Chill-Out Zone
Need to take a breather from the hustle and bustle of the festival?
Grab a drink from The Dukes cafe-bar and chill out for a while in The Gallery space on the ground floor, until you’re ready to go back out and experience some more of the wonderful artworks and installations!
Please note: there may be other events taking place within The Dukes during the evening, but The Gallery will be a dedicate space for relaxing and regrouping.
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Animals
5pm - 10pm, Thu, Fri, Sat Lancaster CanalBy: Ivo Opl and Suren Manvelyan: ARTshifters (Czech Republic and Armenia) Animals brings visitors face-to-face with the wild, one gaze at a time. Built from Suren Manvelyan’s hyper-realistic photography and staged as land-art by Ivo Opl, 40 recycled smartphones scattered across the place become the living eyes of 16 species — from the sharp stare of a Caiman to the depth ...
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Demonz
5pm - 10pm, Thu, Fri, Sat. Located in Sun SquareBy: INITI Interactive: ARTShifters (Czech Republic) Demonz by INITI Interactive turns a building facade into a giant, glowing battleground where the digital and the real collide. Mischievous creatures flicker to life on screen, daring participants to knock them out with soft balls — every successful hit triggering a burst of light, colour and sound, gone again in an instant. ...
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Duplication
5pm - 10pm Thu, Fri, Sat Storey GalleryBy: NA11 DUPLICATION is a participatory digital artwork by artist NA11, exploring how our faces, voices and personal data are captured, copied and manipulated. Created with people connected to Lancaster, the work begins with a simple filmed portrait. Each participant is recorded looking into the camera, speaking a short sentence and photographed from multiple angles. These images and recordings ...
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