Toruń–Slemmestad

A Polish-Norwegian project based on the cooperation of artists specializing in the light installations and the multimedia projections in the technique of mapping 3D, which lasted from February 2014 to 2 February 2015. Read or download the summary of the project.

The leader of the project was Toruń Cultural Agency, which since 2009 has been organizing the Bella Skyway Festival, which in 2012 hosted 150 000 visitors and in 2014 — over 300 000. Three partners:

“Wagga Wagga”, Skyway ’12 in Toruń
Factory Light Festival (as part of Sekkefabrikken Culture House), Slemmestad
Municipality of Røyken implementing a long-term plan of Slemmestad revitalization and
University of Technology in Drammen educating young professionals in the field of light projections took part in the project.

Project had multifaceted character and included different types of activities. The first stage of the project was the preparation of two 3D projections in mapping 3D: on giant silos of a former cement factory in Slemmestad and on the facade of Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń. Projections were prepared by artists from Poland and Norway and presented to the audience during the 6th edition of Bella Skyway Festival (Toruń, Poland) in August 2014 and during the Factory Light Festival (Slemmestad, Norway) in September 2014. Moreover, artists organised a workshop for the students from Drammen in September 2014 as a part of Factory Light Festival. The artists’ works were photographed by the well known photographers from Poland and Norway and the photos taken by them shown at the exhibitions in Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Torun, Drammen, Slemmestad and Oslo.

Read more about the project.

http://lightbridge.tak.torun.pl/en/

https://www.kulturradet.no/eos-midlene/vis-artikkel/-/eos-prosjektbank-lightbridge-toru-slemmestad

Lightbridge

http://lightbridge.tak.torun.pl/lightbridge.pdf