Following on from his success as a featured Artist at Enlighten 2015, Photographer Mark Page has been featured in acclaimed photography magazine GUP. In the Guide to Unique Photography‘s next issue titled Mixing It Up, Mark is featured alongside other acclaimed photographers, as leading
As the final installation comes down, Kathy Hinde’s Luminous Birds, we’re looking back at the success of Enlighten Manchester Festival of Light and Sound Art 2015. Featuring an epic 22 installations throughout the Manchester Central Library and The Bridgewater Hall, this stunning festival lit
As part of Enlighten Manchester Festival of Light and Sound Art 2015, Curated Place collaborated with RECLAIM project and artist Richard William Wheater. Focusing on the silenced voices of young people in society, the project created a series of neon statements from
In October Light Artist and Poet, Elisa Artesero ran creative writing and light art workshops at Manchester Central Library as part of the build up to the Enlighten Manchester Festival of Light and Sound Art. These workshops explored themes of memory and
Last week artist Hannah Ayre and Bridgewater For All invited community groups from Greater Manchester to join them at The Bridgewater Hall, in church halls and community centres with the aim to create 1000 origami birds for Kathy Hinde’s ‘One Thousand Birds‘
On Saturday we kicked off a major new project with Neon Workshops‘ Richard William Wheater and a group of incredible young people from Manchester’s own RECLAIM supported by Arts Council England and Manchester Central Library. Between now and December’s festival we’re running a series of workshops to produce
Brilliant to see work commissioned for last year’s ENLIGHTEN by Elisa Artesero as the headline shot in this month’s Saatchi Gallery Magazine. Even better to see her named as one of the most exciting emergent artists in the UK. We’re currently developing
Brilliant to see the world’s leading Lighting Magazine feature our pilot festival who said our work “resonated with the public as a project that was both popularise and accessible while maintaining its artistic legitimacy”. Huge thanks to everyone that made the festival
Enlighten Manchester Pilot Festival of Light Art took place during four nights in December 2014 when Curated Place took it’s Northern Lights Project home to Manchester. Preparing the ground for a major outing in 2015 to sit alongside the UNESCO International Year of