- Venue
- MediaCityUK
- Starts
- Saturday, August 14, 2021
- Ends
- Sunday, August 15, 2021
- Address
- Salford M50 2HQ
- Location
- North West England
- Organiser
- Quays Culture
As people enjoy shared experiences together once again, Quays Festival launches a bold programme of performances and events set to transform Salford Quays across the weekend of Sat 14 & Sun 15 August.
“We’re so excited to welcome audiences back to enjoy art and performance in such a safe, accessible and inspiring setting” says Quays Culture Producer Jennifer Taylor. “We treasured the intimacy of Mystery Bird – a travelling projection installation created in 2020 in response to the pandemic that toured to people in their homes – but we’re so looking forward to celebrating the safe return of communities to large-scale live performance and events.”
The festival celebrates the launch of a new sculptural installation Through No.4 by Liz West. Installed permanently on MediaCity steps, the 6 metre long, prismatic corridor of light will invite people to pass through and see the world around them transformed by colour.
“I am delighted that Quays Culture have commissioned me to make Through No.4, a development of my Through series,” says Liz West. “I am looking forward to seeing the work glisten and throw out mesmerising sundial colour ways onto the quayside. I hope that it brings joy to those who pass nearby and through it. This walk-through structure encourages visitors to look at their surroundings in a different light. Making their way inside the multi-coloured corridor people see the world around them transformed by multicolour. The barrier between the outside and inside creates a multi-coloured striped cloak and distortion in an array of different hues, transforming the usual colourations and appearance of the outside environment.”
For more information please visit: quaysculture.com
