OUT OF BALANCE – Staro RīgaDownload Out of Balance, the light installation by Silviu Ciora that I curated for Staro Riga 2025, was presented at Miera Street 20/22 and explored the fragile balance between humans and the natural world. The installation featured two large illuminated metal sculptures whose scale and precision encouraged viewers to pause and reconsider human–non-human interdependencies. ThroughContinueContinue reading ““Out of Balance” at Staro Riga 2025”
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Claiming the Right to the City: Reflections from MIL 2024
On September 25, 2024, I had the honour of speaking at the roundtable Reclamar a Cidade, held at Sala dos Fornos as part of MIL – Lisbon International Music Network 2024. Moderated by urban geographer Ana Estevens, this session brought together a diverse group of voices to critically reflect on urban justice, cultural infrastructure, and the politicsContinueContinue reading “Claiming the Right to the City: Reflections from MIL 2024”
Lights On Romania: Impacts of a Light Art Circuit
On October 28th, 2020, I had the honour of being the sole speaker at the Night Studies Research Seminar / Seminario de Investigación “Estudios sobre la Noche”, organized by: The Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN-UNAM), Mexico The Institut de Géoarchitecture (Université de Bretagne Occidentale) and the Institut des Amériques, France The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal (McGill University), CanadaContinueContinue reading “Lights On Romania: Impacts of a Light Art Circuit”
“The Night Is No Longer Ours”: Article Published in Público / P3
I’m pleased to share that my article “The Night Is No Longer Ours” was published in the Portuguese newspaper Público, via its P3 platform dedicated to culture and contemporary thought. This short piece reflects on how our relationship with the urban night has changed. Long before the pandemic, many already felt that the night was slipping out ofContinueContinue reading ““The Night Is No Longer Ours”: Article Published in Público / P3”
Documenting the Night: Survey Research at Lumina Light Festival 2017
In 2017, during the Lumina Light Festival in Cascais, I conducted a large-scale survey as part of my ethnographic research on light festivals and nighttime urban experiences. This work would later become a central component of my doctoral thesis in sociology. Recently, Ocubo, the artistic studio and main organizer of Lumina, produced a short video that documents theContinueContinue reading “Documenting the Night: Survey Research at Lumina Light Festival 2017”
My Research on Light Festivals Featured by ISCTE
I’m delighted to share that ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa has published an article on its official website spotlighting my research on light festivals. The piece, titled “Festivais de luz, muito mais que evento de luz”, presents light festivals not merely as entertainment but as powerful tools for urban, cultural, and territorial transformation. The article draws fromContinueContinue reading “My Research on Light Festivals Featured by ISCTE”
Manuel Garcia-Ruiz 