Llum BCN

Llum BCN is an annual light art festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is celebrated since 2012 every February in Barcelona's neighborhood Poblenou. It features a series of light installations and shows.

Llum BCN
Llum BCN 2022: Trevor Paglen, Faces of ImageNet and ProtoPixel, Mix & Match
Genre	Exhibition
Begins	February
Ends	February
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Barcelona
Inaugurated	2012
Website	www.barcelona.cat/llumbcn/en/

Concept

Llum BCN, Light Barcelona in English, extends across various key points in the Poblenou neighborhood, starting at the Design Museum of Barcelona at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. The installations are spread across the neighborhood and are visible from nightfall until midnight. The 2024 festival edition expands with a new axis, including spaces such as the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, L'Auditori, and the Encants market.

Large historic buildings, old factory chimneys and industrial plants, but also the modern Torre Glòries are illuminated by large-scale projections and audio-visual displays in the Poblenou neighborhood. Many of the festival's light displays include the use of technology such as virtual reality and AI.

Artists

Llum BCN has featured artists such as Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Julio Le Parc, Luke Jerram, Ulf Langheinrich, United Visual Artists, Kurt Hentschlager, Trevor Paglen, Chila Kumari Burman, Vera Molnár and Catalonia's Antoni Arola as well as local schools of art, design, illumination, and architecture.

Gallery

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  Llum BCN 2015
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  Llum BCN 2016
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  Llum BCN 2017
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  Llum BCN 2018
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  Llum BCN 2019
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  Llum BCN 2020: Worldwide injustice
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  Llum BCN 2021: Onionlab, Agorythm
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  Llum BCN 2022: Toni Arola, Limbo
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  Llum BCN 2023: Another Moon
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  Llum BCN 2024: Lux Domus