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Chongqing International Light Festival
Type
Public Installations
Public Installations
Year
2024
2024
About
The Chongqing International Light Art Festival (CILAF) is one of China’s most representative urban light and art festivals. It is held in Chongqing, a city of 32 million people known for its unique three dimensional topography and magical urban landscape. Building on the city’s distinctive spatial character and cultural atmosphere, CILAF has successfully been held three times since its inception and will celebrate its fourth edition during the upcoming New Year season.The festival consists of multiple sections, including art installations and a mapping competition, with the international mapping competition serving as the central highlight. The festival is curated by Zhou Bo, with Gong Zhen as curator of the mapping section. Each year, the competition invites submissions from artists, designers, creative studios, and university teams worldwide, encouraging them to create works using architectural projection technology. The focus is on combining academic rigor with artistic innovation, providing mapping artists with a genuine platform for creation and competition.CILAF attracts over 200,000 on site visitors annually and has generated more than 40 million online views and interactions. It has become a key benchmark project for digital art and public cultural initiatives in China’s urban spaces.
The Chongqing International Light Art Festival (CILAF) is one of China’s most representative urban light and art festivals. It is held in Chongqing, a city of 32 million people known for its unique three dimensional topography and magical urban landscape. Building on the city’s distinctive spatial character and cultural atmosphere, CILAF has successfully been held three times since its inception and will celebrate its fourth edition during the upcoming New Year season.The festival consists of multiple sections, including art installations and a mapping competition, with the international mapping competition serving as the central highlight. The festival is curated by Zhou Bo, with Gong Zhen as curator of the mapping section. Each year, the competition invites submissions from artists, designers, creative studios, and university teams worldwide, encouraging them to create works using architectural projection technology. The focus is on combining academic rigor with artistic innovation, providing mapping artists with a genuine platform for creation and competition.CILAF attracts over 200,000 on site visitors annually and has generated more than 40 million online views and interactions. It has become a key benchmark project for digital art and public cultural initiatives in China’s urban spaces.
