{"id":6994,"date":"2018-12-08T06:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T16:43:50","slug":"maklite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/maklite\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKlite light installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maklite_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Windows of the MAK\" class=\"wp-image-7006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maklite_thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maklite_thumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nearly every significant building of interest in Vienna is lit from the outside by spotlights to create an impressive nocturnal view. With one notable exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the MAKlite&nbsp;installation, the MAK museum is lit impressively&#8230;from the&nbsp;inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ever-changing colour display in the windows of the museum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Created by US artist, James Turrell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best seen (surprise!) when the sun goes down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-city-tours-l205280\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_CityTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">evening bus tour<\/a>* for your Vienna stay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK visitor info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/\">Vienna museums<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#modernart\">Contemporary art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Light. Space. Colour.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1.jpg\" alt=\"MAK museum with red lit windows\" class=\"wp-image-61331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/maklite1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The MAK in dark orange)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna is a city of white and yellow light. The colours dominate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmas-lights\/\">Christmas displays<\/a> and, at night, illuminate numerous historical wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But walk along the Stubenring part of the giant Ring boulevard after dusk and one building stands out as a little different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unusually, the windows of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK<\/a> (an excellent applied and contemporary arts museum) shine brightly in pale green. Or perhaps blue. Or red. Or orange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light display is the work of LA-born James Turrell, a 2013 recipient of a National Medal of Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turrell&#8217;s MAKlite&nbsp;installation first saw the light of day (see what I did there?) in 2004. The genesis of the concept dates back to the MAK&#8217;s 1998 <em>The Other Horizon<\/em> exhibition, which was dedicated to this world-renowned Light and Space artist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maklite.jpg\" alt=\"MAKlite light installation\" class=\"wp-image-42900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maklite.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maklite-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The MAK in green)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation reopened in November 2018 after extensive modernisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LED technology that provides such intensive, uniform light from within the building stems from Targetti, an Italian architectural light company whose work brightens such places as the Uffizi gallery and Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/staatsoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1071\">State Opera House<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turrell&#8217;s work with light spans the globe, with installations across the USA, Europe and as far afield as Japan, Mexico, Israel, and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MAK actually has another permanent Turrell installation at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/geymullerschlossel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35708\">Geym\u00fcllerschl\u00f6ssel<\/a> site on Vienna&#8217;s outskirts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you be there of an evening to see the lights and you find the MAK closed for the day, then nip across the road to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-pruckel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10344\">Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel<\/a> to enjoy one of Vienna&#8217;s traditional coffee houses. Or try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/evening\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71635\">these suggestions<\/a> for other evening activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to MAKlite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The MAK museum is along the central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\">Ring <\/a>boulevard and at one end of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stadtpark\/\">Stadtpark<\/a> city park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a subway station opposite (Stubentor on the U3 line), and you can reach the same stop using the 2 tram line and bus lines 3A and 74A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1G1JqCaIFJT9xk7v01SX4IL93otIsKj2D\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly every significant building of interest in Vienna is lit from the outside by spotlights to create an impressive nocturnal view. With one notable exception. Thanks to the MAKlite&nbsp;installation, the MAK museum is lit impressively&#8230;from the&nbsp;inside. Light. Space. Colour. (The MAK in dark orange) Vienna is a city of white and yellow light. 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