\u201cWe are delighted that Nobel Week Lights has become such a popular feature of Nobel Week. With this festival, we want to continue to illuminate science and culture during the darkest time of the year in Stockholm. We want to encourage everyone to go out for a winter stroll in the city and share an energy-saving light experience with each other,\u201d says Erika Lanner, Director of the Nobel Prize Museum.<\/p>\n
Around 20 artistic light installations inspired by Nobel Prize-awarded achievements will illuminate various locations around the city. A special feature this year is that several of the laureates visiting Stockholm during the Nobel Week will be honoured with artworks that were inspired by their achievements and discoveries.<\/p>\n
Outside the Grand H\u00f4tel, Alexander Wolfe will create the installation \u201cKinesthesia\u201d, which draws inspiration from 2021 medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian\u2019s discovery of how nerve signals, temperature and touch are connected. The artwork \u201cUnfold\u201d at the Royal Institute of Technology is based on the discovery of XCRISPR\/Cas9 gene editing by 2020 chemistry laureates Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.<\/p>\n
Two of this year\u2019s light installations are linked to the poetry created by 2020 literature laureate Louise Gl\u00fcck. One of the artworks can be experienced in the garden outside the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) on the island of Skeppsholmen and the other at Sergels torg, a square in the city centre. At Sergels torg, students from Beckmans College of Design will also create a light installation dedicated to this year\u2019s medicine laureate, Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo.<\/p>\n
Another innovation this year is that the Royal Palace will feature a light installation. British artist Luke Jerram\u2019s luminous globe \u201cGaia\u201d will be visible in the Southern Archway. 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Several of this year\u2019s artworks are interactive and are influenced by visitors\u2019 movements, voices and touch. The experience of the installation in Karl den XII:s torg (Charles XII Square) will be based on visitors\u2019 frequent use of the illuminated seesaws. At Storkyrkan (Stockholm Cathedral), visitors will be able to influence the light installation on the church fa\u00e7ade by singing along with the choir music from Slottsbacken.<\/p>\n
Given the energy supply situation in Europe, the organisers of this year\u2019s Nobel Week Lights have conducted a review of the festival\u2019s total energy consumption. During the nine days of the festival, energy consumption will be an estimated 4,100 kWh, which is a marginal amount of electricity for a cultural experience that was viewed by 350,000 Stockholm residents and visitors last year. If that many people watch television for six minutes per person, they use up the equivalent of the entire festival\u2019s energy consumption over nine days.<\/p>\n
The artistic light installation with the highest energy consumption in previous years has been the one at City Hall. This year, a new technical solution will reduce its energy use by 40 per cent compared to last year. This will have a major impact on the festival\u2019s overall energy consumption. Thanks to Nobel Prize-awarded light-emitting diode (LED) technology, the other installations consume an average of only 1 kW, which is less energy than many electrical devices we use in our homes.<\/p>\n
See all the lighting installations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Participating artists and lighting designers<\/strong> Locations with artistic light installations<\/strong> Media contact<\/strong> Contact for <\/strong>Nobel Week Lights<\/strong> Images Nobel Week Lights 2021:
\nAlexander Wolfe, Atelier BK, Beckmans College of Design, CS Design + Lateral Office + Mitchell Akiyama, Daniel Rybakken, Emma Hjortenklev Wassberg, Eva Beierheimer, Jim Farula, Johan Thurfjell, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University + Royal College of Music, Julia Dantonnet, Koros, Kroft + Smids, Luke Jerram, Masamichi Shimada, Philip Nilsson, Rethread, Royal Institute of Technology, Smash Studios, Stockholm University + University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Tove Alderin plus Fredrik J\u00f6nsson who will illuminate Ai WeiWei\u2019s sculpture outside Nationalmuseum (the National Museum of Arts and Design).<\/p>\n
\nArkDes, Bofills B\u00e5ge (a crescent-shaped apartment building near Medborgplatsen), Grand H\u00f4tel, Gustav Adolfs torg (a square in front of the Royal Opera), Karl den Xll:s torg (a park behind the Royal Opera), Royal Institute of Technology, Liljevalch Art Gallery, National Museum of Art and Design, Nobel Prize Museum, Raoul Wallenbergs torg (a square near Nybroplan), Serafimerstranden (a waterside park near City Hall), Sergels torg (a central square), Skeppsholmen (an island near the city centre), Stockholm City Hall, Stockholm City Museum, Royal Palace, the Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Storkyrkan (Stockholm Cathedral) and Tyska Kyrkan (the German Church).<\/p>\n
\nRebecka Oxelstr\u00f6m, Head of Press, Nobel Prize Museum
\nrebecka.oxelstrom@nobelprize.org<\/a>\u202f+ 46 73 412 66 75<\/p>\n
\nLara Szabo Greisman, Project Manager
\nlara@nobelweeklights.se,<\/a>\u202f+46 762 44 90 40<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/nobelprize.org\/press-images-nobel-week-lights-2021<\/a><\/p>\n