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This winter you’ll get to experience the mysterious Northern Lights over Victoria Square, see the moon up close and immerse yourself in a world of colourful and interactive artwork. There will be installations created by artists from around the world including Borealis by Dan Acher, Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram and Evanescent by Atelier Sisu.

Curated by Things That Go On Things.

Borealis- Dan Acher

Borealis brings the magical mystery of the Northern Lights to any city, using layers of light and particle clouds to create the illusion.

Museum of the Moon- Luke Jerram

Measuring six metres in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 5km of the moon’s surface.

Evanescent- Atelier Sisu

Evanescent is a multi-award winning artwork that has been exhibited in 24 different cities in 18 different countries. Evanescent bridges the gap between art and architecture, existing within the realm of ‘art-chitecture’.

Sound Intervention, Projector Bikes- Dan Fox Sound

Intervention’s amazing interactive off-grid audio visual machines will be illuminating the town centre streets during this year’s festival. These electric trikes travel along projecting colourful animations with  accompanying soundscapes.

Spectral Vision - Liz West

Internationally acclaimed artist Liz West brings a major work from her back catalogue to The Vaults in Bolton. Our Spectral Vision creates a vivid immersive environment that mixes luminous colour and radiant light using a mixture of LED lamps and dichroic glass in the form of seven prisms.

The work explores our individual relationship with colour and our understanding of how we see it.

Aqualux on tour with Fox Bros. Peterbilt

Aqualux is an eye-opening art installation with an educational twist, an 8m by 3m creative lighting installation composed of 48 unfilled water containers, which typically hold 1,000 litres of water each, specially adapted to create a stunning, transportable and eco-friendly light feature to raise the importance of water.

Programme

Saturday 4 November, 11am - 1pm and 2-4pm

In the lead up to the light festival creative workshops with artist, Hannah Fox, will be taking place at Bolton Museum.

Come and create a colourful cast of characters then see your fun creations light up on the night as they take a walk around the town as part of the festival.

No need to book, just turn up.

Thursday 30 November – Saturday 2 December will present a more chilled, calm and uplifting experience featuring:

Thursday 7 December – Saturday 9 December will feature a more vibrant and celebratory vibe with:

10-21 December

Museum of the Moon will be on display from 2-8pm.

Festival Bar

From 30 Nov – 2 Dec and 7-9 Dec, round off your day with some live Christmas music featuring singers, musicians and choirs and a bite to eat in the wonderful Albert Bar in the Albert Halls complex – our Festival Bar for this year.