Five Light Installations and Youth Projections Brighten Hervanta Centre and Lakeside

A five-piece light art trail now brightens Hervanta's centre and lakeside, turning familiar routes into immersive nocturnal experiences. Funded by a €50,000 action grant under the 2026–2029 neighbourhood development programme, the works will be on display across Hervanta until 28 February 2027. They follow Hervanta's first Light Weeks earlier this autumn and are part of a wider push for neighbourhood-led community art across Tampere.

The installations mark Tampere Light Weeks' first expansion into Hervanta at this scale. They are located at the Hervanta leisure centre, along Valtaraitti, in front of youth space Hehku, in an activity centre courtyard and on the path between the leisure centre and Ahvenisjärvi. Local young people created illustrations that feed into the projections and the lantern motifs. Aleksandr Lihatsov, head instructor at Hervanta youth centre Hehku, said it has been rewarding for staff and participants to see the drawings move from paper into a public light programme. The effect is striking at night.

Artist Sanna Seetri has added a temporary, nature-themed window mural to the former cinema, designed to respond to Raili and Reima Pietilä's building and the surrounding environment. The action grant also paid for repairs to the Ahvenisjärvi jetty, a new basketball throwing area and an authorised graffiti wall. These projects are part of an effort to let residents shape visible, concrete improvements in their neighbourhood.