Already this Friday, October 28, a new artistic, educational and entertainment park of light installations will be presented to the residents and guests of the city of Vilnius, where visitors will be invited to embark on a journey of learning about light Vilnius University (VU) in the botanical garden in Kairenai. The exhibition features original works created by Lithuanian and Polish artists, which will introduce visitors not only to natural natural light sources, but also those created by man. The project is included in the list of events of the Vilnius University program dedicated to the 700th birthday of Vilnius.
"We are glad that in cooperation with our partners, the Polish company Lumina Sp. z o. o. and artists from two countries, we can present a program that, we hope, will provide the visitors of the Botanical Garden not only with new, hitherto unseen impressions, but also with new knowledge about light. After dark, everyone who visits the VU Botanic Garden will be able to see and get to know them in a different way, embark on a journey of light and new discoveries. We are glad that we will also see the works of 4 famous artists in the garden. Art installations created by Jarosław Koziara, Olena Glinka, Mantas Maziliauskas and Marta Basandowska will be exhibited here. We thank the whole team - our partners from Poland, our colleagues from Lithuania, who created this extraordinary spectacle. Thanks to this initiative and cooperation, we can invite everyone to a journey of light", says Audrius Skridaila, director of VU Botanic Garden.
The park of light installations is located in nature, in the unique environment of VU botanical garden in Kairėnai. Walking along the almost 2 km long path, visitors will discover places of the garden that they have never seen before, and they will see the already familiar in a different light.
The works of Polish and Lithuanian creators, made in various techniques, will be exhibited until February. The artistic composition of "home fire" combines two installations: "Lumina Dome" by Lithuanian artist Mantas Maziliauskas and "Fire" by Polish artist Jaroslaw Koziaros. J. Koziara will also present the artistic work "The Sun". Olena Glinka will present two works to visitors - "Abstract Masks" and "Mushrooms". The composition "Aurora Borealis" by artist Marta Basandowska is created using StringArt technology. More than 12 km of fluorescent strips and rubber bands were used for the installation.
"We are glad that Lumina parkas is located in such a wonderful place in the city of Vilnius - a little far from the hustle and bustle of the city, but very easily accessible - in the VU Botanic Garden in Kairenai, where art and artistic light installations will be in one synergy with nature and plants. Light is a symbol of hope and faith, so we hope that Lumina Park will give unforgettable moments to the people of Vilnius and the guests of the capital and brighten up the dark winter evenings," says Jan Szagdaj, Director of Lumina Park. in Poland manager.
The organizers of the project cooperate with the Lithuanian Red Cross and will allocate part of the profit from the war in Ukraine to the affected people.
Lumina Parks operates in four Polish cities - Wroclaw, Poznań, Lublin and Bydgoszcz. This year, the park of Lumina light installations will be located in several European cities - Vilnius, Budapest and Prague.
You can find prices and park opening hours here.
