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Luna Park 2021, Aspex Portsmouth
29/10/2021 - 07/11/2021 // 12:00 am - 12:00 pm @ Southsea Common
Aspex are delighted to announce that Luna Park 2021 is part of Brighton Digital Festival this Autumn. Luna Park 2021 is an eagerly anticipated new public artwork and Augmented Reality for Portsmouth designed by internationally renowned artists Ivan Morison and Heather Peak of Studio Morison. The piece has been conceived as a long-lasting tribute to their 53-foot high 2010 artwork Luna Park, which tragically burned down on Southsea Common.
This new piece of public art will consist of a bronze sculpture of the original, affectionately known by local residents as ‘The Southsea Dinosaur’, atop a fossil Portland stone plinth and totalling 1.4m high. A plaque on the plinth will also enable visitors to connect to an Augmented Reality experience on their smartphones – revealing a full-size digital rendering of the original artwork seemingly in front of them, becoming a spectre digitally resurrected in the distance!
All are welcome to visit the sculpture and Augmented Reality on Southsea Common for the duration of Brighton Digital Festival 2021. If you would like to find out more about Luna Park 2021 please visit our website aspex.org.uk
Luna Park 2021 has been commissioned by Aspex with donations from individuals through Crowdfunder and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and Portsmouth City Council.
This event is for...
All. The public, artists, children and families.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
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- Aspex Portsmouth
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