What To See At Winter Lights 2020 at Canary Wharf
Back again to brighten up January, Winter Lights 2020 is a free light display on daily from 16-25 January (4pm-10pm).
Here are the highlights;
LACTOLIGHT BY LACTOLIGHT
Made from 7,344 recycled plastic milk bottles, they become a trippy low-res screen. Like if you stood way to close to the Piccadilly Circus lights!
NEON TREE BY HAWTHORN
Made even better with its positioning by a number of glowing ‘Light Benches’ you can find Neon Tree (which kind of does what it says on the) tin in Canada Square Park.
THE CLEW BY OTTOTTO
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Made from 100 red circles of light, the placement across the Cubitt Steps Bridge make for an amazing reflective scene.
SASHA TREES BY ADAM DECOLIGHT
Back for another year but in a new location, you can find these beauties at Ten Bank Street and they’re just as photogenic as last year.
LIQUID SOUP BY ENTERTAINMENT EFFECTS
Another returning piece adds colours to the permanent fountains in Cabot Square.
DITTO BY ITHACA STUDIO
The selfie star from this year’s display has to be the glowing bulbs of this column of moving light. Covered in mirrors you can stand inside this round space to be surrounded by lights glowing in time with the music.
AFFINITY BY AMIGO & AMIGO AND S1T2
Representing the brain’s connectivity, this large piece can be found in Montgomery Square and reacts as you step closer to it, creating a unique pattern which depends on how long you stay.
SKY ON EARTH BY UAII STUDIO
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The prize for most interactive has to be this one. You walk across a slippy ramp covered in foam, as you walk you hear crackling thunder and flashes of lighting within the ‘clouds’ below. Next, the fans gear up and before you know it you’re surrounded by white foam, like some kind of cold Ibizia novelty club night. Weird but most entertaining. (Just watch out for your phone and camera!)
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