It's not even mid February, but we are already onto the third of my favourite events of the year. Following the Residents Weekend and the Ice Trail we now have Colour and Light.
Two projection vehicles are parked in Exhibition Square projecting a constantly changing light show onto the walls of the art gallery, between 6pm and 9pm each evening until 25th February. The projection lasts around 10 minutes but is constantly repeated through each evening. It is well worth watching several times.
It was quite difficult to decide which of the 85 shots I took to post, but I rather liked this one, since it not only made the gallery very colourful, but also highlighted the statue in front of the gallery.
I'm hoping to make another visit to Colour and Light to do some more photos and video shots before the display finishes.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
We really enjoyed seeing this display, it is a fascinating creation. It was quite nice afterwards to have an after dark wander around the city centre, which isn't something that we do very often.
You are right, there are many events in York, but then, there are almost 9 million visitors a year, with over a million visitors from other countries, so there is a need to provide a lot of events. We locals just enjoy the benifits of many of them!
Very cool! I experienced something like this in San Antonio, Texas displayed on a church. They showed the history of Texas. It lasted 20-30 minutes and I loved it...and took as many photos as you did! :) fav
Thank you, glad you like it. Several buildings have been used in York for this kind of projection, including York Minster (several times) Castle Museum and Cliffords Tower (castle remains), but perhaps the most effective being the Yorkshire Museum and neighbouring St Marys Abbey ruins, with simultaneous projections on both giving a history of York. I have quite a collection of photos from the various displays!
@fishers I love it! I took lots of photos and videos when I was on vacation in San Antonio for a charm convention in 2015 before I started on 365. I should post one or two just for fun since your photos reminded me of it. Also, while there my toe unfortunately caught an edge of stone slate and I went down on my face. I broke my nose, needed stitches under my lip, broke my phone and lots of bruising and unbeknownst to me, a concussion. It ended my fun as I was taken to the ER. I was very ill on my flight home, in the ER again by ambulance, then home recovering for a good week. No one told me not to fly, no one told me not to sleep, no one told me I had a concussion and they were going to do an MRI to see if I had a brain bleed but didn't...so I am very lucky. I missed seeing the Alamo and a few other sites but did make the projection that evening. https://www.visitsanantonio.com/plan-your-trip/only-in-san-antonio/san-antonio-the-saga/
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
We really enjoyed seeing this display, it is a fascinating creation. It was quite nice afterwards to have an after dark wander around the city centre, which isn't something that we do very often.
Ian
You are right, there are many events in York, but then, there are almost 9 million visitors a year, with over a million visitors from other countries, so there is a need to provide a lot of events. We locals just enjoy the benifits of many of them!
Ian
Thank you, glad you like it. Several buildings have been used in York for this kind of projection, including York Minster (several times) Castle Museum and Cliffords Tower (castle remains), but perhaps the most effective being the Yorkshire Museum and neighbouring St Marys Abbey ruins, with simultaneous projections on both giving a history of York. I have quite a collection of photos from the various displays!
Ian
https://www.visitsanantonio.com/plan-your-trip/only-in-san-antonio/san-antonio-the-saga/
A fascinating memory, but a shame you were injured there. You were fortunate that things didn't turn out much more seriously.
Thank you for the link, I really enjoyed it. I'm hoping to get to the York light show tomorrow night, since the forecast is dry and not too cold.
Ian
Thank you - it was a really enjoyable light show.
Ian