Bristol Light Festival

There’s a bright light on the horizon, it’s the return of Bristol Light Festival. From 1 – 6 March, 5pm-10pm each day, the art installations will shine a light in a few unexpected places, as well as illuminating some of Bristol’s most iconic landmarks – including here at St George’s Bristol.

At St George’s, our gardens are the location of a nature-inspired installation, Chirp & Drift, by internationally renowned audio-visual artist, Kathy Hinde. Based in Bristol, Kathy is an active member of film and sound collective, Bristol Experimental Expanded Film, and a resident at Pervasive Media Studio.

Light and sound sculpture, ‘Chirp & Drift’ is a flock of illuminated instruments that look like birds and that chatter in morse-code messages. As visitors walk beneath, the gentle tones and harmonies made by accordion reeds hidden inside each ‘bird’ can be heard in a delicate and gentle way.

The organisers of this year’s festival are delighted to announce that they have been successful with a grant application to Arts Council England which will support the delivery of a selection of daylight and green energy installations.

Bristol Light Festival is presented by Bristol City Centre Business Improvement District (BID) working in partnership with Redcliffe & Temple BID, Arts Council England, Bristol’s City Centre & High Streets Recovery and Renewal programme, which is funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority’s Love our High Streets project and Cabot Circus.