Architect (official diploma by the French government), Alain Bénini works at the Hospices Civils of Lyon in the Hospital field, as engineer-architect. The quality of the places welcoming the patients and the worker is one of his interests.
Besides the Festival of Lights we can find his works in « Les Yeux de la nuit » (Genève, Switzerland) , « GLOW » (Eindhoven, Netherlands), « DIVALI » or « Nights lights » (Singapour).
For several years, Alain Benini mainly works on the illumination of the main courtyard of the Hôtel Dieu.
Former editions of the Fête des Lumières:
2005 : « A light cube »
2006 : « Oddities from the Rhône »
2007 : « Cultures »
2008 : « Carroussel »
2009 : « Cordadra »
2010 : « Five Centuries »
2011 : « Coudecouleur »
2012 : « Correspondences »
2013 : « Climatic caresse »