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University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø lights up for the festival season

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

An interactive light display will shine brightly each night throughout this year's ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Fringe festival, illuminating the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's North Terrace frontage.

Called LightWorks, the intelligent and adaptive LED light show will feature a motion-sensing wall mounted along the University's North Terrace fence. Capable of interacting with and following people’s movements, LightWorks is a playful display, enabling the audience to take control and become maestros of light.

"We're proud to be presenting LightWorks to the people of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø, which is part of our University's partnership with and commitment to the ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Fringe," says Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Warren Bebbington.

"This latest in a series of light-based installations continues a long-running festival theme of shining a light on some of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's greatest cultural icons. Seeking the light of new knowledge is core to the very existence of the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø, which makes this a very fitting display both for the University and for the Fringe," he says.

The free nightly event starts 8.30pm until midnight this Friday 17 February, and will run until Sunday 19 March.

As in previous years, the University's historic Elder Hall will also be brought to life with a digital wall of animated lights and music during the opening weekend of the ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Fringe (17-19 February). This year’s theme is , with a series of vibrant environmental themes, such as beaches and endangered species.

University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø graduates, staff and students will also be involved in numerous other ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Fringe and ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Festival events, including:

ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Fringe (17 February–19 March)

• The ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø University Choral Society will perform at the Latvian Hall, Wayville, 25 February and 4 March
• , a selection of multimedia drawings and collage, is curated by University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø alumna Kate Pulford Filsell, and will be shown every Tuesday-Saturday from 14 February-18 March

ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Festival (2-19 March)

• Alumna Rachel Healy heads up the ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Festival as Co-Artistic Director
• University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø alumna and award winning presenter, writer and journalist Annabel Crabb will discuss festivals, feminism, fragrance, food and everything in between, in her show , 6-7, 9-10 March

ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Writers' Week (4-9 March)

• Join University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø graduates and poets Dr Cath Kenneally, the inaugural Coetzee Centre Writer in Residence, and Dominic Symes, who will be performing on 6 March
• Amrita Malhi, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø and historian of South-East Asia will speak at on 8 March
• Musician, writer and alumna of the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø Zoe Morrison will explore the theme of violence against women in on 9 March

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