A walk-through forest installation of oversized, robotic flowers. As visitors move around the sculpture forest, it becomes apparent that the flowers’ appearance subtly changes according to the audience’s movements. Simply walking, stepping, swaying, spinning or even dancing within the space will influence the robotic forest to change in appearance. This oasis aims to passively remind us all to take it slowly and breathe. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment. These robotic flowers demystify emerging technologies and provide access to playable urban spaces, that are sensitive and fun.
A Light Up The North SHINE commission
We are a collective of artists and makers with a wealth of creative skills and practices, producing socially conscious creative artwork and live events.
We blend our respective passions to make the Little Lost Robot aesthetic – art that is accessible. At our core we make immersive, digital, 3D art with recycled materials. We support a massive range of artists with varying practices at all different stages of career. Our art often discusses our otherness. Or more accurately our unity in what we share from being divided by the same systems that overlook our strengths and individuality. We take pride in our representation of neurodivergent, traveller, queer, global majority, non-binary and socioeconomically-restricted identities.
The SHINE programme aims to nurture and develop new talent, giving artists the opportunity to exhibit or perform new work at a number of Light Up The North festivals. Artists are selected through an open-call process and will typically be awarded bursaries of up to £15,000 to realise their new artwork. The artwork has to be suitable for outdoor winter light festivals, artistically challenging/interesting and of high quality, have a strong element of digital/technology within its design, and be resilient enough to withstand the winter weather at multiple festivals (October – March) and transportation across our festival network.
As well as financial support, each artist will also receive a full induction to the programme, training and mentoring from across the LUTN network. We will work directly with commissioned artists to support their development, with guidance in areas such as marketing, finance, production, risk assessments method statements (RAMS) and fundraising.
To be eligible to apply to the SHINE programme artists must be UK-based and perceived as an emerging talent (aged 18 or over) with an idea for a shining light artwork, and the skills to realise that idea
