Travelling Light
A light art installation and art trail by Alice Stallard, commissioned by First Light Festival CIC for Battery of Ideas Place Partnership project explores how we connect and engage with the world around us.
Through the transformation of discarded suitcases into small beacons of light and hope, Travelling Light aims to encourage positivity, movement and joy in its audience..
Each suit case repurposed for this installation and art trail carries the marks of its previous life - journeys and stories etched into its surface remain exposed, revealing a sense of humanity and character about the object. Where it once may have been carrying clothes, personal effects for a new life, photograph albums and other ephemera, through light and words it now carries messages of sentiment, good will, positivity and joy.
Travelling Light installation will be at The Battery of Ideas, London Rd N, Lowestoft NR32 1LZ from 17 November - 4 December.
Travelling Light Trail will be in 6 venues in and around Lowestofts cultural quarter from 17 November - 4 December.
Participating trail venues include Battery of Ideas, Lowestoft Library, Sam’s Wellbeing Hub and Cafe, Woodwork Art Cafe, Lowestoft Lifeboat Station and East Point Pavilion.
Please see map below for venue details, including address and opening hours.,
There will also be the opportunity to take part in a unique and inspiring Travelling Light audio visual Make & Do. activity session run by artist Alice Stallard and DJ Ben Osborne at the Battery of Ideas on Tuesday 25th November, 12.30pm - 1.30pm. The session is free to attend and booking is essential. Book your space here.
Travelling Light is one of The Battery of Ideas, 3D Commissions. The 3D Commission offered 8 Suffolk based artists commissions to create new 3D or sculptural works inspired by found materials, considering environmental and sustainable themes and prioritising the use of recycled, recyclable and natural materials.
The Battery of Ideas is an Arts Council England Place Partnership Project with the aim of creating a step change in creativity in a place and is supported by East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council.
Thank you to all who have been involved in making this project a possibility.
