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Bristol Light Festival to collaborate with BBC Natural History Unit
The world famous BBC Natural History Unit is collaborating with Bristol Light Festival for a world premiere of a new artwork.
Wildlight will use archived clips from wildlife shows over the years and transform them into light projections.
Animals from the footage will be projected at real life scale around Finzels Reach, the base of BBC Studios and the Natural History Unit since relocating from Whiteladies Road.
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The window of Left Handed Giant overlooking Castle Park will be transformed into a giant television set, with animals then escaping the screen to the surrounding area, with dolphins leaping out of the Floating Harbour and meerkats playing on the wall of Bocabar among the installations.
Bristol Light Festival creative director, Katherine Jewkes, said: “To present something so mesmerising as part of this year’s festival feels very special.
“BBC Studios is the home of spectacular wildlife footage and it is something that most of us will have grown up watching in our living rooms, so for it to be brought to life outdoors in such a playful way in Bristol is a really exciting moment for us.”
Natural History Unit series producer and director, Tuppence Stone, added: “For Bristol Light Festival, we want to showcase wildlife in a new way.
“Who doesn’t want to see a huge humpback whale jumping, or the brilliance of fireflies dancing across a building?
“BBC Studios NHU is proud to be Bristolian and it’s time to let the animals out of the TV.”
Bristol Light Festival is a free event running from February 2 to 11. For more information, visit www.bristollightfestival.org
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