Lluèrnia, Light and Fire Scenographies in the Public Space

Abstract

Lluèrnia, festival del foc i de la llum, is an event held annually in Olot on the second Saturday of November that invites creators from diverse disciplines to suggest a new approach to the urban spaces of the town with fire and light centre stage.

Formally it features ephemeral installations designed by visual artists, architects, set and lighting designers… that for five or six hours transform the streets, squares and other public spaces into scenographies in which people can move around, some of them interactive, through effects produced by light and fire. The article seeks to introduce the festival and present it as a real environment to experience the projects designed by students of schools of art and set and lighting design.