February 19
OPENING OF THE KLAIPĖDA LIGHT FESTIVAL AND THE YEAR OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH ARTIST FREE FINGA
On Thursday, February 19 at 7:00 PM, the festival organizers invite you to an emotional and mesmerizing opening of the 10th Klaipėda Light Festival and the Year of Social Responsibility.
The synergy of visuals, light, sound, lasers, projections, and live performance will reveal the most beautiful threads of us as a society and community, inviting us to strengthen connections, create new bonds, and appreciate what matters most.
Illuminated by visions of the future, a symbol of Klaipėda – the reborn castle tower – will become the core of the Klaipėda Light Festival, followed by the illumination of all festival objects and installations.
The opening of the festival will be highlighted by a concert from artist Free Finga.
Location Klaipėda Castle Grounds (Priešpilio St. 2)
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
02 19 19.00–22.00 val.
02 20-21 18.00–23.00 val.
Laser mapping project MEETING YOU
A record-breaking laser mapping project will take place in the heart of Klaipėda, along the 409-meter-long Tiltų Street. As many as 33 building façades along the street will become part of a single, unified light artwork, transformed through high-resolution laser projection. Over the course of three evenings, Tiltų Street will turn into a living stage of light and shadow. Visitors are invited not only to watch, but also to slowly walk along the street, experiencing the city on a new scale. The light projection changes as people move, creating a continuous visual rhythm. This is the largest project of its kind in Lithuania. The installation offers a temporary yet memorable urban experience.
Creator “Lazerių projektai” (Lithuania)
Location Tiltų St. 1-17
Inclusive video projection THE FUTURE KLAIPĖDA THAT I CREATED
Hundreds of drawings created by residents of Klaipėda and people who love the city come together in the vibrant video projection “The Future Klaipėda That I Created.” The projection brings the newly restored Klaipėda Castle tower to life, transforming it into a meeting point between history and the future. On the façade of this centuries-old architecture, the dreams, joys, and concerns of the drawings’ authors unfold, reflecting the world we aspire to live in. The drawings become a living projection – a visual passage into tomorrow, where the values of friendship, safety, and responsibility take center stage.
Creator Skilledroom
Location Klaipėda Castle Tower, Priešpilio St. 2
Experimental audiovisual installation DIVINE GEOMETRY
“Divine Geometry” is a multilayered audiovisual experience that brings together light, form, and sound into a unified, meditative process. The project functions not only as a visual artwork, but also as a subtle guide into inner states, inviting the viewer to slow down, listen inwardly, and experience a deeper connection with oneself. A core element of the project is a specially composed 30-minute sound track created exclusively for this installation, serving as an invisible narrative framework. It was developed in collaboration with the well-known Latvian producer and sound artist Pēteris Pāss. “Divine Geometry” explores the complexity and harmony of the natural world. The ring symbolizes life, nature, and the mathematical beauty that connects all living organisms. The installation consists of 24 lasers arranged in a circular formation, creating an intense, psychedelic experience.
Creators “Those Guys Lighting” (Latvia)
Location Jonas hill
You are part of the artwork. THE PROJECT FACES
This is an impressive, vibrant, and contemporary art project that invites not only observation, but active participation. The project “Faces” connects people through a shared creative experience, turning each participant into an integral part of the artwork. It is striking how a simple action — taking a selfie — becomes a meaningful symbol of connection and community. The constantly evolving visual collage reflects diversity while simultaneously emphasizing our shared unity. This installation not only captures attention but also creates an emotional bond between strangers. Its interactive format encourages dialogue, curiosity, and engagement. The project demonstrates how technology can become not a source of separation, but a bridge between people. “Faces” is a unifying community experience that leaves a strong impression and a lasting emotional impact.
Creators “Onda Studio” (Italy)
Location Theatre Square
Video projection – an architectural journey NOSTALGIA
Inspired by the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, this large-scale projection transforms a building façade into a living scene of memories. Wooden toys, fragments of magnetic cassette tapes, and old-school musical motifs reappear in a new form — filtered through contemporary movement, light, and digital rhythm. It is not only a visual experience, but also an emotional journey back to a time when sound felt tangible and images were slower and warmer.
The project creates a playful dialogue between past and present, where analog memories are transformed into modern, pulsating visual compositions. The monumental projection envelops the architecture, giving it a new voice and turning the building into a kind of time machine. This installation connects generations, awakens collective memory, and allows nostalgia to be experienced not as longing for the past, but as a living, contemporary experience — warm and deeply emotional.
Creators “Video Architects”
Location Danės St. 6
Kinetic interactive installation THE CAT THAT SLEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEAR
“The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years” is an impressive kinetic installation measuring 10 meters in length and 3.5 meters in height. This giant, sleeping cat snores, purrs, twitches its ear, and swishes its tail, inviting visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in a lively, sensitive, and unexpectedly intimate experience.
The installation responds to human presence—the more visitors gather around it, the more restless the cat becomes. Visitors are encouraged to show affection by stroking or hugging the cat and can feel its deep, powerful purring resonating as vibrations throughout the body. Internal lighting gently shifts in sync with the cat’s movements, while the soundscape—purring and occasional snoring—enhances the sense of aliveness.
Using innovative Air Giants soft robotics technology, the cat’s ears and tail move as if it genuinely senses the proximity of the audience. As suggested by the title, the cat sleeps for a very long time. This becomes a playful yet meaningful invitation to reflect on the long-term future, care, responsibility, humanity’s capacity for empathy, and themes of climate change.
Air Giants is a creative robotics studio known for creating monumental, nature-inspired robotic creatures. They are the first in the world to develop interactive soft robotics on this scale and to present it in public spaces.
Creators “Air Giants” (Great Britain)
Location Danės Square by the Dancing Fountain
Audiovisual Storytelling ONCE WE WERE TREES
The project is a contemporary interpretation of the Lithuanian myth “Eglė, the Queen of Serpents,” told from a previously unseen perspective—that of her daughter Drebulė. The narrative diverges from the traditional version at the moment when Eglė is about to curse herself and her children. In this new vision, sutartinės emerge—the voices of a women’s choir that, through ritualistic chants and dance motifs, encircle the mother and her children, persuading Eglė not to pass on to future generations the painful experiences she herself has endured.
The project brings together sustainable practices and digital innovation. The cyanotype technique, which uses sunlight, natural pigments, and leaves as stencils, reduces environmental impact and strengthens a direct connection with nature. The resulting images are digitized and integrated with 2D animation, creating an experimental visual language
Creators: Curator Prof. Michele Spagnuolo (Italy), Animation artists: Sarah Le Gigan (France) and Pauline Katz (Italy)
Location Klaipėda Town Hall, Danės St. 17
Project THE SAME VOICE
“The Same Voice” is a project about linguistic and dialectal diversity as a unifying rather than a dividing force. In Lithuania, several dialects exist; in the world, there are thousands of languages. They sound different, carry different rhythms, melodies, and forms, yet the meaning they convey remains the same. The word “friend” is pronounced differently in different languages, but everywhere it means the same thing – closeness, trust, connection. A different sound does not change the essence. The project invites us to listen more deeply: not to how a word sounds, but to what it means. “The Same Voice” reminds us that beneath different sounds lies the same human experience – the desire to be understood, heard, and accepted.
Idea author VšĮ „Klaipėdos šventės“ (Lithuania)
Implemented by: Sunkiosios technikos servisas
Location Turgaus St. 7
Audiovisual installation FIRST LIGHT
“First Light” is an audiovisual installation that connects cultural heritage with modern technology. Inspired by the symbol of the sun – a starting point, a constant transformation — the installation offers a clear, minimal experience built around light, reflection, and sound. The structure stands approximately 5 meters tall and 6 meters wide. It’s covered with polished brass plates, specially treated by Latvian designer Mārcis Ziemiņš. As light hits the surface, the brass creates dynamic reflections that shift depending on the viewer’s position. Inside, 250 meters of COB digital LED strips deliver bright, clean white light. The lighting is synchronized with a custom soundscape by Pēteris Pāss, creating a complete audiovisual environment without overwhelming the space. First Light is built from durable, reusable materials. Most elements are recyclable, following a straightforward approach to sustainability without compromising on quality or aesthetics.
Creators “Those Guys Lighting” (Latvia)
Location Meridianas square, Kurpių St. 17
Video projection THE ANATOMY OF LIGHT
The project is a newly created light installation based on analog projection technologies and moving mechanical systems, designed to visualize internal processes of the human body. The installation explores how the human body changes and functions — from the circulatory system to neural networks — using light, movement, and mechanics.
Unlike digital or conventional projection installations, all visuals in this project are generated by physical, mechanically moving devices, which visitors can observe as an integral part of the installation itself. Here, light is not merely the final result — it emerges from kinetic structures, mechanical motion, and analog processes, making the act of creation inseparable from the artistic experience.
The artist collective Lightspray Visual has been working for over ten years with a unique projection system, creating moving devices that generate visuals through analog methods. Inspired by the theme of the Klaipėda festival, the artists present a project that reflects the transformations of the human body. This project aims to raise awareness of the importance of health, particularly in the context of the Year of Social Responsibility.
Creators “Fenyszorok” (Hungary)
Location Turgaus St. 22
Light project THE CIRCLE OF EQUALITY
A circle where people can be equal, feel safe, and be free from judgment and social pressure. In these challenging times, the installation is created so that everyone who steps into the circle can feel equal to others and united. Anyone can pass through it and be surrounded by music and light.
Creator Sia ARTISTIC (Latvia)
Location – Bangų str. 5A (KUFA)
Project COMMUNITY
A light project inviting people to pause, look up, and feel a connection with one another. The motif of glowing hands is a symbol of help and openness, speaking about a responsible, empathetic society. Light is a universal language that connects different people, communities, and experiences. Hands reaching out to one another remind us that each of us is part of a larger network, and that true strength is born from togetherness and trust.
Creator – Sia ARTISTIC (Latvia)
Location – Danės square behind the ARKA Monument
Project LENS OF TIME
For the Klaipėda Light Festival, the Kretinga Museum is bringing a genuine, previously unseen historical artifact from the Tiškevičiai Palace in Kretinga. An authentic 19th-century stained-glass window from the palace interior, combined with light and historical context, creates a kind of temporal lens, allowing viewers to trace the footprints of the Kretinga Counts in old Klaipėda. Count Juozapas, the head of the family and Kretinga’s number-one visionary, saw ample space and opportunity in old Klaipėda to realize ideas that were often ahead of their time. And who knows now what might have been…
Creator Kretinga Museum (Lithuania)
Location Klaipėda Puppet Theatre Educational Centre (Vežėjų str. 4)
PARTNER PROJECTS
Project INNER LIGHT
A community project of the Klaipėda Light Festival, created by teachers and students of Klaipėda’s “Medeinė” School. The light installation symbolizes each child’s unique inner world, growth, and the possibilities that unfold in a safe, supportive environment. The composition of geometric shapes and blue light creates an atmosphere of calm, focus, and trust—a space where different paths converge into a single whole.
Creator Klaipėda “Medeinė” School
Location Mėsininkų str. 1 – Kurpių St. intersection
Light project ŠVYTURYS BHOUSE
Discover the magic of light at the Klaipėda Light Festival – “Švyturys Bhouse“ will shine brilliantly!
Location – restoranas “Švyturys Bhouse“ (Kulių Vartų St. 7)
LED LIGHT INSTALLATIONS
February 20 d. 18.30-22.00 val. .
THE FUTURE IS NOT JUST A GOAL
The future is not a goal we reach. It is matter we shape here and now—through every movement and choice. The Fabrique space invites you to immerse yourself in a stream of light, from the solid ground beneath your feet to heights not yet reached.
Free entry at indicated times.
Location Fabrique Climbing and Co-Working Space, Liepų St. 48a (entrance from the Danė River side)
BOOK EXHIBITION IN LIBRARY WINDOWS
Books from the traditional, jubilee, 20th competition “Klaipėda Book 2025” are on display in the windows of the Klaipėda City Municipality Immanuel Kant Public Library.
Location Klaipėda City Municipality Immanuel Kant Public Library (Turgaus St. 8 )
Project AQUARIUM OF LIGHTS
A meeting of light, imagination, and children’s creativity in the city space. The “Aquarium of Lights” is a light installation in the city center, creating the illusion of an underwater world. The glass space transforms into a glowing aquarium, filled with water animals, sea creatures, and fantastical forms crafted by the students of the Social Services Centre “Klaipėdos lakštutė.”
The installation features fish, whales, sea plants, and other aquatic inhabitants. Water is the essential medium of transitions, as everything began with a drop of water. The first forms of life emerged in water, which over millions of years gave rise to the diversity of life we know today. Water became the first space for evolution—movement, transformation, and adaptation.
Creator Social Services Centre “Klaipėdos lakštutė”
Partner Chinese Restaurant “Jing Bin Lou”
Location Turgaus St. 23
Art Installation SYNESTHESIA
This painting and light installation invites viewers to pause and immerse themselves in a fantastical display of changing colors, lights, and forms. Specially designed integrated lighting highlights the fantastical elements in the artists’ works, emphasizing their metamorphoses and the contrast between the real and imaginary worlds.
Organizer Gallery “Lyceum”
Location Danės St. 9
Colorful Giant BLUE SEA. GREEN ENERGY. ONE CITY
The “light” on the chimney recalls the history when electricity generated in Klaipėda shaped the rhythm of the city and daily life. A projection of the updated “Klaipėdos energija” logo reveals the “transition”—the transformation into modern, sustainable, and responsible energy while maintaining a connection with history. The installation invites visitors to feel the city’s collective pulse, united under “Blue Sea. Green Energy. One City.”
Organizer “Klaipėdos energija”
Location Danės St. 8
FURTHER FROM THE FESTIVAL CENTER – VMGT R&D PARK INSTALLATION
VMG Technics R&D Park is part of the Klaipėda Light Festival. During the festival, the building’s colonnade will be impressively illuminated, and visitors can enjoy a dynamic light show featuring multicolored lights, pulsating effects, “snake” patterns, and other creative solutions.
Location Pramonės St. 14, Dirvupių k., 92498 Klaipėda District
VISIT THE BRIGHT MUSEUMS AND ATTRACTIONS OF KLAIPĖDA AT NIGHT!
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
LNDM Klaipėda Clock Museum and Courtyard
February 19–21, 18:00–21:00
Free access to the second-floor exhibition “The Evolution of Clock Forms” at the LNDM Clock Museum. Visitors are invited to explore clocks from the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, late Classicism (Empire), Eclecticism, and Modern styles. The exhibition’s lighting system highlights each era with a unique color background, so that as evening falls, each room radiates a color characteristic of its period.
In the museum’s small courtyard (entrance from Liepų St.), visitors can view the exhibition “Returned from the Past.” In the large courtyard, the Sundial Park will be illuminated, featuring sundials and a constellation composition.
Free entry
Location LNDM Clock Museum (Liepų St. 12)
SODAI LIGHT (Traditional Lithuanian Straw Decorations)
During the Light Festival, the windows of the Klaipėda Ethnoculture Centre workshops will shine with straw “sodai.” Historically, sodai were hung to mark important family transitions—given to newlyweds, placed above wedding tables, over cradles, or during other family celebrations as symbols of fertility, happiness, and harmony.
Project Author Klaipėda Ethnoculture Centre
Free entry
Location Art Yard (Daržų St. 10)
Guided Tour of the Exhibition THE WEIGHT OF SIGNIFICANCE
February 20 at 17:30, 18:00, and 18:30
Guided tours of Ana de Almeida and Leo Trotsenko’s exhibition “The Weight of Significance”. The exhibition explores how significance arises from personal perception and care, questioning what remains recorded in collective memory. What is truly important, and what do we amplify by filtering events and phenomena through our subjective, solipsistic body and mind?
Project Author: Klaipėda Cultural Communication Centre
Free entry
Location KKKC Exhibition Hall (Didžioji Vandens St. 2)
WORKSHOPS & EDUCATION
Painting Workshop LIGHT TRANSITIONS
February 20 and 21 at 18:00, 18:30, and 19:00
A short painting session for all ages, “Light Transitions.” Participants are invited to try palette knife techniques in pastose acrylic and luminous paints, creating light transitions. Sessions last up to 20 minutes, with a maximum of 30 participants at a time.
Project Author: Klaipėda Cultural Communication Centre
Free entry, no registration required.
Location Klaipėda Cultural Communication Centre (Didžioji Vandens St. 2)