G R AV I T Y F I E L D S F E S T I VA L
FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY
LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE TOWN
9.30am - 9.30pm
Volatile Light
Exhibition
And Outdoor Light
Painting
IOU
3pm - 9pm
Titeretú
Company Itinerània
Abbey Gardens, St Peter’s Hill
Drop-in
Free
“Titeretú” are five giant puppeteer hands
made of iron and wood with their insides
in plain view. A free outdoor event from
the international touring arts company
Itinerània.
Fancy taking control of a giant puppet
to test your balance, precision and coordination as you bring to life a character
three times your size? Thanks to Spanish
company Itinerània and their invention
Titeretú you will no longer be just a
member of the audience but will be offered
the chance to become master of giant
puppeteer hands made of iron and wood
with their insides in plain view – just waiting
for you to take control. Itinerania, which
was formed in 2006, has been challenging
audiences all over Europe from Barcelona
to Florence.
7.30pm
Colossus Awakes
Emergency Exit Arts
St Peter’s Hill, Grantham
Free Outdoor Laboratory Spectacle
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Amazing newly commissioned spectacle
engineering a mysterious, pulsating
laboratory on the streets of Grantham
revealing eminent scientists as they
feed the experiment with the power of
knowledge from generations before. A
new Giant of Science begins to emerge,
the like of which the town has never
seen before, transforming the town into
a giant living laboratory which builds to
an explosive climax on Saturday night.
Emergency Exit Arts.
Market Stores, next to Conduit Cafe
Free
Step out of the town centre and into a
different world. Experience an
all-enveloping combination of light
and sound with you at the centre of a
miniature, wrap-around universe of moving
lights and sounds. Volatile Light a free
immersive sound and light experience
for Gravity Fields.
Featuring an array of specially made
machines, LED lights will be attached to
rotating arms, levers and cranks to weave
a series of eccentric curves, sweeping
arcs and hectic scribbles in the darkened
space.
As darkness falls, experiment with outdoor
light painting in Conduit Lane with the IOU
team and outdoor projection.
Titeretú
Abbey Gardens, St Peter’s Hill
Drop-in 3pm - 9pm
See Friday
Reflections:
Giant technological structures - but do
they manipulate you or you manipulate?
Please note that in case of rain forecast the Saturday performances may be
relocated indoors - announcements will be made in the days leading up when
forecasts are available.
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