On Wednesday the 18th of June, John Foxx will be performing Cathedral Oceans III in the Fellow’s Garden at Durham Castle as part of the Durham Arts Festival.
The press release for this event reads as follows...
From the 14th to the 21st of June, the city of Durham will host the inaugural Durham Arts Festival. An all inclusive program of visual art, film, workshops, lectures, theatre and musical events will provide opportunities for everyone to engage with the arts.
The Durham Arts Festival is a unique project both in its motivations and its management. The project has been brought together by a team of dedicated student volunteers from Durham University, who have managed all aspects of the event from programming and fundraising to marketing and co-ordination.
Exhibitors include: Lee Miller, Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Dariush Mehrjui, Martin Firrell and a very special presentation of John Foxx’s Cathedral Oceans III in the Fellow’s Garden of Durham Castle.
Created by pioneering electronic composer John Foxx, Cathedral Oceans III is a multimedia installation that comprises of a series of digitally composed stained glass windows projected directly onto the walls of Durham Castle. The piece comments on the deterioration of sacred spaces and looks to a future reconciled with nature. John will accompany the images with a live soundtrack, evoking the choral traditions of religious society to complete this rich presentation. Framed within the walls of Durham Castle, a Norman castle facing Durham Cathedral and overlooking the River Wear, this stunning use of high tech audio visual equipment in a World Heritage Site will create a sumptuous sensory experience that is bound to be one of the biggest audiovisual events in the North East this summer.
Rob
