At this year’s Ghent Light Festival in Belgium, the Italian family business, Luminarie De Cagna erected a gigantic colonnade as the symbolic entrance to the festival. Illuminated with 55,000 LED bulbs, the colonnade was transformed into a cathedral of light with Renaissance arches. If it appears as though this stunning majestic wonder towering at 28 meters high is a waste of electricity, you’ll be surprised to learn it only consumes 20 Kwatt/h. Though, Luminarie De Cagna may have stolen the show, other highlights included Kinect-inspired human mosaic tiles, a phone booth aquarium, and 3D projections on the Post Plaza building at Korenmarkt.

2012 Ghent Light Festival

Flickr Images by Stijn Coppens, Larry Antwerp, and Sector 271