{"id":43442,"date":"2017-11-30T18:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=43442"},"modified":"2017-12-04T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:58:25","slug":"years-amsterdam-light-festival-make-eyes-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/years-amsterdam-light-festival-make-eyes-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"ThIs Year’s Amsterdam Light Festival Will Make Your Eyes Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I Advise You To Buy Some Solar Eclipse Sunglasses, \u2018Cause This Year\u2019s Amsterdam Light Festival<\/em> <\/a>Is So Bright, It\u2019ll Be Like Staring Directly Into The Sun!<\/h2>\n

All rise to witness one of the biggest festival of lights<\/strong><\/em> existent on the face of the Earth: Amsterdam Festival of Lights 2017<\/strong> <\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is here! It\u2019s finally time to admire this year\u2019s Amsterdam Festival of Lights<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>and you\u2019ll be mesmerized by what they came up with this year!<\/p>\n

Do you have your sunglasses ready? Great, because this light installation<\/strong> <\/em>works of art are so bright they\u2019ll make your eyes cry!<\/p>\n

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Once again, Amsterdam is the city hosting some of the best talented artists in light art<\/strong><\/em>, who create some marvelous light installation\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>works of art and display them around the city! If you have been planning a trip to Amsterdam for the last 2 years, then this is the perfect time to go!<\/p>\n

Okay, you might freeze while you\u2019re there, but seeing the city and the river completely illuminated with the l<\/em>ight art<\/em> <\/strong>pieces is worthy!<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:Rhizome-House<\/p>\n

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If you lost your words after seeing the image above, but are still wondering what this festival of lights<\/strong><\/em> is all about, then let me explain you! Every year several talented artists, architects and designers<\/a> are invited to submit their ideas and hope to be chosen to be featured in the Amsterdam Festival of Lights!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This event that opens its door on the 30th November,<\/strong> when the\u00a0city dresses up in shinny and bright light installations<\/strong><\/em>, loseing its grey appearance to become one of the shiniest most magical capitals in all Europe<\/strong>, at least until the beginning of January<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Image Credits: Pinterest<\/p>\n

You might think that these artist, many or the majority of them specialized in the production of light ar<\/em><\/strong>t exemplars, produce this works of art during the year and after presenting them to the community, they showcase their work in the streets and bridges of Amsterdam. Well, you\u2019re totally wrong!<\/p>\n

The Amsterdam Festival of Lights<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is composed by light works of art specially produced for this matter<\/strong><\/a>, in which the artists develop the project bearing in mind a specific location for their work! They put all their efforts in building the most incredible light installation<\/strong><\/em> of all, delighting locals and tourist from all over the world!<\/p>\n

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Image Credits: Amsterdo<\/p>\n

Every year the festival of lights<\/strong> <\/em>works of art follow a certain theme<\/strong>, which means, every artist has to think and build his light art installation considering a specific theme where it should be framed! Last year\u2019s Amsterdam Festival of Lights<\/strong> <\/em>theme was kind of groundbreaking!<\/p>\n

Basically an approach to innovation through products, processes and lifestyles that attempted to recreate the human behavior on Planet Earth in long therm!<\/a>\u00a0They called it \u201cBiomimicry<\/a>\u201c<\/strong> and I know this sound super complicated and confusing, but just by looking to the pictures you can feel the energy it tries to transmit and how calm and relaxed it makes you fell, am I right?<\/p>\n

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Image Credits: Roselind On The Road<\/p>\n

Luckily, this year\u2019s Amsterdam Festival of Lights<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>theme is a lot easier to understand, which is great! So, this year you\u2019ll see incredible light art<\/strong><\/em> installations based on the theme \u201cThe Medium is the Message\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, which means they are building their works of art based in the influence of the new media!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The focal points to be explored will be what kinds of messages\u00a0does the medium light transmit nowadays, and since we\u2019re in a time of \u00a0fake news and alternative facts, is it possible that light maintain its objectivity? And so on, it\u2019s easier to understand but complex and the same time! I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see some beautiful things!<\/p>\n

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Image Credits: Youtube<\/p>\n

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Now that you are fully aware of everything that\u2019ll be happening during the Amsterdam Light Festival 2017<\/strong><\/em>, it comes the time to know where exactly where it\u2019ll be happening and how can you get to this amazing \u00a0festival of lights<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n

Well, this event will mainly be a water exhibition<\/strong><\/a> that can be reached if you adventure yourself in a boat trip<\/strong><\/a>, but you can also check it if you walk alongside the canals<\/strong>! You\u2019ll find tons of boat tours<\/strong><\/a> for every taste, you have the romantic<\/strong> one, the party<\/strong> one, you even have a cheese and wine<\/strong> experience where you\u2019ll see the lights of the festival of lights<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Image Credits: Tour and Tickets<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also have a land exhibition on\u00a0Marineterrein<\/strong><\/a>, between the 14th December and 7th January<\/strong>, and this place is also super easy to reach, as it\u2019s within walking distance from the Central Station!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you miss this incredible festival of lights you\u2019ll never forgive yourself, trust me, this is something out of this world!<\/p>\n

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ENLIGHTENING ALL THE WAY TO:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>5 NEW YEAR\u2019S RESOLUTIONS THAT\u2019LL TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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We really hope you liked our article. Feel free to pin all the images to your favorite Pinterest board or to print it and use in your mood board. You can visit\u00a0DelightFULL\u2019s Inspirations<\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0as well as our\u00a0pinterest<\/a>\u00a0boards in order to get more inspirations about lighting designs, mid-century modern style, unique things in the world and so much more.<\/p>\n

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I Advise You To Buy Some Solar Eclipse Sunglasses, \u2018Cause This Year\u2019s Amsterdam Light Festival Is So Bright, It\u2019ll Be Like Staring Directly Into The Sun! All rise to witness one of the biggest festival of lights existent on the face of the Earth: Amsterdam Festival of Lights 2017 \u00a0is here! It\u2019s finally time to admire this year\u2019s Amsterdam Festival of Lights and you\u2019ll be mesmerized by what they came up with this year! Do you have your sunglasses ready? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[654,52,5],"tags":[8144,8141,8142,1989,5265,8143],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}