Lumieres Festival lights up Hong Kong

Poetry in illumination: People watching ‘The Anooki Shake Up’ by French artists Moetu Batlle and David Passegand being projected onto the General Post Office building during the opening of Lumieres Hong Kong in the city’s Central district. — AFP

HONG KONG: Glowing cartoon Inuits tumbled down Hong Kong’s post office building and a forest of illuminated bamboo rods lit up the city centre as part of a visit by France’s famous Lumieres festival.

Local and international artists joined the extension of Lyon’s Féte des Lumires in a city well known for its ubiquitous neon signs, giant billboards, flashy skyscrapers and a nightly harbour-front light show.