Since 2014, Llum BCN has been consolidating a collaborative project with various schools in the city that incorporate a connection with light or space as a compositional element in their curricula. The participating schools come from different disciplines, including art, architecture and design in all their forms and specialities.
In Llum BCN 2025, each school has carried out a project under the guidance of the festival’s artistic director and with the support of its production team. During the festival, a panel of four expert judges with an artistic background will visit the installations and award three Young Talent Awards—in the categories of CITY, ATMOSPHERE and RISK—and two Special Mentions in recognition of the proposals’ ability to transform the space and the public’s experience using light as a language and interacting with architecture, urban planning and the city’s audience.
The jury for the 2025 Young Talent Awards is made up of:
Jaume Ramírez, industrial designer
Leticia Martin, director of the Barcelona Grec Festival de Barcelona
Daniel Rossa, new media artist participating in Llum BCN 2025.
Antònia Folguera, curator and communicator specialising in art and digital culture
The winners of the Young Talent Awards 2024 are as follows:
Institut del Teatre for the installation S’accepten ofrenes, cants i pregàries.
Students: Allegra Abril, Hannah Blisky, Montse Escolano, Sara Farré, Gina Moliné, Marcel Puigví, Zoe Serrano and Maria Ubach. Tutor: Marc Salicrú.
Master Lighting Design de la UPC for the installation Desiderium.
Students: Cristina Alvarado, Anissa Bousnobra, Maximiliano Franklin, Mariandna López, Leandro Mantel, Lorena Quirarte, Marta Rodríguez, Isabela Karoline Rosa, Paola Salazar, Judit Sánchez and Genís Serra. Tutors: Mariona Benedito and Susana Barea.
ESDAPC - Campus Deià for the installation Llum verda!.
Students: Claudia Blasco, Lidia Blay, Laia Bravo, Mar Canals, Àngela Coll, Salma Mennara, Júlia Pardo and Mariana Jing Sabater. Tutors: Herminia Carulla and Xavier Pepiol.
UIC (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) for the installation Loop.
Students: Albert Ventura, Alan Portugueix, Al-Bagi Huseynov, Anna Teodora Uta, David Gaia, Diana Barnovska, Elena Gallardo, Eva Kurenkova, Gisela Cardona, Iris Bella, Keisy Juárez, Lucas Torolla, Maria Agirrezabal, Marko Jesic, Megan Struga, Nona Kadieva, Robert Carrión, Thelma Gudbrandsdottir and Zheni Stoyanova. Tutor: Iñaki Baquero.
Within the framework of Llum BCN 2024, the Yamaha Award for Young Creative Talent was also granted to a group of fifth-year Architecture students from the International University of Catalonia (UIC) for the installation of Electric Routes at the Yamaha Light Meeting Point in Plaça de Santiago Pey. This installation won the workshop organised by the Llum BCN Festival and sponsored by Yamaha last October. Students Gisela Cardona, Marko Jesic, Nona Kadieva, and Roberth Carrión, hailing from Spain, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Ecuador, respectively, were able to materialise their project and will enjoy an experience prize from the sponsoring brand.
