Green Space Dark Skies

Project Information

Led by outdoor arts pioneers Walk the Plank, and supported by Siemens, CORE Lighting & Bluman Associates, the project invited thousands of people (referred to as Lumenators) to make a journey into the landscape together in April - September 2022.

With all events taking place in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), the project was designed to promote diverse access to our green spaces. By scheduling at dusk, a beautiful window of half light, the protected dark skies of these unspoiled locations were maintained and celebrated.

The Lumenators carried ‘Geolights’, innovative new lighting fixtures utilising RTK based GPS location and Wi-Fi communication.

A specially developed version of Stage Precision’s SP software interpreted the positioning data from the lights, and mapped colour data based on their physical location within a canvas. The Lumenators then effectively became a pixel within a coordinated image of live artworks within the landscape.

Traditionally this sort of mass participation would require lengthly DMX programming, specific choreography and hours of rehearsals. As such, the Geolights offer so many exciting possibilities for the public arts sector, ceremonies and beyond.