Collaborating with some of the UK's leading digital creatives, the two-day festival of light and sound on February 28 and March 1 transformed familiar public spaces into vibrant hubs of interactive light art and performances.
Events taking place during the festival included: ‘Spring Forward’ by Same Sky; ‘An Obscure Camera’ by Flexer and Sandiland; ‘The Electric Grand Bug Hotel’ by Make Amplify; ‘Polaris’ by Seb Lee Productions; ‘Sparks!’ by LED Drummers; Digital Funfair by Gavin Morris with ‘Light-Hearted’, ‘The LED Curtain’ and ‘The Hexagons’; ‘Everyday Tacticity’ by Charlotte Spencer Projects; ‘Gaps In The Light’ by Lila Dance; and ‘Past Present Future’ by Project Female.
The festival was jointly funded by Crawley Borough Council and National Project Lottery Funding from Arts Council England. It was supported by Crawley Town Centre Business Improvement District.
13. Light up Crawley Festival
'Spring Forward' also featured a community lantern lit parade with salsa band. Photo: JON RIGBY
14. Light up Crawley Festival
'Spring Forward' in the Memorial Gardens. Photo: JON RIGBY
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'Spring Forward' in the Memorial Gardens. Photo: JON RIGBY
16. Light up Crawley Festival
‘The Electric Grand Bug Hotel’ Photo: JON RIGBY