The UK’s light art biennial, Lumiere 2023 announces its first five artists. For four nights only, the city will be transformed into a nocturnal art experience with spectacular light installations by more than 30 artists including Ai Weiwei, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Chila Burman, Yinka Ilori and Daniel Canogar.
Ai Weiwei’s extraordinary work incorporating 61 antique chandeliers, Illuminated Bottle Rack, will be installed in Durham Cathedral’s stunning Chapter House. First created by the acclaimed Chinese artist in 2018, it will be the first time this intricate piece will have been shown in the UK. The immense structure was inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s readymade, Bottle Rack, and uses the ordinary object of an enormous, upside-down bottle rack as its chandelier branches.
The UK’s light art biennial, Lumiere 2023 announces its first five artists. For four nights only, the city will be transformed into a nocturnal art experience with spectacular light installations by more than 30 artists including Ai Weiwei, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Chila Burman, Yinka Ilori and Daniel Canogar.
Ai Weiwei’s extraordinary work incorporating 61 antique chandeliers, Illuminated Bottle Rack, will be installed in Durham Cathedral’s stunning Chapter House. First created by the acclaimed Chinese artist in 2018, it will be the first time this intricate piece will have been shown in the UK. The immense structure was inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s readymade, Bottle Rack, and uses the ordinary object of an enormous, upside-down bottle rack as its chandelier branches.