--- title: "Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 | Programme" url: "https://lichtfest.leipziger-freiheit.de/en/festival-of-lights-programme/festival-of-lights-2014" description: "With installations and projects around the entire inner ring road, the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution on 9ᵗʰ of October." language: "en" breadcrumb: "Root > Leipzig Festival of Lights > Leipzig Festival of Lights Programme > Festival of Lights 2014" --- Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 =============================== Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 programme ----------------------------------------- 25 Years of the Peaceful Revolution *Play video*Play external content Please accept all necessary cookies to watch this video. To mark the **25th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution**, the Leipzig Festival of Lights **extended across the entire inner city ring of Leipzig for the first time.** Along the historic demonstration route, light, sound and video projections, dance, performance and music **created reflective and questioning connections between 1989 and 2014**. Together with the artistic director Jürgen Meier and an artistic advisory board invited especially for this purpose, the organisers selected **15 internationally active artists and collectives**. They, along with students from Leipzig and representatives of Leipzig’s independent arts scene, approached the events of autumn 1989 in very different artistic ways and **translated the events, emotions and challenges of that time into the present day.** Along a distance of 3.6 kilometres, interaction became visible and tangible at more than 20 stations, turning visitors into participants. Over 600 accredited media representatives from 21 nations reported on this day from Leipzig directly to their home countries via print, TV, radio and online. - - Opening Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 on Augustusplatz Words of Greeting and candles' podium '89 Lichtfest Leipzig 2014 To mark the anniversary of 25 years of the Peaceful Revolution, around 200,000 citizens of Leipzig, guests and high-ranking political representatives from around the world gathered on Augustusplatz and the inner city ring on 9ᵗʰ of October 2014. As part of the Leipzig Festival of Lights, they experienced from 7 p.m. onwards welcome messages from Leipzig’s Lord Mayor **Burkhard Jung**, the Minister President of Saxony **Stanislaw Tillich**, as well as, among others, from Federal President **Joachim Gauck** and the Presidents of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – **Bronislaw Komorowski, Milos Zeman, Andrej Kiska** and **János Áder**. After the official opening, art projects began at more than 20 stations along the 3.6‑kilometre inner city ring. Programme and spaces Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 ---------------------------------------------------- The Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing (LTM) GmbH, together with the artistic director Jürgen Meier, was responsible for the planning, organisation and implementation of the Leipzig Festival of Lights. The Leipzig Festival of Lights was regarded as the emotional highlight of the day – it was preceded, among other events, by a joint ceremonial act by the City of Leipzig, the Free State of Saxony and the Saxon State Parliament at the Gewandhaus, featuring the “Speech on Democracy” by Federal President Joachim Gauck, as well as the traditional Peace Prayer in St Nicolas Church. **Programme:** Light installations, music and performances at more than 20 stations, for the first time along the entire inner city ring **Artistic direction:** Jürgen Meier **Consultation/curators:** - Inke Arns, Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund, - Prof. Dieter Daniels, HGB Leipzig, - Sandra Naumann, Transmediale, Berlin, - Mirjam Struppek, International Urban Screens Association All stations of the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2014 #### 1 \| Augustusplatz (Kopie 1) **Versammlungs- und Informationsraum** Live-Übertragungen, Kerzenaktion, Start Rundgang #### 2 \| Georgiring (Kopie 1) **Beobachtungsraum** *Friedas Winter* — westfernsehen (Thomas Achtner, Josephin Eckhardt, David Gerloff, René Heinrich, André Landgraf, Andreas Oelsner, Roman Pauls, Hannah Sieben, Alba Talamo), Leipzig #### 3 \| Victor’s Residenz-Hotel (Kopie 1) **Beobachtungsraum II** *CCTV – A Trail of Images* — !Mediengruppe Bitnik (Domagoj Smoljo, Carmen Weisskopf, Adnan Hadzi, Daniel Ryser), Zürich (Schweiz) #### 4 \| Hauptbahnhof (Kopie 1) **Transitraum** *PAX 2014* — Leipziger Ballett der Oper Leipzig, Mario Schröder, Leipzig #### 5 \| IntercityHotel (Kopie 1) **Reflexionsraum I** Licht-Wort-Projektion — Sigrid Sandmann, Hamburg #### 6 \| Tröndlinring (Kopie 1) **Reflexionsraum II** *Wir sind das Volk* — Ulrich Polster, Leipzig #### 7 \| Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche, Thomaskirche, St. Trinitatis (Kopie 1) **Hoffnungsraum** *Hoffnung und Enttäuschung* — Jürgen Meier, Leipzig #### 8 \| Richard-Wagner-Platz (Kopie 1) **Klangraum** *Gefühlslandschaften im urbanen Raum* — Mike Dietrich, Susan Baumgartl, Leipzig/Berlin; Die Art, Sebastian Krumbiegel, Mitglieder der Gruppe Renft, Carolina Eyck und Christopher Tarnow, Hardy Rittner, Servi #### 9 \| Runde Ecke (Kopie 1) **Entscheidungsraum** *Banners and Signs* — Yvon Chabrowski, Leipzig/Berlin #### 10 \| Dittrichring (Kopie 1) **Textraum** *Return on Investment* — Claudius Nießen, Leipzig #### 11 \| Neues Rathaus (Kopie 1) **Wahlraum** *I vote, I build!* — Théoriz Studio (Jonathan Richer, David-Alexandre Chanel, Nessim Zghidi), Studio BK (Arthur Sotto), Lyon (Frankreich) #### 12 \| Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (Kopie 1) **Freiraum** *white space – kritisches Denken braucht Zeit und Raum* — Mischa Kuball, Düsseldorf #### 13 \| Ringbebauung/Ring-Café (Kopie 1) **Glücksraum I** *Glückspalast* — Frank Hülsmeier, Max Erlemann, Studenten der Hochschule Wismar und HTWK Leipzig, Leipzig/Wismar #### 14 \| City-Hochhaus (Kopie 1) **Glücksraum II** *Zeigt eure Geschichte – Familienglück* — Studio 2014 (Mike Dietrich, Jürgen Meier), Leipzig #### 15 \| Gesamter Ring (Kopie 1) **Bewegungsraum** *Pfade der Freiheit* — Edith Tar, Radjo Monk, Leipzig #### 16 \| Haltestellen am Innenstadtring (Kopie 1) **Medienraum** *Stadtfunk* — detektor.fm, Leipzig