After an eventful busy weekend in Ninebanks running a star weekend we packed everything up and headed for the Durham Lumiere - an event I have had in my diary for months. We went two years ago and it was amazing, fantastic images projected against the castle walls visible across the city and the story of cosmic creation on the cathedral walls. It was truly spectacular and I raved about it everyone I met and encouraged all and sundry to get there this year for a repeat performance.
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| Cosmic Architecture |
The town was heaving with people everywhere and as dark fell we started the trek around the exhibits and slowly the disappointment set in. The installations were interesting - well some of them but there was none of
the spectacularity (made up word) or luminosity or extravagance of the year before - not even near!!!
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| What Matters - St Oswalds Church |
The Cosmic Architecture on the new physics building was almost there,and the For the Birds installation in the Botanical Gardens was fun but really the best and most beautiful thing were glass shapes hung from the ceiling in St Oswalds church, illuminated with light to cast beautiful patterns around the church, called What Matters.
While many of the other artworks were quirky, interesting and engaging none of them had the wow factor I walked away with from the last Lumiere. The lack of visuals on the castle and cathedral were particularly disappointing - they had been so brilliant in 2015 - very much the stars of the event and positively mesmerising. A massive massive disappointment, at first Dr Fred told me to stop being grumpy but eventually even he had to concede the affair was not what we had expected, so we had a pint in the Victoria, Dr Freds old haunt when studying in Durham, got fish and chips which we ate sat looking at the very lovely and colourful domes and arches set up in the market square and just before the rain dampened our spirits further we headed home.
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Domes and Arches |
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