GHENT FESTIVAL OF LIGHT 2024: A LUMINOUS JOURNEY (PART 3 – FINAL REFLECTIONS)

This marks the third and final batch of snapshots I captured during our two visits to the Festival of Light in Ghent. As I mentioned before, there were a few exceptions like 'Oceans Of Light' and 'It’s A Question Of Blue,' which transformed the facades of houses on Sleepstraat into colorful canvases, and 'Tierra,' the 25-meter-high red ball at Dok Noord (though, unfortunately, the ball collapsed halfway through the event). However, there weren't many grand, eye-catching installations. Despite this, I still consider the 6th edition a success. We were glad we visited it. Nevertheless, I've heard a common sentiment from people I spoke to that the event may have lost some of its edge. Is it due to the absence of truly big and spectacular installations, or is it because people have grown accustomed to it and now expect more each year? I don’t know... Ultimately, like everything else, I suppose the festival will need to continually reinvent itself to maintain its appeal to a broad audience - Ghent, Belgium