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Germany : Light Guerrillas

February 25, 2014

If you get into their sights, you're suddenly in the limelight: a group of German light artists and activists hunt down controversial buildings and forgotten memorials at night.

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Universität Rostock
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The light guerrillas find subjects all over Europe: television towers that are set to be privatized, industrial buildings that face ruin, and building projects that swallow millions in tax money. As soon as it gets dark, they arrange a meeting and light up a building with mobile floodlights for five to ten minutes. Before the owners can react, the light guerrillas have disappeared into the night.

Lichtguerilla Hamburg
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