Miguel Chevalier to feature in Smögen Island of Light Festival, West Sweden

The world-renowned digital artist Miguel Chevalier is to take part in the Island of Light Festival on the island of Smögen, West Sweden this autumn.

Several of the works project light onto the island's granite rocks. Photo: Turistrådet Västsverige

The Smögen Island of Light Festival, which this year will run from 4th-13th September, is a 10-day outdoor light show on the beautiful granite Island of Smögen, home to pink granite rocks, natural harbours and a working fishing village on the Swedish West Coast. The island’s beautiful rock formations among a coastal urban setting, alongside the open skies of the Nordic sea make for a fascinating backdrop for light art – several of the works include projecting lights and films onto the cliffs.

Photos: Richard Hammond

Since it launched in 2018, the festival has hosted a several of the world’s leading light artists presenting their light works among this unique environment, often telling stories of fairytales and ancient myths through their outdoor art. This year, Miguel Chevalier will create a new, site-specific large-scale audiovisual artwork for the coastal landscape in the Hästen/Vallevik area of the island.

Three British artists will also feature at this year’s festival: Craig Morrison will present a monumental immersive audiovisual artwork and live performance, Andrew Scott will create an interactive laser installation involving live performance and public participation, and Matt and Rob Vale of Illuminos will show an audiovisual artwork on a fishing boat moving across the sea. There will also be works from artists from Finland, Latvia, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland.

Island of Light Smögen is organized by the non-profit association “Smögen Art-Light Festival” under the artistic direction of the festival founder Ms Dulce Sales Ahlberg.

Watch our interview with Dulce Sales Ahlberg, Creative and Artistic Director of the Smögen Island of Light Festival:

See also Sarah Baxter's article on Exploring the Bohuslän coast, West Sweden