9. Lightscape at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Through January 8, 2023, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (BBG) will host Lightscape, an after-dark illuminated spectacle celebrating the beauty of winter. The exhibition features a festive one-mile trail of art created by local and international artists. The path of lights winds through the garden’s 52-acre landscape. Seventeen glowing works of art will bathe visitors in dramatic sprays of colors and patterns. While traversing the trail, visitors will also listen to a curated soundtrack representing the diversity of Brooklyn’s winter cultural traditions.
One standout display is Mandylights Winter Cathedral, an 80-foot tunnel adorned with thousands of LED light globes in the shape of a traditional gothic arch. Scattered throughout the Garden’s Bluebell Wood is Studio Vertigo’s, The Ghosts, a series of LED illuminated origami cranes made from folded recycled polypropylene. Another installation includes Ashley Bertling’s Fire Garden, which utilizes bespoke structures to fill the Rose Arc with real fire from hand-poured candles.
