Light Nelson

A group of over 30 members of the Collective have come together to create origami stars that will debut at the Matariki celebrations at Victory tonight. Representing the coming together of our community, they synchronise when close enough to 'talk'.

One of key aims of Light Nelson was to bring our community together; Light Nelson is for the community, by the community. Everybody in our community. This project "Stand Together" symbolises our defiance in the face... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

Silent fireworks - Happy New Year everyone. facebook.com/LightNelson/vi…

The sky may have been grey tonight, but the clock tower a little bit less so. Thanks Nelson City Council, the Clock Tower now has programmable coloured LEDs perminantly installed above and below each clock face. As... facebook.com/LightNelson/vi…

The Nelson Atomic Gardening Society, creators of the Light Nelson 'iLoomination' project (yes, the porta-loo), are behind this upcoming fundraiser event 'A Sonic Meditaion' in support of the Refinery Art space.... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

This weekend the Light Nelson Collective and @Nelson City Council are getting behind Red Nose Day, the annual fund raiser for Cure Kids. Thanks to Powertech Nelson and Smokefreerockquest for their help. You can help... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

The flowers on the tree outside Community Art Works look light they're fluttering in the breeze. They look great in the sun and it's only when you look closely and see the expire dates printed on them that you... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

Artists, collaborators, members of the Trust and event team came together last night for a Collective get-together at Community Art Works to share food, chat and have a drink in celebration of the 2018 event. It is... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

Art can be a great way to engage people and spark discussion. Several artists have therefore used the opportunity created by the Light Nelson event to highlight environmental or conservation issues, for example:... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

The event video is here! did you manage to see everything? vimeo.com/280036831

Power to the People! There was one project that was not part of the official line up of the Light Nelson event this year; The lighting of the clock tower faces. We wanted to keep this one quiet until the last... facebook.com/LightNelson/vi…

From the small and simple to the large and high tech; With a little help from his friends, Anthony again produced a stunning new animated neon sculpture that looked amazing in the gardens. Our youngest artist from... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

Some of you may remember a project 'Precipice' from the first Light Nelson event in 2013. Sue Heydon worked with former refugees to create a beautiful miniature village using just tissue paper and bamboo and lit... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…

In case you missed it, here is a snippet of the iLOOmination project. Many thanks to Tou Flauer Tu-rist who jumped in (with both feet) to provide some technical assistance this year. Without his help this project... facebook.com/LightNelson/vi…

A strange object materialised into Community Art Works today.

Artist Bruce Stilwell Made it onto TVNZ this morning. For many of us, storing artworks after they've been part of Light Nelson can be a bit of an issue (the Moas from the 2016 event for example have been in storage... facebook.com/LightNelson/po…