Jerusalem Light Festival 2015 in Photographs
- A meeting place for all
By Deena Levenstein
The Jerusalem Light Festival is celebrating its seventh year. This year the festival, with its 30-plus art installations by local and international artists, had a certain touch that really made it worth a visit (or two in my case). The four routes take you through different parts of the Old City with one of them taking you along the outside of the Old City walls. With the gorgeous backdrop of ancient Jerusalem, it is no wonder this festival draws around 300,000 visitors every year!
- Tens of thousands come every night to see the Jerusalem Light Festival.
- Damascus Gate beomes the canvas for children’s artwork from around Israel
- “Blooming Meadow” by Jaffa Gate, Old City of Jerusalem
- Blooming Meadow, Old City of Jerusalem
- Dialogue in Color on the Old City walls. The kissing couple isn’t part of the installation.
- Dormition Abbey – some of Jerusalem’s most impressive architecture is part of the festival
- Children Drawing Light – lamps drawn by children from all four quarters of the Old City. One of the lamps was painted by my niece!
- I think the full moon and the actual city of Jerusalem were also artworks in the light festival.
Haven’t seen enough? Here is a video of the festival I made on the first night:
Author
Deena Levenstein
Deena Levenstein is a writer and social-cultural entrepreneur in Jerusalem. She creates and hosts events and runs "Things to do in Jerusalem," a Facebook group of handpicked cultural events in the city. In her spare time she blogs at http://deena.co/.
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