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About Lights in Alingsås

Lights in Alingsås is a month-long lighting festival located in the city of Alingsås, Sweden. The immersive event brings together professional lighting designers (Workshop Heads) who mentor design students and electrical apprentices to realise a series of six lighting installations on a trail through the city of Alingsås. Each of the six teams is led by a Workshop Head. These professional designers are the overall architects of each installation. The project is run by Alingsås Energi and supported by the IALD.

Professional Lighting Designers are invited to become workshop heads through an application process (linked below during the open period).

Six sites per year require a workshop head. Pairs of designers may also apply but the costs and fees are divided.

The leaders of the groups are chosen to represent diverse genders, ages, and nationalities, delivering a vital experience to the participants and the festival itself.

Workshop heads use their wealth of experience to guide participants through the design process with sketches, photographs, hands-on mock-ups. and tests.  This established educational method ensures an enriched and in-depth knowledge of the lighting discipline is taught thoroughly.

Workshop heads must commit to two on-site meetings in the city of Alingsås, Sweden:

• The Concept Meeting (choosing the installation sites) – March
• The Workshop – September to October

Lights in Alingsås 2025 application

Workshop Head Application Information can be downloaded here.

Please apply via the form on the website of IALD here.

The applications will be open 16 December 2024 until midnight CET 19 January 2025.

Timeline

1. Applications for Workshop Heads (16 December – 19 January). Experienced designers apply to be part of Lights in Alingsås as Workshop Heads.
2. Selection of the Theme and Lighting Trail (January). The LIA project group determines where in Alingsås the lighting trail should go, and what the year’s theme should be.
3. Selection of the Workshop Heads (February). The leading designers are selected from all applicants to oversee and guide each design team.
4. First Concept Meeting (20 – 23 March). The Workshop Heads arrive for a first meeting in Alingsås where they walk the lighting trail and familiarize themselves with the theme. It’s at this meeting that the first concept ideas are developed.
5. Applications for Students (07 April – 18 May). Students interested in being part of the Lights experience are encouraged to send in their applications.
6. Sketch Submissions (March – June). The designers make sketches and submit requests to Alingsås Energi for equipment needed for their installations. Alingsås Energi tries to match these requests and have a dialogue with the sponsors.
7. The Workshop Week (25 September – 04 October). All students and designers meet for the first time during the workshop week to build and create the installations together.
8. Event Opening (03 October – 02 November). During the event period, the installations are up and open to the public. Visitors can walk with a guide along the trail, attend lectures, and experience various connected events.