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SPECTRA 2017 is an exciting family event
bringing light to the depths of winter while
celebrating Aberdeen’s creative past, present
and future. Inviting audiences to engage
with playful, accessible and high quality
performances, spaces and works of art that
marry light, sound and interactive experiences.
The programme adds The Roof Top Garden to
its other host sites in Union Terrace Gardens,
St Nicholas Kirkyard, Marischal College and
Seventeen. This years’ festival features not only
major public realm artworks, gallery installations,
new Scottish commissions, children’s and
adults workshops but also introduces a new
live music programme in partnership with True
North Festival and an international cultural conference ‘Catalyst’.
Celebrating the 2017”Year of History, Heritage
and Archaeology”, Aberdeen City Council, in
conjunction with Curated Place, will explore
Aberdeen’s past through this year’s theme
‘A New Light’, bringing together leading
international artists with Scottish collaborators.
SPECTRA, Aberdeen’s stunning
Festival of Light, returns to the
heart of Aberdeen, from 9TH – 12TH
February 2017.
Supporters:
Paul Friedlander, Wave Garden
Useful Information
Parking
Nearest public car parks are
the Denburn, Bon Accord
Centre/Harriet Street car park or Golden Square.
Bus
Aberdeen bus station is a
15 minute walk away from
Union Terrace Gardens. Visit First Bus and Stagecoach websites to plan your journey.
Train
Aberdeen train station is a 15 minute walk away from
Union Terrace Gardens with
destinations across the UK.
Dress
We advise that you dress
appropriately for an outdoor festival.
First aid
First aid is located at the
entrance to Union Terrace
Gardens from Denburn
Viaduct and in St Nicholas
Kirkyard.
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access to Union
Terrace Gardens is through
the Denburn Viaduct north
gate. This can be accessed
via His Majesty’s Theatre
car park at the side of the
theatre. The nearest disabled
parking spaces are located in
Denburn car park.
Toilets
Toilets can be found in Union
Terrace Gardens and in St
Nicholas Kirkyard.
Refreshments
A range of hot and cold
beverages and locally
supplied food will be
available on site.
Save up to 50% while you’re
out and about with SPREE.
Get the Spree App now
at www.spreebook.com
and take advantage of the
SPECTRA special local deals.
For further information
Please email cityevents@
aberdeencity.gov.uk or visit
www.spectraaberdeen.com
ENLIGHT: European Light
Expression Network
Catalyst Conference
Date: Fri 10 and Sat 11 February 2017, 10am - 5pm
Venue: Marischal College, The Anatomy Rooms
As part of SPECTRA 2017, Curated Place are inviting artists,
designers, academics, architects, business leaders and social
entrepreneurs to come together for a two day conference with
our international partners to identify ways to develop the cultural
economy in Aberdeen. Led by action, not the reading of papers,
and interspersed with entertainment the event is intended to be
a catalyst for action at home and internationally.
For more information or to book a place go to: www.eventbrite.com/e/spectra-festival-2017-catalyst-conferencetickets-30350963549?aff=es2
SPECTRA and Curated Place have established ENLIGHT
the European Light Expression Network by partnering
with MIRIAD at the Manchester School of Art (UK), I/O Lab in Stavanger (Norway), and Fondazione
Mondo Digitale in Rome (Italy). This 32 month project
offers artists the opportunity to participate in a new
programme and network producing and promoting light
and sound artworks - exploring the meeting point of art,
technology and design.
Double Take Projections, Obar Dheathain
Illuminating Geometry Children’s Workshop
For further info see:
Join SPECTRA festival artist in residence Jenny Dockett to
make your own stunning lantern.
www.curatedplace.com/ENLIGHT2017
Open to children and adults of all ages, learn how to make a paper
lantern in the shape of one of the “platonic solids” and illuminate
it with an LED. Choose from a simple 4 sided tetrahedron, a cube,
octahedron, dodecahedron, or accept the challenge of creating the
complex 20 sided icosahedron!
FONDAZIONE
Cost £2 (Nominal charge to cover materials.)
Workshop Times
Fri 10 Feb
4.30 - 5.10pm
5.30 - 6.10pm
Sat 11 & Sun 12 Feb
3.30 - 4.10pm
4.30 - 5.10pm
5.30 - 6.10pm
Seb Lee-Delisle, Laser Light Synths
To book, visit:
www.eventbrite.com/e/illuminating-geometrytickets-31121627626
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The programme adds The Roof Top Garden to
its other host sites in Union Terrace Gardens,
St Nicholas Kirkyard, Marischal College and
Seventeen. This years’ festival features not only
major public realm artworks, gallery installations,
new Scottish commissions, children’s and
adults workshops but also introduces a new
live music programme in partnership with True
North Festival and an international cultural conference ‘Catalyst’.
SPECTRA 2017 is an exciting family event
bringing light to the depths of winter while
celebrating Aberdeen’s creative past, present
and future. Inviting audiences to engage
with playful, accessible and high quality
performances, spaces and works of art that
marry light, sound and interactive experiences.
Celebrating the 2017”Year of History, Heritage
and Archaeology”, Aberdeen City Council, in
conjunction with Curated Place, will explore
Aberdeen’s past through this year’s theme
‘A New Light’, bringing together leading
international artists with Scottish collaborators.
SPECTRA, Aberdeen’s stunning
Festival of Light, returns to the
heart of Aberdeen, from 9TH – 12TH
February 2017.
Supporters:
Paul Friedlander, Wave Garden
Useful Information
Catalyst Conference
Parking
Nearest public car parks are
the Denburn, Bon Accord
Centre/Harriet Street car park or Golden Square.
Date: Fri 10 and Sat 11 February 2017, 10am - 5pm
Bus
Aberdeen bus station is a
15 minute walk away from
Union Terrace Gardens. Visit First Bus and Stagecoach websites to plan your journey.
Train
Aberdeen train station is a 15 minute walk away from
Union Terrace Gardens with
destinations across the UK.
Dress
We advise that you dress
appropriately for an outdoor festival.
First aid
First aid is located at the
entrance to Union Terrace
Gardens from Denburn
Viaduct and in St Nicholas
Kirkyard.
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access to Union
Terrace Gardens is through
the Denburn Viaduct north
gate. This can be accessed
via His Majesty’s Theatre
car park at the side of the
theatre. The nearest disabled
parking spaces are located in
Denburn car park.
Toilets
Toilets can be found in Union
Terrace Gardens and in St
Nicholas Kirkyard.
Refreshments
A range of hot and cold
beverages and locally
supplied food will be
available on site.
Save up to 50% while you’re
out and about with SPREE.
Get the Spree App now
at www.spreebook.com
and take advantage of the
SPECTRA special local deals.
For further information
Please email cityevents@
aberdeencity.gov.uk or visit
www.spectraaberdeen.com
ENLIGHT: European Light
Expression Network
Venue: Marischal College, The Anatomy Rooms
As part of SPECTRA 2017, Curated Place are inviting artists,
designers, academics, architects, business leaders and social
entrepreneurs to come together for a two day conference with
our international partners to identify ways to develop the cultural
economy in Aberdeen. Led by action, not the reading of papers,
and interspersed with entertainment the event is intended to be
a catalyst for action at home and internationally.
For more information or to book a place go to: www.eventbrite.com/e/spectra-festival-2017-catalyst-conferencetickets-30350963549?aff=es2
Double Take Projections, Obar Dheathain
SPECTRA and Curated Place have established ENLIGHT
the European Light Expression Network by partnering
with MIRIAD at the Manchester School of Art (UK), I/O Lab in Stavanger (Norway), and Fondazione
Mondo Digitale in Rome (Italy). This 32 month project
offers artists the opportunity to participate in a new
programme and network producing and promoting light
and sound artworks - exploring the meeting point of art,
technology and design.
Illuminating Geometry Children’s Workshop
For further info see:
Join SPECTRA festival artist in residence Jenny Dockett to
make your own stunning lantern.
www.curatedplace.com/ENLIGHT2017
Open to children and adults of all ages, learn how to make a paper
lantern in the shape of one of the “platonic solids” and illuminate
it with an LED. Choose from a simple 4 sided tetrahedron, a cube,
octahedron, dodecahedron, or accept the challenge of creating the
complex 20 sided icosahedron!
FONDAZIONE
Cost £2 (Nominal charge to cover materials.)
Workshop Times
Fri 10 Feb
4.30 - 5.10pm
5.30 - 6.10pm
Sat 11 & Sun 12 Feb
3.30 - 4.10pm
4.30 - 5.10pm
5.30 - 6.10pm
To book, visit:
www.eventbrite.com/e/illuminating-geometrytickets-31121627626
Seb Lee-Delisle, Laser Light Synths
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Paul Friedlander, Wave Garden
A new site specific installation of illuminated kinetic
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SPECTRA Commissions
Heather Lander, Channel 3.2
New commission challenging the traditional idea of the
‘screen’, exploring the illusionistic properties of light and
sculptural surfaces.
STANZA, The Global Dérive: The Sum Is Greater Than The Parts
Join the binary graffiti club for a public spectacle
encompassing performance politics and art.
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Secret Cities Aberdeen Information Point
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Amanda Yates and Hannah Ayre, Parabola (Crest)
A new site specific commission for the Bon Accord crest.
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Sara Stroud, Forget Me Not
Collective narratives and memories from the Music Hall
brought to life through a digital carousel.
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Ulianka, Neon Face Art
Become a living SPECTRA artwork through Neon face paint.
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Sandy McRobbie, The Gateway
Bold beams of light create an engaging architectural
focus on the Robert Gordon’s College gateway, bathed in
the historic school’s colours.
St. Nicholas Roof Top Garden
St. Nicholas Kirk
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Groupe LAPS, Les Araignées (The Spiders)
Giant stick figure spiders take over the Kirkyard in homage to
Robert the Bruce during Scotland’s year of History, Heritage and
Archaeology.
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True North Music Stage
Introducing SPECTRA’s first live music programme delivered through
our partners True North Festival (APA), celebrating the North-east’s
singer songwriter tradition and providing a platform for local talent.
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Tobias Daemgen, ElektroMistel
Art collective RaumZeitPiraten will bring their “ElektroMistel” to
the trees as a nod to the Gaelic myth of the ‘all healing plant’.
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Jim Buckley, Rajio Taisõ
Warm up the winter nights through traditional Japanese calisthenics
with a digital twist.
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STACK Collective, STACK
Exploring the collective history of Aberdeen, STACK collective will
engage with visitors to develop a collaborative piece which will
evolve through the four days of the festival.
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Felix Thorn, Felix’s Machines
An amazing automated percussion instrument installation which
will play an entirely new work based on traditional Aberdonian folk
songs composed for the festival.
Yiannis Kranidiotis, Pentatono
A ‘kinetic harmonic oscillator’ sculpture, creating a hypnotic sound
and light experience in the main Kirk.
Pauline Cordiner (storyteller)
Family Friendly traditional Scottish stories and folk tales from
around the world with North-east Storyteller Pauline.
Badge-making
Come and light yourself up at our badge-making stand, where you
can create your own glow in the dark badge!
Marischal College
18.30 – 21.30 (last entry 21.00)
18.30 – 21.30 (last entry 21.00)
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Jenny Dockett, Illuminating Geometry
Illuminating Geometry Children’s Workshop
Join SPECTRA festival artist in residence Jenny Dockett to make
your own stunning lantern. Workshop times overleaf.
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Seb Lee-Delisle, Laser Light Synths
Transforming Marischal College into a giant interactive laser
light synth show.
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Yiannis Kranidiotis, 9 Months Rebirth
Immersive and meditational visual and audio space on the
theme of ‘rebirth’.
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Andrew Brooks & Adelle Stripe, Secret Cities Aberdeen
Exploring the hidden and forgotten spaces of Aberdeen
through photography and poetry with Granite Noir.
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Double Take Projections, Obar Dheathain
An immersive audio visual transformation of Mitchell Hall in
tribute to the history and stories of Aberdeen.
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SPECTRA Catalyst Conference
Curated Place are inviting artists, designers, academics,
architects, business leaders and social entrepreneurs
to come together for a two day conference, with our
international partners to identify ways to develop the
cultural economy in Aberdeen.
Friday 10 and Saturday 11 Feb 2017, 10am - 5pm
Venue: The Anatomy Rooms
More details overleaf.
Seventeen (open until 21.30)
Created by Aberdeen school children, Illuminated Geometry is
inspired by natural science and an archaeological mystery from the
North-east’s past.
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18.30 – 21.30 (last entry 21.00)
Secret Cities Aberdeen, Participants Exhibition
An exhibition of work from the Secret Cities Aberdeen, Cityscapes
and Archive workshop and Photoshop master class.
We reserve the right to change the programme
Andrew Sage & Xanthe Bodington, Group Hug
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Impossible, Doric Smoorach (Doric Kiss)
Giant interactive projected speaking heads, combining
3D scans of the audience with Doric poetry.
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Pa-BOOM, Hot Heads
A series of newly commissioned fire busts of
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Carlos Bernal, Adapt 5
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Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, Cloud A tribute to Scotland’s most ubiquitous invention - the
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