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In photos: Bristol Light Festival 2022
Bristol Light Festival has begun, with more than a dozen installations spread across the city centre on display until Sunday.
A damp first evening meant that the swings on College Green were out of action but people were still following the map on Tuesday to find all of the artworks.
One particular highlight is the shot tower on Cheese Lane transformed into a light house, with its beam shining across Castle Park; and a pair of giant goggly eyes on Clare Street..
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Organisers say that this year’s festival will “fill the city with light and colour, and showcase Bristol as the vibrant, playful and creative city that we know and love”.
Photographer Rob Browne captured the festival’s first evening:
Chirp and Drift by Kathy Hinde at St George’s features a flock of illuminated instruments that chatter in Morse code messages – photo: Rob Browne
We The Curious’ planetarium has been transformed into a giant disco ball with Millennium Square becoming the dance floor – photo: Rob Browne
Sign Night – Hand Ships Sail is a poetic conversation in sign language by artist Cathy Mager projected onto the side of the Arnolfini – photo: Rob Browne
Circle of Light in the middle of Queen Square by lighting designers Toy Studio can be enjoyed in the day and night – photo: Rob Browne
Cascade by Squidsoup is both inside and outside Left Handed Giant’s brewpub in Finzels Reach – photo: Rob Browne
Designs in Air have placed two giant glowing goggly eyes within the branches of a tree on Clair Street, with the piece called The Eyes – Trees Are People Too – photo: Rob Browne
End Over End by Studio Vertigo is a gigantic illuminated slinky toy at the top of the Cascade Steps – photo: Rob Browne
College Green becomes a playground with six swings which light up and play music in sync with the movement thanks to Swing Song by Tired Industries – photo: Rob Browne
Returning from the 2020 festival, Neighbours is a celebration of Bristol’s residents – photo: Rob Browne
Main photo: Rob Browne; video: Martin Booth
Read more: 18 things to do in Bristol this week, February 28-March 6 2022
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