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HOPE Installation
Installation, LED on Other
Size: 800 W x 80 H x 200 D in
About The Artwork
HOPE is a large-scale art installation featuring hundreds of light LED tubes, along with speakers projecting local people’s experiences of the First World War. Situated in Durham’s Millennium Place, the twenty-metre-long sculpture cast complex luminous forms in the immediate surroundings while different voices evoke the stories of men and women during the conflict, creating an immersive emotional landscape. The artwork underlines the emotive power of words; personal letters, diaries and memoirs reveal the spontaneous overflow of intense and complex feelings about war: hope and horror, hatred and love, fear and shame. HOPE reflects on the past - commemorating the sacrifice, courage and suffering of all those who lived through the First World War; it uncovers sensorial perceptions, embodying them in a different medium, to engage with the viewers and induce feelings of connective human experiences. The themes remain universal and timeless.
Details & Dimensions
Installation:LED on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:800 W x 80 H x 200 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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In 2008 Gloria Ronchi and C. Benghi founded Aether & Hemera Studio, to produce work that lies at the intersections of interaction design, media architecture and contemporary art installation. Aether & Hemera’s art combines digital technologies, virtual and physical spaces to create immersive and emotional headspaces; their aim is to explore the interconnected relationships between perception, spaces and embodied experiences. Aether & Hemera’s diverse works – in lighting sculpture, video, and installation - have been exhibited internationally at a broad range of events and locations including, among others, Canary Wharf (UK - 2012, 2017), Vivid Festival in Sydney (AU 2013), Amsterdam Light Festival (NL - 2014, 2016), Enlighten Canberra (AUS - 2014, 2017), Baltimore Light City (USA - 2016, 2018), Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (UK 2018), Jerusalem Light Festival (IS - 2016,2018), Dubai Emaar Art (UAE - 2018), Constellation Festival in Metz (FR- 2018), Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (SCO - 2019). They have been awarded grants and commissions from AFHC (Arts for Health Cornwall 2008), Arts Council England (2010,11,13), Sustrans (2010), Inspire Northumberland (2010), Arts for Health Manchester (2010), NHS North Yorkshire (2011), Newcastle upon Tyne Council (2011), Scottsdale Arts (2014), Quays Culture (2016), Scottish Maritime Museum (2016), Whitgift Foundation (2017), EPSRC (2018), Emaar Public Art (2018), Durham Council (2018), Light Art Collection (2018), Amble Trust (2020). Recognitions include Lighting Design Awards (Finalist 2019), DARC awards (Finalist 2019), Official Raspberry Pi Magazine (Winner 2016), NAE Culture Cloud (Finalist 2013), Aesthetica Prize (Finalist 2013).
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