Shadows of Tintern

Tintern

Dates: 18/10/2024, 19/10/2024

Venue: Tintern Abbey

An excavation in light, sound and fire.

A spectacular site-specific sound, projection and fire installation, inspired by time and place, to dazzle our eyes and startle our imaginations.

Friday 18th and Saturday 19th October 2024: 6.30pm – 10.30pm

Doors open at 6.30pm. Last entry 9pm. Families/groups welcome. Wheelchair accessable.

Tickets: £10.50 adults; £7 children (aged 5–17) & NUS; Family ticket £33. Under 5s free

 

Tickets available through Ticket source: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wye-valley-river-festival-cic/e-yemqlq

As the nights draw in and we head towards winter, we are pleased to be once again partnering with Cadw and Tintern Abbey to bring this unique site specific event to the Wye Valley.

An entertaining evening out for all ages, Shadows of Tintern offers a magical night in an outstanding setting. This is a rare chance to walk through the Abbey grounds after dark.

Wye Valley River Festival has commissioned lead artists Mark Anderson, in collaboration with Liam Walsh and Ulf Pedersen, alchemists of sound, light and space, to create this unique event.

 

Join us on the magical and evocative journey through this spectacular site-specific installation.
Delight in the Abbey grounds as your eyes are drawn to spaces less seen, listening to sounds typically unheard, in a place not usually accessible after dark.

Shadows will dance across walls, with projections bouncing on ancient stone, harmonic sound and light filling the space to evoke time- past, present and future.

Elements will collide within the Abbey walls with inspiration drawn from the meeting point between the natural, industrial and technological.

Ephemeral blue flames will rise into the night air, breathing life into this magnificent structure.

Mark Anderson is a visual sound artist and pyrotechnician. His compelling site specific temporary installations and performances, blend the spectacular with the subtle. His installations and performances are moving investigations into phenomena and perception that touch, surprise and amuse audiences both young and old.

 

In Shadows of Tintern you will witness his audio visual alchemy, using light, heat, vibrations, electricity, oscillating chemicals and paraphernalia to dazzle your eyes and startle your imaginations.

There will be delicious autumnal treats provided by local independent suppliers: spiced winter warmers, hot chocolate, tasty food and a bar.

Mark’s work has been shown at prestigious arts festivals in the UK and around the world, including Lumiere, Edinburgh Festival, Sydney Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Ten Days on the Island (Hobart, Tasmania), Wellington Festival, (NZ)Auckland Festival, (NZ) Latitude, Stockton Riverside Festival, Fire In The Mountain and many others, now including the Wye Valley River Festival.

Ulf Pedersen: Architectural in scale, Pedersen’s work transforms the act of looking into a physical experience. Through a kind of light-based alchemy, outdoor spaces metamorphose into something unique and magical.

Liam Walsh, sound artist working in kinetic sculpture, architectural lighting and immersive installations, has worked collaboratively with Mark and Ulf for the last 20 years on various projects such as Warning Notes, Enchanted Gardens and Furious Folly and has toured internationally with other productions such as Power Plant and For The Birds.

 

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