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Last chance to see Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon
After wowing audiences at the Commonwealth Games in Australia and touring India with the British Council this spring, the Museum of the Moon by Bristol artist Luke Jerram is returning home with a four-day stay at Ashton Park School this July.
Measuring seven metres in diameter, Jerram’s artwork features detailed, 120dpi NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimetre of the internally-lit spherical sculpture represents 5km of the moon’s surface.
Pic: Robert Sils
The Museum of the Moon was presented at the University of Bristol last year, with more than 16,000 visitors visiting the artwork over just one weekend. The installation at Ashton Park will raise money to improve sound and lighting facilities in the main school hall, improving facilities for performing arts in the future.
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Luke Jerram, whose child attends the school, said, “The endless funding cuts imposed to frontline services from central government are impacting all our children. It’s great to be able to do what I can to support my local secondary school, to help try and counter the impact of this. I hope the artwork will inspire the children of the school to have an interest in both arts and science.”
Luke Jerram and his Moon
Luke’s multidisciplinary practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live arts projects. Living in Bristol but working internationally for 20 years, Luke has created a number of extraordinary art projects which have excited and inspired people around the globe.
His ever-intriguing creations have also included Park and Slide, a giant waterslide running down Park Street, and Play Me I’m Yours, which saw 20 street pianos placed across the city for everyone to play.
The Museum of the Moon at the University of Bristol. Pic:
©Simon Galloway 2016. All Rights Reserved.
Luke is also currently creating a 10m-diameter moon for the Beijing Olympic Swimming pool, which is being test-inflated today (Wednesday, June 27) at a secret location in Bristol. And, working with Cameron Balloons, he is creating a 7m-diameter Earth artwork, which will be presented at Bluedot Festival from July 20-22.
Museum of the Moon will be at Ashton Park secondary school, Bristol from July 5-July 8. For a map and further travel information, visit moon.ashtonpark.net
Tickets are available for Sat 7 and Sun 8, via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moon-at-ashton-park-tickets-45682096380
Tickets are also available for the special evening launch event on Thur 5, via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-moon-at-ashton-park-official-launch-event-a-night-with-luke-jerram-tickets-44982839885?ref=elink
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