The latest of Luke Jerram's travelling exhibitions, Helios, has been moving around National Trust properties. As we'd seen both his Museum of the Moon and Gaia installations at Derby Cathedral we wanted to see this latest attraction and we found it was to be on display at Kedleston Hall, near Derby.
We booked our timed tickets, necessary as it was showing in quite a small space compared to the other two.
Helios looked rather wonderful in the domed Salon on the first floor of the Hall. The sun sculpture is named after the ancient Greek god of the sun.
There were seats around the outside of the Salon and bean bags underneath the installation. Helios is scaled so that each centimetre represents 2,000km of the sun's surface.
The accompanying music, by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson, was calm and soothing, and there was a lovely atmosphere as people moved gently and thoughtfully around the room. The installation has been touring National Trust properties through this year and Kedleston was it's final showing.
I've added below photos of both of the other installations.
The Museum of the Moon at Derby Cathedral October 2019
Gaia at Derby Cathedral October 2022
I've just noticed that we visited all three in the month of October as we saw Helios on 29th October. The exhibition closed on 2nd November.
Helios was part of the Diwali celebration held at Kedleston each year. This would take a whole new post but in lieu I've added two or three photos to give some idea of how impressive the festival of light was.
All for now.
The Helios artwork looks amazing. I particularly like the peacock feathers in the Divali light festival celebrations too. Thank you for sharing the photos, Rosie.
ReplyDeleteThank you Beverley. The peacock feathers were stunning on the staircase, my photo doesn't do it justice really, it was far more vibrant than it appears:)
DeleteLovely photos of Helios Rosie - it looks so good in that setting. It is quite an experience seeing it and listening to the sound. We saw it at the Charterhouse Coventry - it was outdoors there. I did see Museum in the Moon in Birmingham City Centre but I never saw Gaia. The Diwali celebrations at Kedleston look lovely. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline, I remember your post about seeing Helios at the Charterhouse. The Diwali exhibition was wonderful too and spread through the whole house. Have a good Sunday:)
DeleteIt's amazing & something I've never heard of till (I think) I saw it on Jo's blog at Fountains Abbey. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, glad you enjoyed seeing Helios both here and on another blog. I bet it would have been stunning at Fountains Abbey:)
DeleteThat was Susan up above.
ReplyDeleteI though it was you:)
DeleteBeautiful photos! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely tour! Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, I'm glad you enjoyed seeing Helios, greetings to you too:)
DeleteIt looks amazing! X
ReplyDeleteThank you Jules, it was quite wonderful:)
DeleteLovely to see Helios at a different venue. I saw it on another blog at Fountains Abbey. It’s a wonderful installation. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you B, it seems to have been at quite a few different
Deletevenues through the year, it would look amazing at Fountains Abbey, I must try and find the blog both you and Susan mentioned:)
How fantastic! The sun looks wonderful in the dome making it look a pale blue in the shadow, the perfect spot. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK, I did wonder if it would be in the large hall with the marble columns but it was perfect in the smaller space:)
DeleteWhat amazing installations - all three of them. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lorrie, I'm glad to have seen all three of them and I wonder what he will tackle as a subject next:)
DeleteAll the installations look pretty impressive! I wonder what they were made of? I would worry walking underneath them! Have a great weekend Rosie. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone, yes, all three were wonderful to see, not sure what they were made of but they look quite lightweight. People were lying under Helios on bean bags so it would be very safe I think. Take care:)
DeleteBeautiful! Our nature museum has one each of his Moon and Gaia.
ReplyDeleteThank you William, they are wonderful. It's good that your Museum has permanent ones for visitors to see:)
DeleteWow....what a great place to visit. YOu got some amazing photo's. I particularly liked the the last 3 photo's. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandy, Kedleston Hall is a lovely place and the Diwali celebration is held there every year:)
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