World Remembrance Day for Children - AfterLight

For Worldwide Candle Lighting 2025, commissioned by the City of Ghent, we designed a light installation that supports grief and remembrance in a gentle, shared way.

During the remembrance walk, each participant receives a folded lantern with a dimmed light. The light responds to proximity: when people come closer to one another, it subtly begins to glow brighter.

The lanterns are made using Miura origami, a manual folding technique where simple movements create a three-dimensional form.

At the end of the walk, the individual lights are brought together in a field, alongside the illuminated ‘parent totems’. The parent figure is deliberately left open to interpretation: as a symbol of care, connection, and memory.

A quiet place where light is allowed to speak softly and where grief literally becomes a little lighter by being together.

For Creative Makers; KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts join forces in a collective practice between architects, engineers, and artists.

Group work with: Hatice Elma, Sofie Collin, Simon Vandererven, Vita Van den Bergh