{"id":10250,"date":"2016-01-19T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/?p=10250"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:13:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:13:14","slug":"let-there-be-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light","title":{"rendered":"Let There Be Light&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night I, like soooo many others, braved the Arctic weather conditions and spent the evening looking up at the skies in central London. Don&#8217;t worry, you didn&#8217;t miss some amazing astronomical event, although the display put on by London&#8217;s Lumi\u00e8re Festival was pretty mind blowing! Featuring installations from 30 artists, London was lit up with bold colours, mesmerising shapes and comical light shows.<\/p>\n<p>Dotted around several London landmarks, the city became a huge urban gallery, with crowds of both tourists and locals &#8216;ooing&#8217; and &#8216;ahhing&#8217; over these incredible constructions. Here are some of my favourites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10266\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/11.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"600\" height=\"636\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/11.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&text=Let There Be Light...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/11.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>1.8 London by Janet\u00a0Echelman<\/p>\n<p>This piece not only looked so cool, but the story behind it is also really interesting. It was named after the impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011 when the vibrations were so strong it caused the earth&#8217;s rotation to speed up and shortened the day by 1.8 seconds. Echelman used data from NASA and transformed it into this memorising 3D image looming above Oxford Street.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10270\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&text=Let There Be Light...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Circus of Light by Ocubo<\/p>\n<p>St Martins became the perfect projector screen for this extraordinary circus show. We were promised that\u00a0\u00a0a &#8220;magical animated world of music and mayhem will descend on\u00a0Granary Square&#8221; and it definitely delivered!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10269\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"600\" height=\"569\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&text=Let There Be Light...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Les Voyageurs (The Travellers) by C\u00e9dric Le Borgne<\/p>\n<p>I loved looking up and discovering these little guys dotted around the city, sitting on rooftops or even in mid-flight it felt magical yet beautifully real at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10268\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"600\" height=\"559\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&text=Let There Be Light...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/let-there-be-light&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Lumin\u00e9oles by Port\u00e9 par le vent<\/p>\n<p>These amazing kite fish were dancing over the streets in Piccadilly. Their puppeteers were even dressed in stunning oriental clothing&#8230;and a big padded coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night I, like soooo many others, braved the Arctic weather conditions and spent the evening looking up at the skies in central&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[543,544,545,546,45,547],"class_list":["post-10250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-life","tag-granary-square","tag-kim","tag-le-borgne","tag-led","tag-london","tag-nasa","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26255,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250\/revisions\/26255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}