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Helios Sculpture Tours UK, Following Moon & Gaia
Coming to Suffolk in May
Helios, is the latest work in artist Luke Jerram’s impressive series, following Museum of the Moon and Gaia. Named after the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, Helios is a seven-metre spherical sculpture of the sun, which combines light, solar imagery and sounds recorded by NASA to bring the sun’s intricate details into a new light.
Helios’ arrival at Ickworth in Suffolk this May will mark not only its first visit to Suffolk, but also the first time the sculpture will be exhibited in the great outdoors.
Luke’s innovative installation is lit from within and its detailed surface incorporates solar imagery of sunspots, spicules and filaments. One centimetre of the sculpture represents 200km of the sun’s actual surface.
Together with the soundscape created from NASA recordings by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson, this immersive experience will allow visitors to explore the intricacies, power and scale of the sun’s surface in a way not previously seen.
Chloe Woodrow, Property Curator at Ickworth Estate said, “We are thrilled to be hosting Helios and to…
