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Dreamspace
Maurice Agis
Metropolitan Cathedral, Mount Pleasant
16th June - 16th July 2006, open daily from 12noon to 7pm
Admission: Adults £5, Children, Concessions and Groups £3
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Ever thought about what colour really is? Ever lost yourself in the absorption
of colour? You’re probably already aware that colour has a profound
effect on us on all levels, be it physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual.
Our world is full of colour. It dominates our lives, we use it to see
if fruit is ripe enough to eat, we use it when choosing what handbag goes
with what shoes, we use it for comfort, as a point of sale, as a statement.
Colour affects our moods; blue is seen as calming, red is hot and vibrant.
We use and experience colour every single day of our lives and mostly
this is done without even appreciating it.
Until Sunday 16th July, a welcoming colourful spatial experience is
offered via Dreamspace. This aptly titled break from reality is an innovative
arrangement of colour that has travelled all the way from China and is
currently delighting crowds here in Liverpool city centre. Designed by
the artist Maurice Agis, it is a construction of chambers and corridors
made from a vinyl PVC fabric. It weighs more than two and a half tonnes,
took five people two weeks to glue together and when it arrived on site
it took another 8-10 people to erect.
This magnificent and alluring attraction is part of the Brouhaha International
Street Festival, which is committed to developing and producing a range
of diverse works for communities to celebrate and this it has achieved
with great success. Dreamspace is a wonderland of different wavelengths
and frequencies, and as you wander and roam you feel absorbed into the
light, life, energy and stillness of this conceptual myriad of colour.
From outside, the subtle winds and air temperature bring breath and life
into what can only be described as a huge tent, and as you walk amidst
the ever changing rays of luminosity you capture a sense of it breathing
with you. There are possibilities of feeling, resonant changes and shifts
of the mind as you float through the spectrum of the rainbow. The experience
is a truly striking, intriguing and awakening venture into the awe and
intensity that is colour.
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Telephone: +44(0)151 709 3334
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