6 LIGHT ARTISTRY

Twenty dandelion seedheads, each 2m high, are lighting the sky above Amsterdam’s Herengracht canal this month as part of the seventh edition of Amsterdam Light Festival. Created by the light designers Merav Eitan and Gaston Zahr of Israel-based OGE Group, the light installation Light a Wish captures the moment when a child blows on a seedhead taking seeds and wishes floating out into the world. It is one 30 illuminations by artists, designers and architects from 16 different countries that have been selected for this year’s 53-day festival. Until 20 January, at various locations around the city, amsterdamlightfestival.com