Wiltshire Event Photography : Stonehenge Fire Garden
13th July 2012
Wiltshire Event Photography
Stonehenge Fire Garden
As part of the Cultural Olympiad surrounding the 2012 Games and part of the Salisbury International Art Festival, Compagnie Carabosse installed a Fire Garden into and around Stonehenge.
The Director of the Festival, Maria Bota said: “We aim to inspire, entertain and make moments which transform people and spaces."
It certainly did that. It attracted many hundreds if not a couple of thousand people to the historic site, now managed by the National Trust, and access was allowed through the stones and into the circles. For once you could walk where you wanted rather than stand 40ft away admiring the stones. Here, you could touch and feel the years of erosion.
The Fire Garden was spread in and around the stone circle with different installations including the massive fire sphere's, 4 of which were at the compass points of the Henge, with each pot individually lit as the sun set.
Vests were hanging in amongst the stones, each glowing with fire. Small mechanical moving artworks were backlit against the stones creating eery moving shadows. Large vertical fire 'sticks' were roaring with strange writing or markings on them and fire pits were spread around, not only to be part of the Garde, but they provided a good place to stand and chat and to keep warm.
It was a very busy evening and everyone had a camera-phone, or flash or torches, so it made for some challenging photography as all walked constantly through the scenes. I hope you enjoy the images.
Stonehenge Fire Garden
As part of the Cultural Olympiad surrounding the 2012 Games and part of the Salisbury International Art Festival, Compagnie Carabosse installed a Fire Garden into and around Stonehenge.
The Director of the Festival, Maria Bota said: “We aim to inspire, entertain and make moments which transform people and spaces."
It certainly did that. It attracted many hundreds if not a couple of thousand people to the historic site, now managed by the National Trust, and access was allowed through the stones and into the circles. For once you could walk where you wanted rather than stand 40ft away admiring the stones. Here, you could touch and feel the years of erosion.
The Fire Garden was spread in and around the stone circle with different installations including the massive fire sphere's, 4 of which were at the compass points of the Henge, with each pot individually lit as the sun set.
Vests were hanging in amongst the stones, each glowing with fire. Small mechanical moving artworks were backlit against the stones creating eery moving shadows. Large vertical fire 'sticks' were roaring with strange writing or markings on them and fire pits were spread around, not only to be part of the Garde, but they provided a good place to stand and chat and to keep warm.
It was a very busy evening and everyone had a camera-phone, or flash or torches, so it made for some challenging photography as all walked constantly through the scenes. I hope you enjoy the images.