05.09.2025LMF

LMF

2D/3D mapping, large-format projections, light installations – the artists of LMF 2025!

The fifteenth anniversary edition of Light.Move.Festival. is just four weeks away! This year’s event, held under the theme‘Returns,’ is sure to surprise festival-goers – there will be plenty of new features, surprises, and returns to the best of the Festival.

LMF 2025 artistic programme

This year’s festival will feature, among other things, 2D/3D mappings, large-format projections, animations, and numerous art installations, all of which are beloved by viewers. “Once again, Łódź will become the capital of light art, attracting the best visual artists from around the world,” emphasises Beata Konieczniak, artistic director and creator of Light.Move.Festival. “The unique architecture of Łódź deserves to have its beauty and detail highlighted, and this will be taken care of by the wonderful artists invited to create the festival programme,” she adds. There will also be plenty to see in Łódź’s parks, squares and arcades. The diversity of the works means that every viewer will be able to find something to suit their taste.

Łódź monuments – a canvas for an extraordinary play of light

During the last weekend of September, Łódź’s architectural gems will once again change their appearance, all thanks to spectacular projections on buildings. The tenement house at 99 Piotrkowska Street will be illuminated by a group of visual artists from Lviv, who, drawing on tradition, will present a mapping that visualises the cycle of existence, similar to the annual cycle of seasons. The most famous street in Łódź will also surprise visitors at number 76, where they will see unique mappings commemorating the Festival. Leaving Piotrkowska Street, we will find ourselves at 6 Tuwima Street – a historic tenement house that will be illuminated with the help of Canadian artist Pedro Narvaez. Through images and colour, the artist will tell viewers about the unique history of the industrial boom in Łódź.

LMF 2025 also marks a return to long-standing festival locations – at the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at 38 Sienkiewicza Street, Polish artist Sławomir Fąfara will present an immersive mapping. The unique architectural detail of the ‘Łódź Louvre’, i.e. the Poznański family palace, will be highlighted by the work of the French visual artist group Spectaculaires. Its magical courtyard will be illuminated for the first time – accompanied by music composed by Michał Kawecki, a moving story will be presented graphically by the Bulgarian visual artists MP-Studio.

Festival-goers will also be treated to large-format projections. German artist Claudia Reh will bring the old trees of Staromiejski Park to life with references to Polish cinema, while Polish group Liquidacje will breathe new energy into the greenery of Sienkiewicza Park, transforming the tree crowns into three-dimensional images. The Hungarian group Fényszóró will create the first ever 360-degree projection at Plac Wolności, transporting viewers to the underwater world of the avant-garde. The artists will also ‘colour’ Piotrkowska Street from numbers 1 to 5. Polish visual artist Ari Dykier will introduce viewers to the world of dreams and symbols in his original style, emphasising the importance of technology in the development of Łódź.

Art closer to people, or light art installations in urban space

LMF 2025 also features extraordinary spatial installations. Once again, Łódź’s parks, squares and passages will be filled with light artworks after dark. The Old Town Park will feature, among others, a 125-metre-long installation entitled ‘For peace!’, by Slovak artist Sedemminut, consisting of 50 two-metre figures, and a five-metre futuristic light sculpture entitled ‘Parallel Mind’ by Romanian artist Sergiu Doroftei, depicting a human head. In the immediate vicinity of the works, there will also be a huge ‘Krosno’ by Przemysław Podolski, which will refer to the city’s textile history.

For three evenings, Sienkiewicz Park will be transformed into a magical land that will enchant not only the youngest visitors to the LMF KIDS zone. Visitors will be able to discover, among other things, a meadow covered with luminous flowers, several-metre-high mushrooms, huge flying dragonflies, as well as over three-metre-high eyes looking around the nooks and crannies of the Łódź park.

While walking around the festival area, it is also worth visiting Schiller Passage, where the multimedia installation ‘Double Flux’ by the French group Scale Collectif will be located. At Plac Komuny Paryskiej, viewers will experience an immersive performance by the Latvian group Those Guys Lighting. Their unique installation will combine laser beams, music and special effects. At Plac Wolności, viewers will see a 13-metre-high ‘Sun’ shining brightly in the night sky. This work was created by Polish artist Jarosław Koziara. The author will also surprise viewers at 53 Piotrkowska Street – don’t miss it!

See you in Łódź on 26-28 September (7 p.m.-midnight)!

Light.Move.Festival. 2025 invites you to discover the hidden side of Łódź in a light installation – a modern city that does not forget its identity, drawing on its own history.