Lumière Festival returns for its 12th year
Vancouver’s beloved annual celebration of light, art, and community, returns from November 13 to 16, 2025. This year’s festival is guided by the theme “Unity” — a reflection on the connections that bring people together across communities and cultures.
Featured Installations
Downtown Vancouver: Art Gallery & Surrounding Areas
- Iridescence — Niko Tiainen (Finland): A generative projection piece exploring perception and environmental transformation. Tiainen, the artist behind last year’s acclaimed Translucens, returns to Vancouver with a new installation.
- Apogee — Chalk River Labs (Australia): An experiential projection and sound installation.
- Painting Mirror — Maxime Touroute (France): Interactive video mapping that transforms audience photos into artistic styles. Presented in collaboration with Alliance Française and the French Embassy as part of V-UNFRAMED (Nov. 21–23).
- Poems of Positivity — Orolosky Studio: Traveling sculptures that invite the public to co-create uplifting community poems.
- CONVERGE — Interim Collective: A responsive ambient laser installation mapping shifting geometric patterns.
West End
- Jim Deva Plaza: DecaDance, a ten-sided decagon pavilion with mirrored walls and a spinning LED pole, creating an immersive and dazzling experience.
- 1800 Davie Plaza: Squamish artist Melanie Lazelle of The Wilder, transforms 1800 Davie Plaza into an illuminated coral reef titled Memories of Colour. The installation celebrates the beauty of the ocean while addressing coral bleaching and the urgent need for environmental care.
Gastown: Blood Alley Square
- The Human Network — JK Arts Initiative (Canada): An interactive digital media installation exploring human connectivity and collective strength.
More installations, artists and activations across downtown will be announced closer to the event.
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