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Lincoln Cathedral hosts Luxmuralis light and sound show

Lincoln Cathedral hosts Luxmuralis light and sound show

BBC News11-02-2025
Lincoln Cathedral will be illuminated later as part of a sound and light show exploring time.Luxmuralis, which runs until 15 February, takes visitors from the present day back to "the very beginning of everything", according to its creators.The projections include text from HG Wells' The Time Machine and the inner workings of clocks.Artistic director Peter Walker said the cathedral provided a "beautiful backdrop" for the show.
He said: "It's a beautiful place to come anyway - it takes your breath away when you walk in."But with Luxmuralis we bring something quite unique."If you have never been to one of our shows before, I think you will be blown away."Mr Walker said cathedrals had a long-standing association with the arts, with stain glass windows and architecture bringing stories to life before the days of moving pictures."We call our work the stain glass windows of our time, and use it to tell these stories about the vast world around us," he added.
Samantha Mellows, director of visitor experience, said it was an opportunity to see the cathedral in "a completely different way".She said visitors would be able to take a step back from thinking about the minutes and hours of their daily routine to explore "the whole timeline of our planet, and far beyond".Tickets are available from the cathedral's website.Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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