November saw the 2nd edition of the LUMIERE light festival first run in 2009. The event has been somewhat a victim of its own success with huge crowds saturating the narrow streets of Durham; sadly it is not clear whether it will run again.
The statue of Lord Londonderry in the market place enclosed in a snow dome. Essentially the same artwork was on display in Lyon in 2007, except with the title “I love Lyon”!
(L) Hartmann Grid – more interesting from a distance than close up. (R) The fascinating Plenum, projected on the tower of St. Oswald’s.
The wonderful Crown of Light, telling the story of Durham cathedral in a vast son et lumière projected onto the north face of the cathedral.
But the most stunning sight was the cathedral nave filled with candle-illuminated vests (representing miners’ vests).
More displays by the clearly borderline pyromaniac Compagnie Carabosse in the cathedral cloisters and close.
The ethereal illuminated figures of Les Voyageurs (Cedric Le Borgne).