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Staving Off Darkness at Squidsoup's "Lost in Light" Exhibition

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Chasing bright lights and illuminations has become one of my favourite winter pastimes in England as we seek to stave off the long, grey winter. Following on from our adventures at the Gravesham Light Festival, the Tonbridge Winter Light Trail and the Canary Wharf Winter Lights, we decided to head off to the “Lost In Light” exhibition in Shoreditch this year.

"Lost in Light" is an immersive digital art exhibition that invites visitors to step into a world where light, sound and technology converge to create an otherworldly experience. Curated by the innovative collective Squidsoup, the exhibition explores the boundaries of perception and interaction, offering a series of stunning installations. This ethereal, multi-sensory adventure blurs the lines between art and technology, providing an experience that is both introspective and awe-inspiring. The venue was previously an illegal rave venue in Shoreditch.

There were five rooms, each with a different theme and vision, and each kitted out with bean bags and places to sit so that visitors could spend as long as they wanted, just gazing at the lights and relaxing. It was a very trippy experience!

Circular Echoes

"A circle is a symbol of completeness, wholeness, the centre… but it can also be a boundary"

This room featured a series of glowing, elevated orbs arranged in a circle around people lying on beanbags in the centre.

A glowing orange orb is seen up close, while in the background are other similar orbs which are not in focus

Four orange orbs stand in front of a Mad Magazine style mural showing a policeman blowing a whistle at a surprised man

Three blue orbs float in an industrial looking setting with graffiti and open piping

Infinite

"Infinite presents a spatial orchestra, constructed from a composition of notes scattered around the space in illuminated clusters of light"

This was one of my favourite rooms. The wall murals were impressive, the shiny floor reflected the lights,and there were distorted mirrors on the walls too.

Multitudes of blue orbs hang in a room with graffiti on the walls and beanbags on the floor

Green orbs float in front of a mural showing a dark-haired woman gazing ahead. Her face is washed in the green light

Scores of green orbs hang in a room with graffiti on the wall in the background

Three Volumes

We went into this room twice and it was a lot of fun. It was a triptych of three suspended cubes of pulsating lights that were illuminated at different times, the effect of which was a different landscape every few seconds. Stephen lay on a beanbag beneath the closest cube and had to practically be dragged out of there.

Unlit chains of orbs hang in rows, while in the background, a cube of orbs is glowing white

White light bulbs hang in strings from the ceiling. Some of the bulbs are lit up in shades of blue. The photo is taken so as to give a perspective of converging lines to a vanishing point at the middle of the photo

In the foreground, a cube of blue light bulbs hangs suspended from the ceiling. In the midground and background are similar cubes in Red and White respectively

Sola

Sola creates a shifting, radiant environment that evokes the energy and movement of the sun itself. It felt very 1989 watching what looked like a wall of televisions.

A wall of cubed bricks is backlit by red, white and blue lights

A wall of cubed bricks is visible through a foggy room. The wall is backlit by lights

Submergence

“Submergence places us directly inside a matrix, reminiscent of the middle of an exploding screen”.

This room was huge and proved to be most people’s favourite.

Strings of multicoloured lights hang from the ceiling. A silhouette of a man is visible to the left, in the midground

Strings of yellow lights hang from the ceiling, in the background they are pink. Two men are visible to the left, taking photos on their phones

Strings of blue lights hang in a room. To the right is a child in a luminous orange jacket

"Lost In Light" is an fantastic experience and photos cannot do justice to the synergic effects of the pulsating lights, electronic music and overall ambiance. Highly recommended.

The exhibition is running until 2 February 2025 and tickets are £12.50 plus booking fee for adults.

118 Curtain Road
Shoreditch
EC2A 3AY

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