The SHINE programme aims to nurture and develop new talent, giving artists the opportunity to exhibit or perform new work at a number of Light Up The North festivals. Artists are selected through an open-call process and will typically be awarded bursaries of up to £18,000 to realise their new artwork. The artwork has to be suitable for outdoor winter light festivals, artistically challenging/interesting and of high quality, have a strong element of digital/technology within its design, and be resilient enough to withstand the winter weather at multiple festivals (October – March) and transportation across our festival network.
Stevie Thompson a light installation artist specialising in fibre optic lighting, founder of Custom Fibre Optics. He offers a range of exclusive and innovative lighting services and products that beautifully compliment a wide variety of interiors, gardens and architecture which give huge impact and wow factor.
Axolotl are a new Manchester-based collective consisting of three creatives, technologists and designers who have come together through their passion for art, sculpture, technology and the sciences.