What's on at Solent Showcase?
Southampton Solent University, Solent Showcase, Guildhall Square and the Vivid partnership present:
LightenUP
Lift your senses from the darkness of winter and celebrate the beauty of light
LightenUP is an exploration of light art in its contemporary forms, from urban light graffiti and light bombing through to site-specific installations and light sculptures.
Solent Showcase exhibition and commissions:
24 October – 8 December 2012
Solent Showcase has commissioned a new piece by Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer| for the gallery, to be shown in the window both day and night. Their stunning new installation uses high speed cameras to find the epic beauty in tiny moments of time.
In addition the exhibition will feature:
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German artists, Lightmark, and their light art photography in wild,remote landscapes
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Light bombing photographer, Sola's, new urban light graffiti creations for the gallery
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Artist, Jo Berry, and her amoebic light boxes linking science and art
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Sculptor, Ben Yates, and his intricate and detailed light cities made from salvaged computer circuit boards.
Guildhall Square special events:
22-23 November 2012
Fine artists, printmakers, illustrators, graffiti artists, DJs and musicians have been invited, by Solent Showcase in partnership with Vivid, to create new work to be projected, on a grand scale, onto the historic Guildhall and Solent University’s Sir James Matthews buildings in the Cultural Quarter Square. Artists will have the opportunity to create light drawings and animations live on the night, using newly designed software.
There will also be community workshops with young people in Southampton with their work being projected each 
night, and there will be a chance to try on the night for anyone keen to have a go.
For further information please contact the curator, Kate Maple or Les Buckingham.
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8031 9120
Email: showcase@solent.ac.uk|
Facebook: Solent Showcase|
