Vilnius Light Festival

Lithuania 2025

The light festival was presented at multiple sites across the centre of the city. Most of these were outside, a few were inside, and here at the Energy and Technology Museum was the location for Hand of the Galaxy, my installation. The museum was formally the city's first electrical power station. Built in a neoclassical style and sitting on the north bank of the Neris river directly opposite the centre of this little known and surprisingly intriguing ancient city centre.

When the building was converted to a museum, the original machinery was left in place. Here you see my kinetic wave sculptures placed in front of the steam boilers that dominate the central hall, and complete with most of their original pipework which laces through the building from submarine like basement to the upper floors, and can all be explored by visitors.

The history is particularly fascinating. While this power station was built at a time when Lithuania was an independent country, the style of construction is highly reminscent of the soviet visions of modernisation, and its preservation celebrates this literal steam punk era.

Every day I would give a short performance of hand held light sculptures. You can also watch the performance on the video.

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Vilnius Light Festival 2025 Website