Pop-Up Portraits with Gwen
Five minute portraits for a fiver!
Simply show up with a photo you’d like turning into a portrait and artist Gwen will work her magic.
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Assembly House 10th Birthday Party
Come along and join us in celebrating 10 years of Assembly House.
We’d love to invite you to our fancy dress party, featuring local artists and performers throughout the evening with a DJ set from Merrez Bal to end the night!
Make sure to come in full costume to be in for a chance of winning our best dressed competition! You can also expect a raffle with some unmissable prizes, as well as an creepy cocktails.
Instructions Not Included
Instructions not Included by Amanda Hall will be on display at Bramley Baths on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of October.
Inspired by an aqua aerobics class, this fascinating project explores how we think and feel about aging with humour, creativity and powerful insight. After its debut in Bristol this summer, Bramley Baths is the first stop in Amanda’s aspirations to tour the exhibition.
Ribbons Public Launch | Women of Leeds Sculpture
Join us for the public launch event of the 'Ribbons' sculpture.
Nearly 400 inspirational Leeds women, voted for by members of the public, are being celebrated with a new sculpture in the heart of the city’s cultural quarter.
Created by artist, Pippa Hale, 'Ribbons' will be located at the top of the gardens between Leeds City College’s Quarry Hill campus and Leeds Playhouse at the gateway to the SOYO development at Quarry Hill, from October 2024.
Free activities including:
Ribbons themed kids activities
Meet the women from the Ribbons sculpture
Sunshine on the Fallen Tree
This immersive sound and light sculpture is made from locally sourced Ash trees felled due to Ash dieback disease. Using a traditional steam bent method combined with re-usable innovative technology and a moving sound composition, we are all invited to reflect on the life of a tree and how to fill the spaces of species lost to climate change.
By Pif-Paf (UK)
Sound by Eleanor Hooper & Kate Griffin
NocturnHog: The Enchanted Wanderer
A seldom seen hedgehog emerges from the shadows, now large and illuminated for all to see. Taking up residence in the bus station, its intricate details are captivating.
Sponsored by WYCA
By Glow Art Creations (UK)
Valkyrie
Crafted from recycled plastics, Valkyrie is a huge suspended glowing orb which responds to sound and voices. Inspired by the Northern Lights, you can create your own aurora by speaking into the sculpture, creating new colours to ripple across its icy surface.
In addition to public interaction, there are also some short performances taking place under the sculpture.
6.30 & 7.15pm: Leeds Playhouse’s Youth Theatre reflect on our place in the cosmos, how we can sustain our planet and what it means for the future.
Dreaming Being
THABO weaves together music, storytelling and immersive installation to transport you to other realms. His multi-sensory Bantutronic dreamworlds reference the rich cultural life of the African Bantu peoples and the encounter between a dream and a human being.
Commissioned by Opera North
By THABO (Zimbabwe/UK)
MAPP
Want to be part of an artwork? MAPP is a mobile interactive video mapping system which is projected from an old-fashioned pram. Strike a pose, be scanned and your silhouette will appear against a colourful projected background. You can capture these images in your own photographs before they disappear.
Kindly supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
By AlexP (The Netherlands)
The Silent Disco Ball
The tunnel leading to Headrow House is transformed into a reflective light display. This installation, featuring a suspended disco ball, makes a poignant statement mourning the closure of almost 50% of our nightclubs since 2020.
By Andrew Devine, Christian Campomanes, Superfriendz (UK)