One of the greatest and technically most impressive objects at the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will be the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d by the Portuguese team \u201cOcubo\u201d, which will entertain Rigans and the guests of the city on the fa\u00e7ade of hotel \u201cAstor\u201d (Zigfr\u012bda Annas Meierovica bulv\u0101ris 10) during all five nights of the festival.<\/p>\n
The object has already participated in various festivals of light elsewhere in the world, but for the Riga festival, several characters associated with the city have been added \u2013 the Black Cat, the Golden Rooster on the steeple of St. Peter\u2019s Church, and Riga Beaver. The \u201cCircus of Light\u201d will also have a special role for Sigulda, the partner town of Riga as the European Capital of Culture, and the residents of Sigulda.<\/p>\n
Carole Purnelle from the company \u201cOcubo\u201d explains that \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is a fantasy circus going to many towns. \u201cThe moon is very unhappy, and the city is very dark and very quiet, but when the circus arrives, suddenly everybody is happier and the light is going on,\u201d Carole tells us about the performance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The \u201cCircus of Light\u201d has recently visited Lisbon and Jerusalem, whereas after the Riga show it will travel to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
The fantasy circus performance is being staged in collaboration with the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d partner city Sigulda \u2013 several popular personalities from Sigulda will be laughing, appear to be scared, or surprised during the performance projected onto the fa\u00e7ade of the hotel building.<\/p>\n
\u201cOcubo\u201d creates a lot of participative projects. \u201cIt means that we have people participating in our projects. We always consider that our projects are not finished when the people are not participating,\u201d says Carole. So there will be real people from Riga and other cities participating in the project who have been filmed clapping their hands or demonstrating that they are frightened. \u201cThey are integrated in the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d as the fantasy audience. We are grateful to have these people in our project.\u201d Carole is pleased at this kind of co-operation as she believes it is very important to personalise each such object by incorporating characters and personalities that the local public knows well.<\/p>\n
This time, it is 24 residents of Sigulda \u2013 popular athletes and musicians, and other prominent personalities who play an important role in the cultural life of Sigulda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Their families have also been taking active part in the creation of the film and photographs in Sigulda, supervised by photographer Juris Kilkuts, therefore the age of the people in the \u201ccircus audience\u201d ranges from two to 85 years.<\/p>\n
The representative of \u201cOcubo\u201d is especially pleased at the building onto which the film will be projected \u2013 an eclectic edifice built in the 19th century and renovated in 2012. \u201cThe building \u2013 we liked it a lot because it has that red colour, very strong one, and the architecture when you do video mapping is very important. You play with the architecture, and you have to deal with its characteristics. The shape of the building was very good because it\u2019s a bit square, so it was easier to work. The building is like a character, it really plays a big role in each of our films,\u201d explained Carole.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, the public is really important. We are doing films for them, and it\u2019s very important for us to know if the people liked our film or not,\u201d says Carole, adding she hopes very much that residents and guests of the city will truly enjoy the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Executive Producer M\u0101rcis Gulbis says that the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is one of the largest objects at the festival this year, and one that has captured the overall feeling of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d festival this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the European Capital of Culture year, the festival has taken a major leap in its development, becoming a really big player among such international events.<\/p>\n
We have been able to bring most of the world\u2019s best-known contemporary light artists to Latvia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The building of the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will be one of the main objects of the festival this year,\u201d added M\u0101rcis Gulbis.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn technical respect, \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d is also a big step forward in the development of the festival. In order to create the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d, special video projectors are brought to Riga, and a video mapping consultant has been invited from Germany. There is a large international team working on organisation of the festival. This year, the festival will include only 22 objects, each of them unique in its own way, but this one will be one of the biggest.\u201d<\/p>\n
It needs to be added that during the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, the restaurant at the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will have a special menu as well as an outdoor buffet selling hot beverages and snacks.<\/p>\n
As reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>","contentt":"One of the greatest and technically most impressive objects at the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will be the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d by the Portuguese team \u201cOcubo\u201d, which will entertain Rigans and the guests of the city on the fa\u00e7ade of hotel \u201cAstor\u201d (Zigfr\u012bda Annas Meierovica bulv\u0101ris 10) during all five nights of the festival.\n\n\nThe object has already participated in various festivals of light elsewhere in the world, but for the Riga festival, several characters associated with the city have been added \u2013 the Black Cat, the Golden Rooster on the steeple of St. Peter\u2019s Church, and Riga Beaver. The \u201cCircus of Light\u201d will also have a special role for Sigulda, the partner town of Riga as the European Capital of Culture, and the residents of Sigulda.\nCarole Purnelle from the company \u201cOcubo\u201d explains that \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is a fantasy circus going to many towns. \u201cThe moon is very unhappy, and the city is very dark and very quiet, but when the circus arrives, suddenly everybody is happier and the light is going on,\u201d Carole tells us about the performance.\nThe \u201cCircus of Light\u201d has recently visited Lisbon and Jerusalem, whereas after the Riga show it will travel to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.\nThe fantasy circus performance is being staged in collaboration with the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d partner city Sigulda \u2013 several popular personalities from Sigulda will be laughing, appear to be scared, or surprised during the performance projected onto the fa\u00e7ade of the hotel building.\n\u201cOcubo\u201d creates a lot of participative projects. \u201cIt means that we have people participating in our projects. We always consider that our projects are not finished when the people are not participating,\u201d says Carole. So there will be real people from Riga and other cities participating in the project who have been filmed clapping their hands or demonstrating that they are frightened. \u201cThey are integrated in the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d as the fantasy audience. We are grateful to have these people in our project.\u201d Carole is pleased at this kind of co-operation as she believes it is very important to personalise each such object by incorporating characters and personalities that the local public knows well.\nThis time, it is 24 residents of Sigulda \u2013 popular athletes and musicians, and other prominent personalities who play an important role in the cultural life of Sigulda.\nTheir families have also been taking active part in the creation of the film and photographs in Sigulda, supervised by photographer Juris Kilkuts, therefore the age of the people in the \u201ccircus audience\u201d ranges from two to 85 years.\nThe representative of \u201cOcubo\u201d is especially pleased at the building onto which the film will be projected \u2013 an eclectic edifice built in the 19th century and renovated in 2012. \u201cThe building \u2013 we liked it a lot because it has that red colour, very strong one, and the architecture when you do video mapping is very important. You play with the architecture, and you have to deal with its characteristics. The shape of the building was very good because it\u2019s a bit square, so it was easier to work. The building is like a character, it really plays a big role in each of our films,\u201d explained Carole.\n\u201cFor us, the public is really important. We are doing films for them, and it\u2019s very important for us to know if the people liked our film or not,\u201d says Carole, adding she hopes very much that residents and guests of the city will truly enjoy the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d.\n\u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Executive Producer M\u0101rcis Gulbis says that the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is one of the largest objects at the festival this year, and one that has captured the overall feeling of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d festival this year.\n\u201cDuring the European Capital of Culture year, the festival has taken a major leap in its development, becoming a really big player among such international events.\nWe have been able to bring most of the world\u2019s best-known contemporary light artists to Latvia.\nThe building of the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will be one of the main objects of the festival this year,\u201d added M\u0101rcis Gulbis.\n\u201cIn technical respect, \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d is also a big step forward in the development of the festival. In order to create the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d, special video projectors are brought to Riga, and a video mapping consultant has been invited from Germany. There is a large international team working on organisation of the festival. This year, the festival will include only 22 objects, each of them unique in its own way, but this one will be one of the biggest.\u201d\nIt needs to be added that during the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, the restaurant at the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will have a special menu as well as an outdoor buffet selling hot beverages and snacks.\nAs reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.\n\n\n","content":"
One of the greatest and technically most impressive objects at the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will be the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d by the Portuguese team \u201cOcubo\u201d, which will entertain Rigans and the guests of the city on the fa\u00e7ade of hotel \u201cAstor\u201d (Zigfr\u012bda Annas Meierovica bulv\u0101ris 10) during all five nights of the festival.<\/p>\n
\n\nThe object has already participated in various festivals of light elsewhere in the world, but for the Riga festival, several characters associated with the city have been added \u2013 the Black Cat, the Golden Rooster on the steeple of St. Peter\u2019s Church, and Riga Beaver. The \u201cCircus of Light\u201d will also have a special role for Sigulda, the partner town of Riga as the European Capital of Culture, and the residents of Sigulda.<\/p>\n
Carole Purnelle from the company \u201cOcubo\u201d explains that \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is a fantasy circus going to many towns. \u201cThe moon is very unhappy, and the city is very dark and very quiet, but when the circus arrives, suddenly everybody is happier and the light is going on,\u201d Carole tells us about the performance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The \u201cCircus of Light\u201d has recently visited Lisbon and Jerusalem, whereas after the Riga show it will travel to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
The fantasy circus performance is being staged in collaboration with the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d partner city Sigulda \u2013 several popular personalities from Sigulda will be laughing, appear to be scared, or surprised during the performance projected onto the fa\u00e7ade of the hotel building.<\/p>\n
\u201cOcubo\u201d creates a lot of participative projects. \u201cIt means that we have people participating in our projects. We always consider that our projects are not finished when the people are not participating,\u201d says Carole. So there will be real people from Riga and other cities participating in the project who have been filmed clapping their hands or demonstrating that they are frightened. \u201cThey are integrated in the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d as the fantasy audience. We are grateful to have these people in our project.\u201d Carole is pleased at this kind of co-operation as she believes it is very important to personalise each such object by incorporating characters and personalities that the local public knows well.<\/p>\n
This time, it is 24 residents of Sigulda \u2013 popular athletes and musicians, and other prominent personalities who play an important role in the cultural life of Sigulda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Their families have also been taking active part in the creation of the film and photographs in Sigulda, supervised by photographer Juris Kilkuts, therefore the age of the people in the \u201ccircus audience\u201d ranges from two to 85 years.<\/p>\n
The representative of \u201cOcubo\u201d is especially pleased at the building onto which the film will be projected \u2013 an eclectic edifice built in the 19th century and renovated in 2012. \u201cThe building \u2013 we liked it a lot because it has that red colour, very strong one, and the architecture when you do video mapping is very important. You play with the architecture, and you have to deal with its characteristics. The shape of the building was very good because it\u2019s a bit square, so it was easier to work. The building is like a character, it really plays a big role in each of our films,\u201d explained Carole.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, the public is really important. We are doing films for them, and it\u2019s very important for us to know if the people liked our film or not,\u201d says Carole, adding she hopes very much that residents and guests of the city will truly enjoy the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Executive Producer M\u0101rcis Gulbis says that the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d is one of the largest objects at the festival this year, and one that has captured the overall feeling of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d festival this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the European Capital of Culture year, the festival has taken a major leap in its development, becoming a really big player among such international events.<\/p>\n
We have been able to bring most of the world\u2019s best-known contemporary light artists to Latvia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The building of the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will be one of the main objects of the festival this year,\u201d added M\u0101rcis Gulbis.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn technical respect, \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d is also a big step forward in the development of the festival. In order to create the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d, special video projectors are brought to Riga, and a video mapping consultant has been invited from Germany. There is a large international team working on organisation of the festival. This year, the festival will include only 22 objects, each of them unique in its own way, but this one will be one of the biggest.\u201d<\/p>\n
It needs to be added that during the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, the restaurant at the \u201cAstor\u201d hotel will have a special menu as well as an outdoor buffet selling hot beverages and snacks.<\/p>\n
As reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One of the greatest and technically most impressive objects at the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will be the \u201cCircus of Light\u201d by the Portuguese team \u201cOcubo\u201d, which will entertain Rigans and the guests of the city on the fa\u00e7ade of hotel \u201cAstor\u201d (Zigfr\u012bda Annas Meierovica bulv\u0101ris 10) during all five nights of the […]<\/p>\n","link":"https:\/\/staroriga.lv\/en\/jaunumi\/portugalu-makslinieki-festivalam-staro-riga-2014-gatavo-gaismas-cirku\/"}