Away From Home For the Holidays Part 2: Festival of Lights and Trees

Not so much an actual festival as a month-long exhibition, the Festival Arbes et Lumieres (Lights and Trees) features a series of artistic expressions of light around the city. Much more interesting (and less gaudy) than traditional Christmas light displays, I’ve really enjoyed this tradition over the past couple years. This year my friend Patty and I wandered around one evening and took a look at most of the displays. I also took plenty of photos and here are some of the best:










One of the more intriguing conceptual displays this year: a couple trees outfitted with video screens featuring people discussing bad Christmas memories.










This sort of creepy snowman thing was part of a collection of remembrances of past years’ displays.






Another of this year’s more interesting displays: an orb of lights that pulsated to represent a beating heart. Cool to look at, certainly incredibly annoying to live beside.