Philips and leading French artist Severine Fontaine launch 80 meters long centrepiece of Lyon’s Festival of Lights

The impact of light demonstrated through a dramatic light show

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) the global leader in lighting has teamed up with a celebrated French artist, Severine Fontaine, to create a lightshow the size of a football pitch as the centrepiece of the world famous Lyon Festival of Lights in Lyon, France. From 5 to 8 December 2014, the installation will transform the banks of the River Rhône with an 80 metre long art installation powered by Philips Colour Kinetics LED connected lighting technology.

Designed to celebrate the importance of light in human development “Incandescence” has been six years in the making and features nine illuminated domes in the shape of incandescent light bulbs, each the size of a family car. The dramatic lightshow lasting 6 minutes explores the human race’s symbiotic relationship with light. It uses the iconic incandescent light bulb to represent the relationship that humans have had historically with artificial light and demonstrates its impact on human development – something which is often taken for granted...

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