Light is Life is the major event organised by A2A as part of the events scheduled to celebrate Bergamo Brescia – Italian Capital of Culture 2023. Sponsored by the Municipalities of the two cities, the Festival wants to express a lively international perspective, while at the same time aiming to involve the area’s productive energies, cultural institutions and educational venues.

The two cities will become veritable open-air art galleries, thanks to the presence of the works of light that 17 artists from all over the world have chosen to animate the symbolic places of the Italian Capital of Culture.

Angelo Bonello, an internationally renowned Light Artist, is entrusted with the Artistic Direction of the event, while Pam Toonen is responsible for curating the works of the Light Art Collection of Amsterdam present at the exhibition.

The Festival also wants to illuminate the path to building a sustainable and solidarity-based future. This is why Light is Life was born out of a double awareness: environmental, thanks to the use of energy from renewable sources, and social, through the support of Banco dell’energia.

The Festival provides concrete support for the activities of Banco dell’Energia, which for years has been committed to combating energy poverty in Italy.

A2A will donate to the Banco dell’Energia a sum equivalent to the volume of energy used to light the event, in addition to the proceeds from sponsorships, sales of merchandising and publishing products. The funds raised will support projects aimed at Bergamo and Brescia families in difficulty.

The Festival will be powered by renewable sources, and the installations are designed according to energy efficiency criteria. Light is Life is also an opportunity to disseminate tips and advice for optimising domestic energy consumption.

Light is Life – A2A Light Festival will be inaugurated in Bergamo on Friday 17 February 2023 in Piazza Vecchia. The protagonists will be the Gaetano Donizetti Conservatory Choir and Palazzo Nuovo, which will be transformed thanks to video projections generated by an artificial intelligence from the Angelo Mai Civic Library database.

In Bergamo, the protagonist of Light is Life is the Upper City, through a route that starts from Piazza della Cittadella and ends at Palazzo Moroni, touching some of the main and most evocative cultural sites. Along this route, it will be possible to admire 12 light installations.