Battersea Light Festival 2024: everything you need to know about the illuminated display
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Battersea Power Station will again be transformed into an illuminated playground this year as the fourth incarnation of its lights festival gets underway on January 25.
The old industrial building and its surrounds are to feature colourful artworks, bright installations, and soundscapes, all free to view between 8am and 11pm each day until February 25.
LED performers, silent discos, even a playable “light piano” will also feature, with everything interspersed throughout the 140 restaurants, bars, shops and entertainment venues.
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The headline piece in 2024 is titled Butterfly Effect by the Japanese artist Masamichi Shimada. Six gigantic butterflies, emitting a bright blue glow, will rise and fall on the water feature in Circus West Village. Shimada hopes “to portray how something as delicate as a butterfly can possess such immense power,” press material explained.
Another standout attraction, by the north entrance next to the river, is Singularity by Squidsoup, “a monolithic suspended sphere of abstract and dynamic light and movement.” The arts group said the idea is to imagine a point in time when technological growth becomes “uncontrollable and irreversible.”
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And there will be a UK debut from Singaporean artist Angela Chong, whose "C/C" piece on Electric Boulevard is to be interactive as it is stunning. The sculpture can be used as an enormous bench, and by day will be turned off to allow the sun to create shadows on the concrete below. By night, it will sparkle in effervescent light.
Those keen on activities might also enjoy Lightbattle III by Dutch designers Venividimultiplex, where in Malaysia Square people will be invited to celebrate the country’s cycling culture by competing on exercise bikes to illuminate two arches of light. The harder participants ride, the brighter and more intense their lights will be.
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The power station will feature numerous other art pieces, light displays and installations, each designed to be immersive and "amazing." Family events and workshops will appeal to younger audiences, with some free and others ticketed. Visit the Battersea Power Station website to find out more.
Battersea Light Festival runs between January 25 and February 25 throughout Battersea Power Station. batterseapowerstation.co.uk