The light installation in Stockholm had to be switch off already in Mid-January this year, due to construction work. The lights are now temporarily back again at the Hötorget buildings, but not anymore connected to Emotional Cities.

The lights at the Hötorget buildings might be back again in November 2009, or the project will move to other cities. Or why not both at the same time?

Update, 18 March: Today interest for the project was shown from Hong Kong. I will post information when I know more about this.

Hong Kong

Due to construction work on the buildings next to the Hötorget buldings (Hötorgshusen) in Stockholm, the light installation needs to be uninstalled tomorrow Thursday. The lights were supposed to stay until February 28, but unfortunately we cannot influence these circumstances. We thank our sponsors for this year: Vasakronan, AMF Pension, AxFast, Ramsbury, Fastighetskontoret and Företagarföreningen Hötorgscity.

Next winter there will be new light installations in different cities. Perhaps in Stockholm again?

Last year people were happy around Cristmas. It will be interesting to see whether this was a coincidence, or if it will be repeated this year again. Perhaps the skyscrapers in Stockholm will be red next week?

The light installation in Stockholm will come back in November, and light up Stockholm during the dark period. Perhaps one or two other cities might also have light installations next winter. More about that later.

Here is a new video showing the light installation in Stockholm. The beautiful song is “Inside the museum” by the French artist Orouni.

Here is some more documentation from Seoul, South Korea.

The video shows how Emotional Cities was displayed in Seoul, where the project was made in collaboration with Art Center Nabi and the community Cyworld. The exhibition was on display between February 27 and March 28, and during this period almost 150 000 Koreans participated.

In which cities will Emotional Cities continue after the summer? Bit by bit a new emotional map is appearing. In a couple of weeks, we’ll be able to deliver some first names of cities.