” and others). The festival organizers also prepared a premiere dedicated to the Year of Russian Cinema.

The familiar classic facade of the Bolshoi Theater will turn into the backdrop of everyone’s favorite films, such as “Jolly Fellows”, “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath”, “White Sun of the Desert”, “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” and “Kin-dza-dza”.

The theme of cinema, but this time world-wide, will be reflected in their works by the participants of the Art Vision competition in the “Classical Architectural Video Mapping” category. Viewers will also be able to see their colorful projects on the facade of the Bolshoi Theater on all days of the festival from September 23 to 27.

September 23 – 27 – Park of Light
September 23 – 27 – Pyrotechnic Falls
September 24 – concert of the art group “Turetsky Choir”

VDNKh will be transformed into a Park of Light for five festival evenings. Famous world lighting designers will decorate its territory with original lighting installations:

“Incandescence” is a multimedia project by French artist Severine Fontaine, which for six minutes demonstrates the evolution of the role of light in human life.

“Fire Tornado” from the company Kinetic Humor (Netherlands) is able to amaze even the wildest imagination with the power of the forces of fire and wind. Spun by a special fan system, the fire of a small burner turns into a humming fiery whirlwind about 10 m high.

The interactive installation “Angels of Freedom” is presented at the Berlin Light Festival. Five pairs of luminous wings with a span of more than 5 m will become the source of the most beautiful photographs.

“Pyrotechnic Falls” or “Cold Fire Show” from Italy is a piece of the New Year in September.

In addition, on September 24 at VDNKh there will be a concert of the art group “Turetsky Choir”. Festival guests will hear their favorite songs from Soviet and foreign films, accompanied by bright light video projections on the facade of Pavilion No. 1.

On the remaining days of the site’s operation, video projections to the songs of the “Turetsky Choir” will be broadcast cyclically in recordings.

Also on the façade of the First Pavilion of VDNH, the finalists of the Art Vision competition in the Modern category will present their works.

The finalists of the Art Vision competition in the VJing category will perform here. The winner will be the one who can, in real time, assemble the best visual effects for the first musical composition that comes across from previously prepared fragments.

The evening will be completed by a performance by a member of the jury of the Art Vision competition, a master of VJing - Johnny Wilson, Spain.

As part of the educational program on September 24 and 25 from 11:00 to 18:00 at the Digital October Center, lighting design and video mapping experts from all over the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects, talk about the pitfalls of the organizational process, discuss technical innovations and current trends.

The program includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures.

Attention! The program is subject to change.
Be sure to check the schedule before your trip.
Admission to all events is free.
Entrance to the stands near Moscow State University and on the Rowing Canal is by invitation only.
To participate in educational programs at Digital October and to enter the Izvestia Hall concert hall, pre-registration is required.

Venue

Ostankino, Theater Square, Tsaritsyno, Strogino, Digital October, KZ Mir

Date and time of the festival/event

Sat, 09/23/2017 - 00:00 - Wed, 09/27/2017 - 23:59

Ticket prices

Free admission

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 the architectural appearance of the capital. 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 an unforgettable experience and vivid emotions.

Admission to the opening ceremony of the Circle of Light, as well as to other performances of the festival, is free. However, you can watch the opening ceremony up close - from specially organized stands. To do this you need to get an invitation card. In particular, you can win invitation tickets to the opening ceremony of the festival by participating in a competition held on the official VKontakte page of the festival.

ATTENTION! Tickets for the stands are distributed through social services and departments of the Moscow government. Tickets are also raffled off in competitions on the festival’s social networks.

Venues and schedule of the festival "Circle of Light 2017"

The festival will take place at the following venues in Moscow: Ostankino, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, 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, choreography of fountains, 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

A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower

ATTENTION! In connection with the opening ceremony of the festival, a number of roads in the Ostankino area will be blocked. Changes will also be made to the operation of public transport. The road closure plan at the Ostankino site on September 23 and 24 was published in the photo gallery on this page (see above).

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.

theatre square

The main buildings on this site are the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. The 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.

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 "TIMELESS"

The light history of the Maly Theater will be told to the audience.

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

On the façade of the 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 a 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.

Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"

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.

GRAND CATHERINE PALACE

AUDIOVISUAL MAPPING "PALACE OF SENSES"

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 from one of the best female groups in Russia, which features voices from the highest (coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo).

TSARITSYNSKY POND

FOUNTAIN SHOW

Dozens of fountains will come to life to the music of classical works by Russian composers, making spectators part of 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. 4 light installations will be installed:

Your own space;
Mushroom glade;
Raindrops;
Vinyl Mapping.

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

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

CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL - PYROTECHNIC SHOW

Spectators can expect a bright 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 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.

Schedule of educational events in Digital October

The program includes workshops, panel discussions and public presentations.

To attend the events, you must register on the official festival website using the link.

September 23, Saturday

Conference hall

12:00 - 12:50 Discussion: When will robots replace designers?
Participants: Andrey Sebrant (Yandex), Andrey Kalinin (MailRU Group), Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexander Kaplan, artist Alexandra Gavrilova (Stain).
Moderator – Olga Vad (curator of the Polytechnic Museum)

13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: What “shines” for us. Gaston Zahr OGE Creative Group (Israel)

14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: Fulldome revolution. Pedro Zaz (Portugal)

15:20 - 16:20 Evolution of 3D mapping. Alexander Meltsev (Panasonic Russia)

17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Rays of Light – educational sprint
Participants: Tanya Samarakovskaya, Vadim Mirgorodsky (co-founder of the Truce media design studio), Vadim Goncharov (front-end developer), Sergey Batyshev (media designer), moderator - Dmitry Karpov

Small Hall

12:30 - 13:10 Presentation: Using Blacktrax technology in multimedia performances. Dreamlaser

13:20 - 14:00 Presentation: Flaretic: An environment for creating real-time graphics. Julien Vulliet (France)

14:30 - 15:10 Presentation: Bolshoi Ostrovsky.

Technologies for creating dramatic mapping shows at the Bolshoi and Maly theaters from the Dobro studio.

15:20 - 16:20 Presentation: Unity of technology and art in collaboration with brands. Radugadesign

Workshops and seminars

Audience 1*

MadMapper 3.0 - DMX lighting control system. François Wunshel

Auditorium 2*

TouchDesigner: Elementary mathematics. Ilya Derzaev

Auditorium 3*

Unreal Visual Orchestra / Unreal Visual Orchestra. Kuflex

Auditorium 4*

Laser projectors Outdoor Lasers in lighting design. Outdoor Lasers

11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world in 2016-2017.

Conference hall

12:00 - 12:50 Discussion. Profession lighting designer: creating an incubator for geniuses.
Participants: Natalya Markevich (lighting designer, curator of the Lighting Design course at the MARSH school), Artem Voronov (co-founder of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute lighting design school MPEI Light Lab), Natalya Bystryantseva (Higher School of Lighting Design at ITMO University) and Sergey Sizy (member of the international union of lighting designers IALD, founder and run LiDS lighting design schools and studios).
Moderator - Vladimir Pavlovich Budak (Department of Lighting Engineering MPEI)

13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: All art was modern. Marzia Lodi, European Institute of Design (IED, Italy)

14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: From phantasmagoria to sensory reality? Olga Mink (Netherlands)

15:20 - 16:20 Lecture: 1024 architecture – From the physical to the intangible. Panorama of studio projects 1024"

17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Light orchestra - original lighting solutions for musical performances and events.

Participants: Roman Vakulyuk (Global Show Trade), Alexander Fuks, Marina Larikova, Oleg Tysyachny and Pavel Gusev (True Light Crew), moderator – Alexey Shcherbina

Small Hall

12:30 - 13:10 Video mapping. Entertainment and efficiency. Ivan Gorokhov, Meshsplash

13:20 - 14:00 Opening ceremony of Expo 2017 in Astana. Anton Sakara (Raketamedia)

14:30 - 15:10 Space Ku. Kuflex

15:20 - 16:20 Personality beyond new media. Natalya Bystryantseva (Higher School of Lighting Design, ITMO University, Russia)

Workshops and seminars

Audience 1*

Mapping on complex objects. Dreamlaser

Auditorium 2*

Design and control of lighting installations using VDMX and Unity. Mikhail Grigoriev, Ilya Ryzhkov (Luna Park)
www.lunapark.space

Auditorium 3*

Visual effects and compositing in vvvv. Julien Vullier (Mr. Vux, France), Ekaterina Danilova (Idwyr)

* - Pre-registration is required, the number of places is limited

11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world 2016-2017

KZ "Mir"

On September 24 at 20:00 the competition of the best light and music teams will take place in the “VJing” category of the ART VISION competition. Each VJ only has 10 minutes to present their best video projections accompanied by a live DJ set. Who will do it better and more creatively? The audience's reaction also affects the judges' scores! Musical accompaniment of the competition - DJ Artem Splash.

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 iconic buildings will be transformed into something extraordinary, painted with the bright colors of a light show and show completely different and unimaginable landscapes and stories.

The festival originates from the city of Lyon in France at the end of the 17th century, and later finds popularity throughout Europe.

In 2002, Anton Chukaev (Moscow artist) sent a request to the Moscow Culture Committee 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” (an amazing journey to the capital, as no one has ever seen it 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 the bright colors of fairy-tale characters and showed young 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 close as possible, you need to have an invitation card, which in turn can be obtained through social networks or won in a competition on the official page of the festival (distributed by the Moscow government department).

It’s interesting to look at the festival works of past years; this opportunity is provided by reports from Tourister users. 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 2020: program

Preliminary plan of events:

Opening/closing ceremony of the festival: September 21 - 25
Competition "ART VISION VJing": September 22 (Mir Concert Hall)
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 venues are different and in different parts of the city. The only trend is that there are very few parking spaces; the best option to avoid traffic jams is to 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

Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" - one of the largest and most popular festivals in Moscow, a grand festival of light, during which talented lighting designers and audiovisual art specialists from Russia and foreign countries compete in their skills, demonstrating large-scale light shows and unusual installations to the public.

Skillfully using video mapping techniques and modern multimedia technologies, masters transform the urban space and architectural appearance of Moscow's symbolic buildings, the facades of which become a screen for large-scale video projections.

In 2017, the festival is being held for the seventh time.

Program of the festival "Circle of Light" 2017

Light shows as part of the festival program will be held at 7 different venues, among which traditionally will be Teatralnaya Square with the Bolshoi Theater building, but the equally familiar VDNKh space, unfortunately, will not be used this year: it is undergoing a large-scale reconstruction. The “highlight” of this year promises to be the Ostankino Tower, the height of video projections on which will reach 330 meters.

. Ostankino

Ostankino will become one of the main venues of the festival: this is where the opening ceremony will take place! With the help of video projection, light, lasers and fire, viewers will be shown an amazing multimedia show, the action of which will unfold both on the Ostankino Tower and on the water surface of the Ostankino Pond. Thanks to modern technologies, festival visitors will be able to travel to different countries of the world and see their natural beauty: Niagara Falls, Yellow Stone Park and Bamboo Flute Caves, the sands of the Sahara, the Great Barrier Reef, Baikal, Mount Fuji, French lavender fields and other places.

And at the Ostankino Tower itself there will be a light show on the theme of the tallest buildings in the world: in turn it will turn into the Eiffel Tower, New York's Empire State Building and Dubai's Burj Khalifa, as well as the television towers of Toronto, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. The height of video projections will reach 330 meters!

The program will end with a pyrotechnic show.

. theatre square

Over several years of the Circle of Light festival, Teatralnaya Square has become its traditional venue, however, if usually the show was shown on the facade of the Bolshoi Theater, this time it will unite 2 buildings at once: the Bolshoi and Maly Theaters.

Taking into account the use of two facades at once, a unique light show was developed in which their interaction will become part of one story: the play “Celestial Mechanics” will tell the audience about love and loneliness, about the impossibility of existing alone, but at the same time - the impossibility of complete acceptance of one person by another . And during the light show “Timeless”, viewers in the company of Alexander Ostrovsky will get acquainted with the history and cult performances of the Maly Theater.

Also on the facades of buildings will be shown the works of participants in the “Art Vision” video mapping competition in the “Classic” and “Modern” categories.

. Tsaritsyno

September 23 - 27: light show, fountain show, light installations; September 24 - live performance by Turkish art group SOPRANO, accompanied by video projection.

At the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, festival guests will be treated to an audiovisual mapping “Palace of Feelings”, the authors of which will animate the façade of the Grand Catherine Palace and talk about its feelings. Among other things, a fountain show will be held on Tsaritsynsky Pond, and the park will host light installations from leading lighting designers from around the world.

. Patriarch's Ponds

Patriarch's Ponds will become an experimental platform: for the first time, as part of the Circle of Light festival, visual images for a live performance by a pianist (Dmitry Malikov will perform classical works) will be created in real time.

. Strogino

On the last day of the festival, a 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show will take place in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater: hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from 4 barges.

. Concert Hall "MIR"

. Digital October

Admission to the open areas of the Circle of Light 2017 festival is free (except for the stands); to attend the program in the MIR concert hall and the Digital October center, pre-registration is required.

You can view more detailed information about the festival and familiarize yourself with the work schedule of the venues on the official website of the Circle of Light festival -

Venue

ROWING CANAL, TSARITSYNO, THEATER SQUARE, VICTORY MUSEUM, KOLOMENSKOYE, DIGITAL OCTOBER, WORLD

Date and time of the festival/event

Thu, 20/09/2018 - 23:00 - Tue, 25/09/2018 - 22:59

Ticket prices

Free admission

From September 21 to 25, 2018, the VIII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" will be held in Moscow.

Live broadcast of the festival "Circle of Light 2018"

Live broadcast opening ceremony Festival "Circle of Light 2018" from the Rowing Canal, watch September 21 at 20:30 on this page or on ALLfest on. The closing ceremony of the festival will also be broadcast here, on September 25 at 20:30.

Contest Art Vision– nomination "VJing". Watch online:

Venues of the festival "Circle of Light 2018"

Among the sites Festival "Circle of Light 2018"- Great Tsaritsyn Palace, on the facade of which the final will be held on September 23 contemporary video mapping competition "ART VISION Modern 2018", and Concert Hall "Mir" where will September 22 take place? ART VISION VJing competition.

First Festival "Circle of Light" comes to the park" Kolomenskoye"! Light installations and the art of video mapping will take you to a land of wonders and favorite fairy tales. Also, for the first time, the Circle of Light festival will be the site of Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill.

The festival venues will also include theaters Moscow: Big, Small And RAMT. On September 22, works from the classic video mapping competition will be broadcast on their facades "ART VISION Classic 2018".

Among the sites Festival "Circle of Light 2018" Also - Grebnoy Canal, Mir Concert Hall, Digital October Center.

Program of the festival "Circle of Light 2018"

Major milestones Festival "Circle of Light 2018":

September 21. Opening of the festival. Rowing Canal. 20:30-21:30
September 25. Closing of the festival. Rowing Canal. 21:30-22:15

Schedule of the festival "Circle of Light 2018" by venue

Grebnoy Canal

SEPTEMBER 21 FRIDAY. 20:30-21:30. OPENING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “CIRCLE OF LIGHT” - MULTIMEDIA SHOW “CARNIVAL OF LIGHT”

The opening of the festival will be the multimedia show “Carnival of Light”, which will combine the amazing capabilities of light and laser projections, choreography of fountains and fire, and grandiose pyrotechnic effects. This time, a structure of 12-meter cubes will be erected along the spit of the Rowing Canal for video projections, over 250 straight and 35 rotating fountains will be placed on the water, and more than 170 fire burners of various modifications will be installed on the pontoons. September 22, 23 The Moscow public will be able to see re-runs of the Carnival of Light.

25 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY. 21:30-22:15. CLOSING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "CIRCLE OF LIGHT" - MUSIC AND PYROTECHNIC SHOW ACCOMPANIED BY COLORFUL VIDEO MAPPING

The closing of the festival will be dedicated to the cross year of Japan and Russia. Spectators of the final performance will be surprised by a 40-minute show of Japanese pyrotechnics, known throughout the world for its unique beauty and scale. It will involve large-caliber charges, and the opening diameter of the largest of them will reach almost 1 kilometer in the sky!

Tsaritsyno

This year in Tsaritsyno The public can expect two new works that will be shown on the facade of the Great Tsaritsyn Palace: the story of the Phoenix bird “Palace of Wanderings” and an audiovisual performance about the world of the future. Thanks to augmented reality technology, they can be easily counted using the cameras of mobile devices, on the screen of which animals will appear - possible inhabitants of the ecosystems of the future. September 24 A concert by People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will take place on the stage in front of the Grand Tsaritsyn Palace. The maestro's performance will be accompanied by video projections on the facade of the palace.

SEPTEMBER 21 FRIDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

SEPTEMBER 22 SATURDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

SEPTEMBER 23 SUNDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
20:00–21:00. PERFORMANCE BY DMITRY MALIKOV WITH VIDEO MAPPING AT THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE

25 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

theatre square

This year Theater Square will use the facades of three theaters for light shows: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. The three buildings will allow for a panoramic 270-degree video projection. An allegorical light novel about Spartacus will be shown here. You will also be able to see two light shows from last year’s festival – “Celestial Mechanics” and “Timeless”, works by finalists of the international Art Vision competition in the “Classic” category.

SEPTEMBER 21 FRIDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
SEPTEMBER 22 SATURDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
SEPTEMBER 23 SUNDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
SEPTEMBER 24 MONDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
25 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER

Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill

On the facade of the building, light novels will be shown dedicated to Russia’s military past, the city of Moscow, as well as fifteen-minute VJing to music and songs of the war years.

SEPTEMBER 21 FRIDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM
SEPTEMBER 22 SATURDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM
SEPTEMBER 23 SUNDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM
SEPTEMBER 24 MONDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM
25 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY. 19:30–23:00. CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM

Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve

IN Kolomenskoye for visitors "Circle of Light" a fabulous space will be created. Magic masks and mysterious animals will come to life right before the eyes of the guests, golden fruits will grow on the trees, the carriage with Cinderella will become a pumpkin, and Ole Lukoje will invite the audience into the world of dreams. The site program is under development.

Digital October Center

The educational program of the Digital October Center includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures. Leading lighting design and video projection experts from around the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects. The program is under development.

Concert Hall "Mir"

September 22 will be held here competition "ART VISION VJing". Participants will demonstrate 10-minute VJ sets, where in real time they will create completely new works using unexpected visual images and video fragments to the music being performed.

Detailed program of the festival "Circle of Light 2018" See also the photo gallery on this page!

Competition "ART VISION Classic 2018"

September 22nd classic video mapping competition "ART VISION Classic" will take place on three facades of the world famous theaters: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT! Only the five best entries will be shown to festival guests "Circle of Light 2018"! The finalists' work will be rewarded.

Competition "ART VISION Modern 2018"

23 September Contemporary video mapping competition "ART VISION Modern 2018" will pass on the facade Great Tsaritsyn Palace, where they will demonstrate 15 best works. Here is the list of finalists:

Competition "ART VISION VJing 2018"

September 22 at Concert Hall "Mir" will pass competition "ART VISION VJing". An unforgettable video performance accompanied by a live DJ will not leave anyone indifferent. Three winners will be awarded diplomas and prizes.