Fort Lane in downtown Auckland will soon play host to a vivid new art installation – Eyelight Lane – by Swedish artist David Svensson.

Comprising 120 metres of neon lights, the installation will crisscross the lane and building facades from Fort Street to Customs Street.

“Fort Lane has come from being a tired and neglected street to the next cool new space to enjoy in our inner city. Eyelight Lane is the icing on the cake for this transformation and will literally make this night-time destination shine,” says Auckland councillor and chair of the Arts, Culture and Events committee, Alf Filipaina.

Svensson remarks, “My principle practice is light-based work. I have several public artworks featuring neon such as ‘Lighthouse’ in Obrero, Sweden and I’m very excited to be coming to New Zealand to install Eyelight Lane.”

The inaugural ‘switching on’ of the work will be held on the evening of 27 February 2014.