We Light ...

We Light … by Company New Heroes is an installation created with more than 1000 lamps, which sheds new light on the city, connecting its cosmopolitan residents in an engaging project that presents their inspiring and touching stories to each other, the city, and the world. 

This site-specific installation is an ode to all the people who light the city because it is the diversity of its inhabitants that gives a city its distinctive light. We Light … invites residents to participate in a collective statement and create a unique art installation together, calling on them to donate their bedside lamp or night light and answer humanity’s existential question: what gives you light? And why? Wander through the installation and scan the QR codes on the bedside lamps to discover what gives the people of the city light.

About the artist

Stichting Nieuwe Helden (Company New Heroes) has been creating art projects and urban actions for public space since 2008 under the artistic direction of Lucas De Man (1982). However different their interdisciplinary projects may be, the goal of New Heroes is always the same: to allow people to "meet" themselves, the other and the world. They mean times when you don't have to do anything and you are allowed to be normal. In a narrative, visual way, they deal with themes such as human dignity, solidarity, environmental sustainability, social justice and democracy.

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