Guerrilla Lighting Donostia
It's taken way to long for us to put this up, we have no real excuses other than the usual busy with work syndrome but hopefully the team in San Sebastian can forgive us and we can definitely say it's worth the wait. The sites themselves are amazing and the results are great! Below, in their own words, you can read the first Spanish guerrilla lighting mission from 19th December 2014!
"Last Friday, 19th of December we gathered a motivated crew and gave some great sparkle to Donostia- San Sebastian! Guerrilla Lighting Donostia is one of the first activities of the project Winter Solstice Call, part of the activity cycle of Donostia, European Capital of Culture 2016.
On this first event, a lighting design basics workshop was shared and followed by a Guerrilla Lighting. We wanted to test social cohesion aspects and local people’s interest on the matter of lighting and urban inter- ventions, by showing them the power of light!
Awesome pictures were taken, both of the sites itself and also of people on action, which reflect the vivid vibe around. Thanks a lot to Álvaro Valdecantos, Gorka Bravo and Heidi for your fantastic snaps!
An open call was made were mostly local people of diverse backgrounds was engaged. We meet at the old firefighters building and managed to gather enough people to start our mission! We walked towards Bay of La Concha to begin with our route;
The first site was a covered walking path underneath Concha’s Promenade which serves as a shelter from the heating sun or pouring rain. Even if it is placed on the middle of the city, it is a neglected place were usually dodgy things happen….
Thanks to some focused and directed lighting architectural details were enhanced and several depth levels could be appreciated. Many passers-by joined and watched.
The second site was very close to the first one but presented a different character. They are Concha’s Clocks, a beautiful landmark on the bay.
We turned off the actual light given by characteristic globe lampposts and instead went for wall washing effects and corner enhancing by the use of elliptical lenses. We also focused on meaningful elements such as clock and barometer and played with different colour temperatures of halo and LED flashlights as to create a natural contrast.
As a third site we chose a small arch that serves as a connection in between the promenade and beach below.
We thought it was time to introduce some colour!! Using cyan and orange filters the site got a bit more dra- matic and vivid. Here we also played with one icon of the city, Concha’s Railing, and project its shadow on the ground! It was designed by Juan Rafael Alday, as well as Concha’s Clocks, lampposts and firefighters’ building. On its left, Santa Clara Island is appreciated, pearl of the bay.
We continued walking through the tunnel and got into some fun stuff playing with mirror balls and glow sticks!!
The last site was a charismatic small building situated on the beach which presents great architectural inter- est. Nowadays it is an administrative building related to Kayaking. It has no exterior lighting and therefore, at night it is imperceptible.
By lighting some details and facades and also shooting towards the inside, we managed to dress it on splendour!
We want to say, THAKS A LOT to all participants, not only for your involvement but especially for your wonderful attitude! It was a smooth cooperation in between all of us and got to enjoy it all the way. If this was a test to see if inhabitants of Donostia and its surroundings were ready for a Guerrilla Lighting action, we saw, they truly are and besides, they are eager for action!
Also big thanks to all our collaborators. Starting with Lupercales, a fantastic team that helped us organising both events and have been together since the first rehearsal under pouring rain! Great job the one of Carla Jardim, representing Flash! Light Collective and Iñaki and Raquel from Arquimaña. We all formed a great coordination group. It was a pleasure to have you all.
This could have not been possible without the cooperation of Donostia 2016, promoter of the project, Donostia City Council and Slce, public lighting maintenance team and Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa. Thanks a lot to everyone.
Just remember this is the begging of our journey, as now we know we can go beyond and continue towards 2016!!"
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