LUMA Southern Light Project is the event of the year that captures the creative hearts of the people in Queenstown. Drawing a crowd of all ages together to celebrate art and culture with an awe-inspiring free light festival located in the Queenstown Gardens. This...
The trust behind New Zealand’s favorite light festival, LUMA, has recently been announced as the 2017 Trustpower Award Supreme Winner in the Trustpower Queenstown Lakes Community Awards. The award recognises the LUMA Light Festival Trust and the contribution of...
The 2017 LUMA Southern Light Project, was a free community event which lit up Queenstown Gardens for four nights of art, showcasing a selection of unique light sculptures and installations from both local and international artists. The magical weekend brought...
What’s it like to be responsible for ensuring Queenstown’s biggest art and light festival is 100% up and running? We catch up with Simon Holden to find out… First of all, what is LUMA… LUMA is a free arts and light festival in Queenstown, taking place on the 2nd - 5th...
Produced by: Matt Chapman, Masha Erjavec, James Holman, Ash Povall Filmed by: James Holman Drone footage by: Tony Young Edited by: Masha Erjavec
About David’s video… I studied Graphic Design in the UK which lead me to become a web designer for the first 10 years of my professional working life. Photography and video was always a passion of mine though so, when I moved to Queenstown seven years ago, I used the...
Wow, what a weekend! LUMA Queenstown 2016 brought magic to the Gardens over Queen’s Birthday Weekend (3rd – 5th June). The free light festival showcased a selection of art sculptures, light installations and illuminations. Thrown into the mix was a lounge area...
Artists: Angus Muir Design & AJ Design Co. Video Production: Shotover Media
Hopefully, you didn’t miss out on all the amazing light installations that appeared along Queenstown’s waterfront in June, but if you did here’s a chance to re-live some of that magic with the official video! LUMA is Queenstown’s very first light festival and this...
The Pilot Project of the LUMA festival took place on 24th-28th of June this year in Queenstown NZ, with several areas of the CBD and lake shore getting lit up by some remarkable art installations. I took some interpretative shots of two of them, ‘Field’ and ‘Shroud’,...
Lighting up Queenstown during this year’s Winter Festival was a flash of The Southern Light Project, ‘LUMA’. The pilot project showcased the work of Auckland based designers Angus Muir and Alexandra Heaney ahead of next year’s fully fledged festival set to be held in...
Comprising 21 mirror posts, 2.4m tall, set out over a 25 square metre space. The design aimed to showcase and celebrate its location. By day the intense grid of mirrors celebrates its environment, creating an analogue interaction with the viewer. By night the posts...
It’s time to dust off the party lights, get creative with your family or friends and show us how beautiful and bright you can make your place. We still need to keep up the physical distancing and do everything we can to keep safe but we want you to bring the light...