LUMA Southern Light Project
Lab in a Box

Lab in a Box

An ingenious invention by Professor Peter Dearden of the University of Otago. Lab-in-a-Box is a mobile science laboratory, built in a 20 foot shipping container. Professor Dearden developed the idea as a way to take experimental science teaching resources into rural...

LUMIFY

LUMIFY

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in LUMIFY 2020 and helped illuminate the District over Queen's Birthday Weekend. Together we managed to bring some joy to our communities and welcomed everyone back into our neighborhoods after time apart. It was truly...

Drone By

Drone By

LUMA is an award-winning arts and culture festival based in Queenstown. We use Queenstown’s unique alpine canvas, as a giant amphitheater for local, national and international talent to paint with light. Featuring artwork from: Angus Muir Design South Island Light...

Wrapped Up

Wrapped Up

That's a wrap for another year folks! Thanks to everyone who came down to share this experience with us.

Lite Moves

Lite Moves

Performance pieces integrated with light and AV took LUMA to another level this year, this is "Nocturnal".

Parrot Party

Parrot Party

Australian artist Zara Pasfield talks rainbow lorikeets and trans-Tasman bonding.

TomTom

TomTom

Audio Visual and staging wizards TomTom Productions are long time contributors to the LUMA festival, and they always bring the goods. We really enjoyed this opportunity to shine a light on ( or hold an umbrella over! ) the great work they do and their awesome ethos of...

Echoknot

Echoknot

Local creative powerhouse Scott Kennedy ( along with Echoknot bandmate Joe Cowie ) created "Under A Mountain", a trippy audio visual glasshouse with a score to match.

AMD

AMD

Prolific and talented light sculptor Angus Muir speaks about his involvement with LUMA19.

Into The Shadows

Into The Shadows

Chloe Loftus (Aerial Artist) Abigail Rose (Aerial Artist) Rochell Brophy (Aerial Artist) Amber Stevens (Curator of Performance) Emma Vickers (Performance Director) Into the Shadows is an interactive performance space that combines our feature installation Hybycozo...

Bright Sparks

Bright Sparks

Our local schools working with LUMA. Thank you to Storyworks for producing this video!

Opener

Opener

Opening Night of LUMA19 was a resounding success! There's still 3 more nights of light, art and performance to enjoy so head down to Queenstown Gardens this Queen's Birthday Weekend to discover #LUMAQueenstown for yourself ✨

Adopt a Gnome

Adopt a Gnome

Adopt a gnome - support an artist, is a new initiative at LUMA aimed at assisting emerging New Zealand artists. Professional creatives have helped by contributing time and skill to give our gnomes a facelift. The 30 blank gnomes were donated by our partners Queenstown...

Our hearts in colour

Our hearts in colour

As the nights draw in and there’s a distinct chill in the air, thoughts turn to winter in Queenstown, and a bubble of excitement starts to grow. Fresh snow on the mountains, crisp star-strewn evenings, hot food held in warm fingers, friends, celebration,...

Wrapped up

Wrapped up

Highlights from this years LUMA. Special thanks to the amazing team at Storyworks for all their hard work on this! Video by: Storyworks

Day Toru

Day Toru

Take a trip through LUMA, highlights from our capture team on the 3rd day. Directed by: Jonny James Cam Op 1: Jonny James Cam Op 2: Dale Wowk Cam Op 3: Martin Stokes Cam Op 4: Dennis Benschomp Cam Op 5: Mitch Walters Timelapse Support: Josh Wallace and Syrp Edited by:...

Day Rua

Day Rua

Our capture team has been busy at LUMA getting all the best bits from the second day of shooting, check out the amazing art and light sculptures! Director, Cam Op A, Editor: Jonny James Cam Op B, Assistant Editor: Dale Wowk

Day Tahi

Day Tahi

Check out what our capture team whipped up after the first day of LUMA18 Produced by: Jonny James Directed by: Jonny James Assistant Director: Dale Wowk Cam Op: Martin Stokes Cam Assist: Dale Wowk Sound: Rosa Good Edited by: Jonny James

Illuminated Identities

Illuminated Identities

Wakatipu Potters Group is a not-for-profit community pottery club. We have been in existence since 1982 and are located at 50 Stanley Street Queenstown, at the corner of Stanley and Ballarat Streets, inside the Queenstown Art Society building. Every day we play a game...

Partnership

Partnership

LUMA Southern Light Project partnership opportunities. Video by: Storyworks

Lights on

Lights on

LUMA 2018 - Shining a Spotlight on Queenstown. As the nights are getting colder, thoughts of winter are starting to creep into New Zealander's minds. Lighting up our cold winter nights again this year is LUMA; Queenstown’s award-winning light festival (June 1 - 4)....

The Human Moth

The Human Moth

With less than ten weeks until Queenstown’s award-winning light festival illuminates the night sky, the countdown is officially on. We catch up with Angus Muir, the man behind Angus Muir Design (the human Moth). Huge thanks to Storyworks for their work on the video!