Street Food Lighting

A street food stall in Chongqing, China

Street Food Lighting is an award winning art project that reimagines our streets as venues for cultural exchange and visual explorations.Through several video installations projected in alleys and other neglected public spaces, passers-by are suddenly immersed into the local vibes of far away night markets and food stalls from all over the world. Merging these visions with the existing urban landscape results in a spectacular combination, lighting up the streets in a surprisingly and unexpected way. This project transforms the city into an endless white canvas, promoting our streets as places for social exchange, making them brighter, safer and more vibrant at the same time.

Abandoned facades, closed storefronts or pitch-black alleys usually look unwelcoming at night because of the inadequate lighting, resulting in a dark and unwelcoming environment. This project aims to make them come back to life at night, hosting striking and colourful video projections. Merging these visions with the existing graffiti results in a spectacular combination, lighting up the streets in a surprisingly and unexpected way.

“I’ve always been fascinated by how much life there’s in the streets of countries such as Morocco, China or Korea, just to name a few. Even at night, they are always bursting with life, and wherever there’s a small food stall, you can find people meeting, talking, eating and socialising together. These food stalls are open till late, and I believe their hundreds of small lights make the streets a better place. I want to bring that same feeling to the streets of Amsterdam. In this project I would like to use the city as canvas to show the habits of different cultures, and I can’t think of a better place than our own streets and public space to do so.”

Street Food Lighting was awarded 2nd Prize at Your Street International Design Contest, organised by Design Indaba, Capital D and Premsela, Nederlands Instituut voor Design en Mode.

Street Food Lighting, 1 channel video projection, London