LUMIERE, the spectacular festival of light, returns tomorrow and to help you find your way through Durham’s dark cobbled streets, the Northern Echo has produced an interactive map.

The full programme of international artworks includes 31 impressive installations in Durham and a further six in the surrounding communities.

As well as the artworks in the city centre, they will also be at Finchale Priory, Penshaw Monument, Raby Castle, Ushaw Historic House and Gardens, Peterlee and Seaham Marina.

Organisers say Lumiere 2021 promises to ‘reimagine the historic contours of county and city, politics and society’ using dramatic installations, spellbinding projections and quiet and poignant works, showcasing the infinite possibilities of light art in all its forms.

Highlights include a newly-commissioned work with Durham University, New Writing North and leading international poets, whose illuminated words will be projected onto Durham Castle; a video-mapped journey from reflection to celebration on Durham Cathedral’s facade; and Lumiere’s first online interactive artwork that allows anyone to take part from wherever they are.

To find out more about each piece, and the artist behind it, simply zoom in and click on a balloon in the map below and click through for a full description.

Lumiere will run from Thursday to Sunday and is open each night between 4.30pm and 11pm in Durham City, and 10pm across the county.

The festival is free to attend and 29 of the 39 installations are always accessible without a ticket.

In a change from previous years, the controlled city centre area of Lumiere will be ticketed for the entirety of the festival opening times every night.

Read more: How much it costs to park in Belmont, Howlands and Sniperly for Durham Lumiere

This is to manage audience numbers as part of measures in place to offer a Covid secure experience.

Two daytime programme artworks inside Durham Cathedral, A Candle and Mums Dads Kids Gods, are not be accessible during the evening.

The full list of installations available in the evenings - and where you can find them - is below:

COUNTY - MARKS IN THE LANDSCAPE

The Northern Echo:

INST 1

APOLLO 50

Mader Wiermann

Apollo Pavilion

INST 2

CASTLE OF LIGHT

Javier Riera

Raby Castle

INST 3

GO WITH THE FLOW / SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE

Tim Etchells

Seaham Marina car park

INST 4

SOLITUDE

Kari Kola

Finchale Priory

INST 5

A TELLING OF LIGHT

Elaine Buckholtz

Penshaw Monument

INST 6

HYMN TO THE BIG WHEEL

Liz West

Ushaw House, Chapels and Gardens

 

WITHIN THE CITY CENTRE

The Northern Echo:

ORANGE ZONE

INST 7

SHIFTING GROUND

Tim Etchells

Miners Hall

INST 8

LIMINA

Tendayi Vine and Bea Wilson

Under the Viaduct, in car park under second arch access via Lambton Steet

INST 9

ANTHOLOGY - INTO THE LIGHT

Artist TBC

West façade of Durham Castle, (viewed from Framwellgate Bridge)

INST 10

COLOUR BY LIGHT

Floating Pictures

The Riverwalk

INST 11

INVISIBLE HEARTS

Steph Whalen

The Riverwalk

INST 12

DROP SCENE

Liz West

Underneath Milburngate Bridge

INST 13

LAMPOUNETTE

Tilt

Framwelgate Waterside, further down from the Radisson

BLUE ZONE

INST 13

IMMINENCE

NOVAK

Freeman’s Reach

INST 15

LIGHTBENCHES

Bernd Spiecker

Walkergate Riverside

INST 16

RECONNECT

Paul Jex

Freeman's Reach, outside Coho

INST 17

HERON

Jon Voss

Walkergate riverside

INST 18

RASPBERRY RIPPLE

Tony Heaton

Walkergate

INST 19

HALO

Illumaphonium

Walkergate

INST 20

OMNIPRESENCE

Daniel Iregui

Walkergate

INST 21

WHEN TODAY MAKES YESTERDAY TOMORROW

Dominik Lejman

Clayport Library Wall

INST 22

THE NEXT PAGE

Hannah Jane Walker, Residents at HMP Low Newton, Neon Workshops

Clayport Library Wall

PURPLE ZONE

INST 23

KALEIDOSCOPE

Northern Butterflies

Crown Court Gardens

INST 24

SMING

Superbe

Inside St. Oswalds Church

INST 25

CHRONOS

Epsztein & Gross

Façade of the Ogden Building, Durham University

INST 26

SCATTERED LIGHT

Jim Campbell

St Mary's College, Durham University

PINK ZONE

INST 27

THE FROGGS

Groupe LAPS

Market Place

INST 28

TREE OF HOPE

Tekja

Prince Bishops Place

INST 29

ARTICLE 12

Year 9 students from Durham Federation School with Lucie Brownlee and Neon Workshop

Silver Street

INST 30

TWO FOR JOY

Erin McDougal

Saddler Street

INST 31

IN OUR HEARTS BLIND HOPE

Palma Studios

Cathedral façade, viewed from Palace Green

INST 32

CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF STORIES

Lantern Company

College Green

INST 33

PLASTICA BOTANICA

The Plastic Shed

South Bailey

INST 34

THE FOSSILISED SEA

Daksha Patel

Count's House

INST 35

LINES

Pekka Niittyvirta & Timo Aho

Fulling Mill stretch of Riverbank

 

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