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LUMABILITY

LUMABILITY

A bright idea to make the LUMA Southern Light Project accessible to all is being sponsored by Queenstown Airport. LUMAbility will be run as a pilot project when the popular arts, performance and sensory event returns to the Queenstown Gardens at King’s Birthday...

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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...

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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...

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Wrapped Up

Wrapped Up

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

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Lite Moves

Lite Moves

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

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Parrot Party

Parrot Party

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

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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...

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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.

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AMD

AMD

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

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