The Causey Development Trust organised a pop-up lighting event last night. The promise was that there would be around 50 people each armed with 5 million candle power torches illuminating a couple of the historic buildings around The Causey.

There were probably fewer people than had been expected and of course the freezing rain was not the best weather for something like this. The Trust had paid the City Council to have the lighting turned off whilst the buildings were lit up, but the traffic continued to flow and the ambient light in Edinburgh is such that it would be difficult to attain the true darkness that would be needed.

The aim of the group was to draw attention to the lovely buildings around The Causey which  they would like to see as a focal point for community events but which instead has developed into a traffic island.

The idea was good, and we spoke to Isobel Leckie from The Trust to find out more.

Pop up lighting event by PMStephen

And we took some photos to show you both the illumination of the buildings and also the light painting

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Having seen the professional photography from the event last night, I feel that such an article does not capture the imagination and artistic flair that was displayed by the Causey Development Trust.

    Surely the local press should be showing more support for such creativity from local designers.

  2. Perhaps you would search for ‘Causey’ in our search bar at the top right. You will find three articles on this event there, so we have tried hard to give this event the coverage we thought it merited and the support that you mention.

  3. Well I was also at the event. There was no clear indication of what was going on and when. Each one of the light paintings was short lived and looked like the event organisers were doing it for themselves rather than for the community. The whole direction of the event was to support the “professional photographer” ignoring those of us who turned out to support the event. All in all just some insider navel gazing. It fell very short of what could have been a fantastic evening.

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