ART OF DARKNESS
Art of Darkness as Cultural Heritage of Urban Landscape
Project code: 101177779
Programme: Horizon Europe
Call: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-01
The Art of Darkness as Cultural Heritage of Urban Landscape (Art of Darkness) project aims to preserve and develop cultural heritage sites throughout Europe with a better understanding of the cultural, aesthetic, and sustainability values of darkness, which are important to the well-being of humans and nature. This is
achieved through creating a Europe-wide collaborative network of 3 cities, 5 research institutions and 2 societies, which conduct 5 artistic pilot trials in cultural heritage sites in 5 countries.
The pilot trials develop design strategies and solutions for more sustainable, aesthetic and socially feasible dark-time experiences through co-design with local stakeholders. The methodology of the project is transdisciplinary, participatory and integrative: The disciplines included in the project consortium are architecture, light-art, cultural heritage, urban design and planning, lighting design,
photometrics, engineering, media- and neurotechnology, environmental psychology, cultural anthropology, scenography, and
performing arts. Importantly, the evaluated results are integrated into the Art of Darkness Piloting Model to be replicated in other
cities and regions and translated into roadmaps and policy briefs for further impact. All values and working principles of the NEB
Compass are implemented in the project work with the highest ambition level.
Project duration
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028
Scientific project head for the Department
Coordinator
Henrika Pihlajaniemi (Univ. Oulu)
Partnership
OULUN YLIOPISTO Finland Coordinator
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN NL Partner
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA IT Partner
AALBORG UNIVERSITET DK Partner
TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL Estonia Partner
ASSOCIATION LUCI LIGHTING URBAN COMMUNITY INTERNFR Partner
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole FR Partner
TALLINNA LINN Estonia Partner
Suomen valotaiteen seura FLASH Finland Partner
OULUN KAUPUNKI Finland Partner
Total Budget: 3 863 154.62 Euros
DA Budget: 472 434.43 Euros
Lecturers and researchers connected to the project
Non-permanent staff connected to the project
Giulia Marzani
Project ERC sectors
SH2