Sails of Light

Sails of Light is a visual event illuminating Canada Place to tell Canada’s story. Watch as Canada Place’s iconic sails shine with extravagant colour, displays and animation. Viewable from the west side of Canada Place, prime viewing locations include Stanley Park, the Coal Harbour Seawall, the Vancouver Convention Centre West, the North Shore and waterways.

Current Show:

Canada Place, in partnership with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), is lighting up its iconic sails in celebration of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Sails of Light takes place nightly from dusk (5pm) to dawn (8am) from January 30 to March 31, 2010. The stunning show features VANOC’s “Look of the Games” blending colour, animation, imagery and texture. Canada Place and VANOC worked closely with renowned Canadian company Moment Factory, based in Quebec, to develop the exceptional lighting design and program.

 “Using VANOC’s ‘Look of the Games’ as our muse, the show features changing colours, lights, and rhythms. The sails are such an integral and iconic part of western Canada’s cityscape that we wanted to incorporate them in a big way.”
    - Robyn McVicker, Director of Communications & Public Affairs, Canada Place Corporation

''Based on VANOC's “Look of the Games”, the color scheme, the flowing graphic lines, the Canadian textures, will become part of the skyline of Vancouver and act as one of the symbols of the 2010 Olympic Games. We have worked on projects all over the world, but I don't think that any other of our projects will of have been see by as many people.''   
    - Sakchin Bessette, Moment Factory

 
Moment Factory is based in Montreal, a creative city that feeds the video game, entertainment and design industries. In its studios, Moment Factory hijacks technologies, imagines interactions and builds moods. Founded in 2001, Moment Factory has realized more than 300 projects worldwide for clients such as Cirque du Soleil, Bell and Disney. Moment Factory recently finished permanent interactive installations in Dubai, Montreal and Calgary. Within the Olympic Games, Moment Factory has also contributed to “La Maison du Québec”, located on Pacific Boulevard.

For more information on the Sails of Light, please refer to our Backgrounder.

Upcoming Show:

Beginning Spring 2010, the Canadiana Sails of Light will be featured nightly on the sails. A truly Inspirationally Canadian experience, the Sails of Light represent Canada’s diverse and tremendous landscape from coast to coast.

Past Shows:

Christmas at Canada Place featured the Sails of Light every morning and night from December 6 - 31, 2009. Canada Place’s spectacular sails danced in vibrant colour, festive animation and inspiring design all in support of charity. To support the Strathcona Community Centre, visit www.christmas.canadaplace.ca.