Illuminate

The incredible light-based festival, Illuminate, returns to Plymouth's historic Royal William Yard from 22 to 25 November 2018.

The festival offers an immersive experience, with projections and light installations set out across the Yard, live performances and interactive opportunities.

This year, international artists Xavi Bové and Thomas Voillaume have been invited to bring pieces to the festival. Bové's piece, 'Visual Songs', creates a link between songs and their visual representation. Performed live, visitors can conduct virtual brushes to create their own personalised artwork, which they can print and take home with them afterwards.

Voillaume will bring 'Human', a sculpture of a humanoid form that light and video is projected onto. The light gives the sculpture emotions and reveals its history, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination.

Also new for this year is the use of water screen technology, as artists experiment with projecting onto the sea as well as land.

Other artists creating installations include Mark Parry, Paige Alexander, Jamie Knight, 1000 Errors, Juliet Middleton-Batts, Josh Small and Effervescent.

Illuminate is free to attend and runs for four days, an increase from three last year. Families are welcome and there are plenty of interactive and playful workshops for everyone to get involved in, both during and in the lead-up to the festival.