Luke Jerram’s Helios at Bristol Cathedral

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BTF+, Bristol’s festival of tech, creativity and culture, is bringing Helios - a new internally illuminated sculpture of the Sun by internationally renowned Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram - to Bristol Cathedral for the very first time.

Available first to the public on the evenings of 6 - 8 October, audiences can step closer to the Sun in this awe-inspiring fusion of art, science and sound, as part of the festival’s Live track of immersive performances and cultural moments.

Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features 72dpi detailed imagery of the Sun’s surface. At an approximate scale of 1:200 million, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 2000km of the Sun’s surface. It is very dangerous to look at the Sun directly as it can damage our eyesight, so Helios provides a safe opportunity for the public to get up close to, and inspect its extraordinarily detailed surface, including sunspots, spicules and filaments. The sculpture also features the source of the solar flares, which caused the Northern lights to be visible from the UK last year.

The installation is a fusion of solar imagery, sunlight and a specially created surround sound composition by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson.

Tickets
£6.79 + booking fee