Mono-Surface Discovery Light Trail

We invite you to discover Ithra’s Mono-Surface in a new light!

The “Discovery Light Trail” is a beautiful way to see Ithra in a new way. Contemplative and playful, the lighting installations take you on a journey across this unique landscape. The variety of installations are inspired by nature, our landscape and representations of the unique flora and fauna of the Arabian Peninsula.

• Installation: Surfing Birds

Luminous birds in delicate shapes hang in the trees. All the birds, white and gold in color, seem frozen in perpetual flight. This presentation represents a flock of 100 birds where some are settled, some are in flight, and some are in the trees and flying between the trees.

Artist: Pitaya, France:

Pitaya is a French creative studio founded by David Lesort and Arnaud Giroud, who use the medium of light for an artistic and empathetic vision. Over 15 years ago, they debuted with 30 huge original light chandeliers for the Festival of Lights in Lyon and have ever since continuously developed new work for exhibits worldwide.

• Installation: Blossom

Blossom is an invitation to contemplate, with more than a hundred of white flowers nestling in the trees. The installation is made of 120 white flowers of various sizes that seem to have blossomed on the branches of the plants. During daytime, the flowers look very delicate with their white petals that give the impression they were cut and folded like paper flowers; they are discreet and delicate in the landscape. At night, the atmosphere of the installation changes completely as all the flowers are lighted with different gradients of colors, as if they were “painted” by the light. The installation becomes very contemplative, inviting the visitors to walk in the space and to discover their surroundings with a new sight.

Artist: Pitaya, France:

Pitaya is a French creative studio founded by David Lesort and Arnaud Giroud, who use the medium of light for an artistic and empathetic vision. Over 15 years ago, they debuted with 30 huge original light chandeliers for the Festival of Lights in Lyon and have ever since continuously developed new work for exhibits worldwide.

• Installation: Colibris Birds, Hummingbirds

Flying as swarms in the trees, the multicolored birds of Colibris look from afar like a multitude of points of colored light that brighten their environment. The hummingbirds are part of the family of "lumigrators" — a light installation about migration. Their simple and pure form is reminiscent of origami. They will remain here for a while and will then resume their luminous migration to new destinations. This installation is made up of a swarm of 45 birds, until they take flight once again.

Artist: Pitaya, France:

Pitaya is a French creative studio founded by David Lesort and Arnaud Giroud, who use the medium of light for an artistic and empathetic vision. Over 15 years ago, they debuted with 30 huge original light chandeliers for the Festival of Lights in Lyon and have ever since continuously developed new work for exhibits worldwide.

• Installation: Flynn

Flynns are strange luminous objects that move above the audience in the wind, like a contemporary chandelier. Coming and going in changing colors, the luminous objects evoke mysterious bioluminescent creatures and improbable extraterrestrial flora. The visitor becomes an explorer and witness to a new form of life.

Artist: Pitaya, France

Pitaya is a French creative studio founded by David Lesort and Arnaud Giroud, who use the medium of light for an artistic and empathetic vision. Over 15 years ago, they debuted with 30 huge original light chandeliers for the Festival of Lights in Lyon and have ever since continuously developed new work for exhibits worldwide.

• Installation: Sea of Light

Sea of Light is an installation which provides waves of light and sound which flow across the landscape. Colors and shapes flow over the space, harmonized with the bespoke sonic soundscape. Created by Ithaca Audio initially for Blenhiem Palace, UK, since then it has been reinvented to celebrate many different landscapes, filling bespoke spaces with light programmed to specifically developed audio tracks created by the artists.

Artist: Ithaca Audio, UK

ITHACA is a company of light artists, sound designers, composers, editors and experimenters based in Brighton, UK. We love to mix light, sound and technology in exciting new ways. Our work spans music composition and production, creative video editing and innovative sound and light art.

• Installation: Nura

Nura means “place” or “country.” Each of the illuminating pillars highlights the patterns, images and objects which can be found in Ithra’s own collection of Islamic Art. Artisans have always been inspired by nature and Nura shows many of the beautiful flowers and plants which were used as subjects for tiles, rugs and textiles.

Artist: Culture Creative create light trails bringing light, color and sound to beautiful gardens and spaces across the world, using breathtaking lighting treatments created by the best local and international artists. (See attachment for collection details.)

• Installation: Kaleido

Ever-shifting layers and shapes of color are projected onto the path using kaleidoscopic lenses and moving light.

Artist: Culture Creative create light trails bringing light, color and sound to beautiful gardens and spaces across the world, using breathtaking lighting treatments created by the best local and international artists.

• Installation: UV Exploration Path

Explore further look deeper and use your special UV torch to discover the tracks from the animals which you find roaming the landscapes of the Arabian Peninsula. Can you find the tracks of a hyena, desert fox, flamingo, Arabian horse and oryx? You may catch a glimpse of them as they set up home or migrate through Ithra this winter.