Blue Birds

The blue origami birds hanging in a tree were one of the highlights of the 2012 Ghent Light Festival. The work has lit the night from sunset to midnight ever since. The installation is inspired by the well-known fairy tale ‘The Blue Bird’ by Ghentian Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck about the pursuit of happiness.

French design studio Pitaya drew inspiration from this story and created luminous birds characterised by sleek lines and minimum energy consumption. The artwork is on display at a wonderful location in the middle of the city centre, where the light is enhanced by the reflection in the river Lys.

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