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Scotland's Festival of Light in Aberdeen 💫 8 – 11 February 2024 We'll be open from 5.30pm - 10pm daily, with final entry at 9.30pm #SpectraABDN
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Spectra 2023 is now over, after four nights of stunning projections, installations and artworks in Aberdeen City Centre! 💡
It was wonderful to return Home to Union Terrace Gardens, and to see so many people enjoying the artworks and the local businesses.
📸 Ian Georgeson
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🎉 We are OPEN! 💜
Spectra is open now at Union Terrace Gardens, Marischal Square and Aberdeen Art Gallery until 10pm tonight - we can't wait to see you! Spectra 2023 runs until Sun 12th Feb and it a free, unticketed event!
@AberdeenCC
#SpectraABDN
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📣 SPECTRA, Scotland’s Festival of Light, returns from 9 - 12 February 2023!📣
💡 We can't wait to light up the winter nights with installations, projections and sculptures, as well as returning home to Union Terrace Gardens for the first time in five years!
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We're getting ready for the second night of
#SpectraABDN
, and we love this video from last night which shows what's in store for you 🎉
We also have some things to keep in mind ahead of your visit! 👇 (1/5)
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#SpectraABDN
takes place across multiple areas of Aberdeen City
⚡Marischal College Quad
⚡Broad Street
⚡Upper Kirkgate
⚡Schoolhill
⚡St Nicholas Kirkyard
⚡The Kirk of St Nicholas
⚡Aberdeen Art Gallery
13 - 16 Feb 2020
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A huge THANK YOU to our fantastic team of volunteers who helped make this year's Spectra a success! 💜
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🌃 It’s almost time!
#SpectraABDN
from
@AberdeenCC
returns to Aberdeen City Centre on Thursday, open 6:30pm-10pm through Sun 13 Feb.
So what do we have for you to look forward to? A 🧵…
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Just 2 weeks to go until
#SpectraABDN
returns ✌
Planning ahead? Well we're excited to share this year's festival map, showing exactly where you'll findall of the amazing artworks from 9th - 12th February.
Fancy a guide to what you'll be seeing? Time for a THREAD ⬇️
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It's almost time to explore
#SpectraABDN
2024! 🗺️
We’re delighted to reveal this year’s map showcasing where you can find each of this year’s wonderful artworks and performers between 8 and 11th February!
📍More about this year's programme:
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Due to the exceptional popularity across festival sites tonight we would encourage anyone setting off to remember we are also open tomorrow from the earlier time of 5.30pm 💡
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It's officially SPECTRA week! The teams are on site setting up and getting ready to open the doors at Union Terrace Gardens, Marischal College and St. Nicholas Kirk this Thursday at 6.30pm. We cant wait to welcome you to the
#SpectraABDN
2018 festival.
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Did you hear our news? We've got giant musical see-saws coming to SPECTRA! We think Wave-Field by Lateral Office looks a bit awesome and you can find it in Union Terrace gardens next week! Full story at
#SpectraABDN
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That's a wrap! Thank you everyone who turned out to support
#SpectraABDN
from
@AberdeenCC
, it was an extraordinary four days. Please take a moment to complete the
@AberdeenChamber
survey and share your thoughts.
Image: Writ Large / 📸 Ian Georgeson
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🌟We're excited to reveal the SPECTRA 2024 programme! 🌟
Inspired by the theme of ‘Connections’, Scotland’s Festival of Light will return to illuminate Aberdeen from 08 to 11 February.
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💡
#SpectraABDN
2023 - Programme Launched! 💡
Scotland's Festival of Light returns Home to Union Terrace Gardens from 9-12 Feb 2023, with a spectacular programme to light up the heart and imagination 💜
Read all about it 👉
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#SpectraABDN
is now open! Our award winning light festival is FREE & opens at 6.30pm tonight. Site opening/closing times: Union Terrace Gardens, 1830-2200 (last entry 2130), The St Nicholas Kirk 1830-2130 (last entry 2100) and Marischal College 1830-2130 (last entry 2100)
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Thanks for having us Aberdeen!👏
Tell us what you thought about Spectra Aberdeen 2020 by filling out our quick survey: 🐙
(survey closes 28th Feb)
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🐬 In a new co-commission between the
@RSPBScotland
and Spectra, film director Kate Charter will create a new projection mapping work highlighting the rich biodiversity of Aberdeen’s coastal waters bringing the sounds and sights of Aberdeen’s Harbour to the city centre. 🐬
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at Spectra tonight! 🎉
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Please take a moment to fill in our survey and help us plan future events -
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It's been incredible to see so many people out enjoying the Spectra lights over the last two evenings. While we wait to welcome all of our weekend visitors we have some useful info for those coming along tonight and tomorrow👇(1/4)
📸 Ian Georgeson
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#SpectraABDN
takes place across multiple areas of Aberdeen City
⚡Marischal College Quad
⚡Broad Street
⚡Upper Kirkgate
⚡Schoolhill
⚡St Nicholas Kirkyard
⚡The Kirk of St Nicholas
⚡Robert Gordon College Quad
⚡Aberdeen Art Gallery
13 - 16 Feb 2020
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And the winner is…US!
#SpectraAbdn
has won Festival of the Year category at
#ScotEventAwards
Well done
@curatedplace
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Bringing their unique 3D Street Art to the city
@DesignsInAir
will release a sea creatures both real and imagined across the entire
#SpectraABDN
🐳 Playfully bringing to life the intrigue and beauty of the deep 🦑
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🧵That's a wrap on SPECTRA 2024!
Thank you to everyone who joined us over the past 4 days and made our 10th anniversary even more special! We've enjoyed connecting with so many of you....
📸 Ian Georgeson
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It's SPECTRA Launch Day! Aberdeen's free festival of light kicks off at 6.30pm across 5 sites in the city centre:
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Are you sad that SPECTRA, Aberdeen's Festival of Light, is over for another year? Here's a few pictures of this year's festival to keep you going...
#SpectraABDN
#OnlyInABDN
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We're thrilled to announce our latest lineup addition, TOGETHER. Spectra and
@AberdeenCC
are excited to work with
@AberdeenUni
to realise this experience, the first time the spectacular public-art installation by
@LucidCreates___
has appeared in Scotland!
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And that's a wrap! A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out and supported SPECTRA 2018! To all of our artists, volunteers, stewards and everyone who helps SPECTRA to be a great success - we couldn't do it without you!
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Planning your Spectra visit?
Did you know you can get a code for a day of free bus travel during the festival, courtesy of
@FirstAberdeen
, by signing up to our mailing list? 👇
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That's SPECTRA 2018 done. Huge thanks to you all for coming out and making it a big success again.
See you on at the dancefloor for the last night of the music programme!
#SpectraABDN
#onlyinABDN
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2017 was our biggest & best year yet. You came, you saw, you loved! But that was so last year. We’re back & bigger than ever before & we're sharing some our 2018 festival highlights over the next few days! Check them out, comment, let us know what you're excited about!
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That's a wrap on night 1 of
#SpectraABDN
and it feels great to be back! Thanks to everyone that came down to the city centre to hang with us and check out the work. See you for more tomorrow night.
🎨: Hypercube by
@TL_Circus
📸: David Officer
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#SpectraABDN
takes place across multiple areas of Aberdeen City
⚡Marischal College Quad
⚡Broad Street
⚡Upper Kirkgate
⚡Schoolhill
⚡St Nicholas Kirkyard
⚡The Kirk of St Nicholas
⚡Robert Gordon College Quad
⚡Aberdeen Art Gallery
13 - 16 Feb 2020
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Spectra Aberdeen 2020 is a go!
✨☄️🐙✨☄️🐙
Share your Spectra Festival moments with us using
#SpectraABDN
on twitter and Instagram!
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It's been incredible to see the city centre buzzing with energy for
#SpectraABDN
from
@AberdeenCC
! What have been your highlights?
#YS2022
#TalesOfScotland
#visitABDN
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It's wonderful to see so many people visiting us and interacting with the artworks!
We ask that you please be gentle with the artworks as some are fragile, and especially with these gentle giants who are visiting us for Spectra!
📸 Ian Georgeson
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Our 2018 festival programme is now live! Check out our full light installation listing online at and stay tuned for our music programme launching next week!
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That's it!
#SpectraABDN
is over for another year. Thanks to the thousands who came along and jumped in the pool ☺
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🎆 Happy new year! We hope to see you all very soon for Scotland's Festival of Light, 10-13 Feb.
(image from Spectra 2020, credit Ian Georgeson)
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🚨 We're experiencing long queues at the Art Gallery for Gaia tonight, waiting times estimated at 45mins. Please be advised, if you don't make it in tonight, Gaia is open to visit during the daytime tomorrow and through till 10pm!
#SpectraABDN
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We know many of you won't be thinking of next year yet, but make sure you've got SPECTRA 2018 in your diaries! We return on 8 - 11 February!
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A huge wall of lightboxes created by school children from across Aberdeen. A big slab of colour in UTG
#SpectraABDN
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#SpectraABDN
takes place across multiple areas of Aberdeen City
⚡Marischal College Quad
⚡Broad Street
⚡Upper Kirkgate
⚡Schoolhill
⚡St Nicholas Kirkyard
⚡The Kirk of St Nicholas
⚡Aberdeen Art Gallery
13 - 16 Feb 2020
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Important info *THREAD* for those joining us at Spectra 2020 🐙✨☄️
Please dress appropriately, many of the artworks will be outdoors with queuing systems in place for busy periods. We would you wrap up warm and wear sensible footwear to have an enjoyable
#SpectraABDN
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#SpectraABDN
2018 Festival Highlight. Parabolas creates an eclectic geometric colour landscape that will electrify Union Terrace Gardens. And did you know that each section takes over an hour to be created? AND each dome has over 40 sections that need to be completed...?
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Thanks to The List for their spotlight on the Spectra 2018 music programme, filled with videos and tracks by some of the Icelandic acts hopping south for the festival. Check it out and let us know who you're looking forward to seeing!
#SpectraABDN
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The Eloa of the digital forest is an interactive light and sound installation that allows digital entities to similarly manifest and engage with the real world....
Experience it 13 - 16 Feb 2020 at
#SpectraABDN
⚡
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It's officially SPECTRA week! The teams are on site setting up and getting ready to open the doors at Union Terrace Gardens, Marischal College and St. Nicholas Kirk this Thursday at 6.30pm. We cant wait to welcome you to the
#SpectraABDN
2018 festival.
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SPECTRA 2024 is here! 🥳
We'll be open from 5:30-10pm (final entry at 9:30pm approx.) between Thursday 8th and Sunday 11th at locations across Aberdeen City Centre.
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Ooooohhhh
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🚨Announcement Thread🚨
We have worked very hard to try and keep Spectra up and running despite Storm Dennis’s efforts, however the safety and enjoyment of our visitors is paramount...
@AberdeenCC
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Thank you to all who submitted words, stories and urban legends about Aberdeen for TOGETHER, we are really touched by the response 🙌. We hope you will visit TOGETHER by
@LucidCreates___
as it makes its Scottish premiere, 10-13 Feb in Castlegate.
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Have you planned your visit to SPECTRA yet? Pick up a map or download it from our site:
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It's night 2 of
#SpectraABDN
🌑 We're loving seeing your amazing photos of the many installations, please keep on sharing! We couldn't skip the opportunity share some images and to talk about the spectacular TOGETHER by
@LucidCreates___
.
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✨The SPECTRA 2020 programme is here!✨
🗓️ 13 - 16 February 2020
The streets of Aberdeen will light up with spectacular installations inspired by Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters, from giant sea creatures to torrential neon rain... 🌊
✨
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Hidden Orchestra absolutely smashing it in the Assembly tonight. Next up, Emma Pollock in the Tunnels!
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✍️ Writ Large with
@NeuReekie
As part of Scotland’s
#YS2022
, brand new commissions Writ Large will take place at sites across the city, combining creative light installations with words to bring Scottish prose and poetry to life.
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That is SPECTRA finished for 2017. Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks to all our volunteers, crew and artists.
#SpectraABDN
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SPECTRA 2024 starts in 2 days! 📆
We're excited to reveal the official trailer for this year's festival showcasing some of the fantastic artworks you can expect to see this year.
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Spectra, Aberdeen's Festival of Light, returns 9-12 February 2017!
See for more details
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Excited to announce our new music programme for
#SpectraABDN
2018! Our outstanding music line up, supported by
@EventScotNews
, will see venues across the city be taken over by a smorgasbord of Nordic & UK talent. Full listings & tickets on sale now at
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And that's a wrap for Saturday night 🎉
If you came to see
#SpectraABDN
we'd love to hear your thoughts. Take some time to fill in our survey and share your experience with us
📸 Ian Georgeson
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SPECTRA is turning 10 in 2024! 🎂🔟
To help us celebrate, and get excited for the upcoming festival, we’d love to hear about your favourite Spectra memory or moment. Let us know ⬇️
📸Image credit: Ian Georgeson
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Spectra, Aberdeen's Festival of Light, returns 9-12 February 2017!
See for more details
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Are you ready for day 3 of SPECTRA? 🥳
If you haven't had a chance to explore this year's festival, here's a glance at some of the excitement you can expect...
📷 Video credit: Richie Morgan
#SpectraABDN
#Aberdeen
#Scotland
#ScotlandsFestivalofLight
@aberdeencc
@visitabdn
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Spectra, Aberdeen's Festival of Light, returns 9-12 February 2017!
See for more details
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📣 SPECTRA, Scotland's Festival of Light, returns to Aberdeen in 2022. Discover more here:
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We are experiencing high numbers at the moment with queue times of approximately 45 minutes. We're making adjustments to speed this up so please do bear with us, we really appreciate your patience.
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We are super excited... we have a little announcement coming up later tomorrow about our 2018 programme! Stay tuned...
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Hats off (or maybe not) to those who have joined us this evening!
Despite a little wind and rain, it’s a great to see all the smiles.
If you can brave the weather ( open till 10pm) it’s a great time to make the most of minimal queues before what’s bound to be a busy weekend…
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🎆 Happy Hogmanay! We can't promise fireworks, but we're already excited about all the light and colour we'll be bringing to Aberdeen in 2023...
👀 Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
📸 Photo from Spectra 2022, Trumpet Flowers, photo credit: Ian Georgeson
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Looking for a deal that just makes sense? ☕️
Common Sense Coffee House and Bar located at Union Terrace Gardens will be staying open late until 10pm during SPECTRA, serving a special Spectra Toastie, Soup, Hot Chocolate and a special limited-edition Spectra Cocktail!
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Free travel to SPECTRA with
@FirstAberdeen
! 🚌🚍
First Bus are helping us connect audiences to SPECTRA once again this year by offering FREE travel to-and-from the festival thanks to a special ticket offer!
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#SpectraABDN
light festival illuminates Aberdeen's reopened Union Terrace Gardens - via
@BBCNorthEast
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Andy Brydon, Director of Curated Place, who produce the light festival each year, took time out from his busy day to tell us what you can expect at this year's SPECTRA:
#SpectraABDN
#OnlyInABDN
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Wow, thanks everyone who came out yesterday to support
#SpectraABDN
from
@AberdeenCC
! Be aware you can visit Gaia at the Art Gallery until 4pm today. The Gallery then closes until 6:30pm when it reopens for Spectra. It was very busy last night, so there could be a wait for entry.
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🧵Thank you to all the local businesses who embraced the SPECTRA spirit and provided a range of offers to the Festival’s visitors. You made the Festival feel even more special! 💜 We have designed a short survey measuring the impact that this year’s Festival has had on businesses
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It's been wonderful to see so many people out enjoying SPECTRA over the past 3 days! If you've visited the Festival, share your thoughts with us to help us make improvements for future events:
📷 Ian Georgeson
#SpectraABDN
#Aberdeen
#Scotland
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We are having a little tech issue (of course!) with how our map is viewing on our website. We are working to fix it asap, but you can also find it across our social media accounts (here!) and we can always drop in an email to you during office hours!
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💫 SPECTRA is back for its 10th anniversary! 🔟 🌟
Between 8 – 11 February 2024, SPECTRA, Scotland’s Festival of Light, will once again be lighting up the dark winter nights in the Granite City. 🔦
📸Image credit: Ian Georgeson
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We’d like to say a huge thank you to those who came and shared the return of Spectra with us this year.
@AberdeenCC
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Heading down to SPECTRA tonight? Check out our map! Or you can view/download our map online at
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We have the deal to make your trip to SPECTRA even sweeter! Handmade doughnut shop Dough & Co (
@YourDoughnuts
) located on Belmont Street, will be staying open late until 8pm during SPECTRA and they will also be offering a limited-edition SPECTRA inspired doughnut. 🍩
#SpectraABDN
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Artist Spotlight 🔦
Award-winning Scottish photographer, David Gilliver Photography, has worked with Aberdeen school pupils and students from
@NESCollege
to help them master the possibilities of 'Light Painting' through the use of long exposure photography. 📷
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😍 We're thrilled to be a part of Scotland's Year of Stories 2022 and have exciting plans for February, including ‘Writ Large’, a large scale projection of some of our finest contemporary storytellers’ prose and poetry. Read all about
#YS2022
#TalesOfScotland
below 👇
📢 We are delighted to announce a nationwide programme of more than 60 events to celebrate the Year of Stories 2022! This year-long celebration will showcase the wealth of stories inspired by, written, or created in Scotland.
#YS2022
#TalesOfScotland
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At SPECTRA, we love photographers and we want you to enjoy your visit. We've got some tips:
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Welcome to the team,
@AberdeenUni
! 🙌 Spectra returns 10-13 February, and we couldn't be more excited about it.
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Spectra loves local 💜
We are delighted to have a number of local businesses supporting Spectra 2024, including law firm
@BurnessPaullLLP
, and family-owned
@FinniesJeweller
, helping us bring an extra sparkle to Aberdeen in February!
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It's the
@ScotEventAwards
tonight in Glasgow &
#SpectraABDN
is up for 4 awards! Fingers crossed! Updates to follow...
#ScotEventAwards
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How do we support local and international artists to live and work in Aberdeen?
⚡️Shed light on big ideas at the
#SpectraABDN
Catalyst Conference⚡️
14 - 15 Feb 2020
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Fancy helping to bring Scotland's festival of light to life? We're on the look out for volunteers to join our fantastic festival team next month and would love to hear from you!
Read more here 👇
📸 GAIA - Luke Jerram (Pic - Ian Georgison)
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People transfixed by Paul Freidlander's Light Wave Power at
#SpectraABDN
, thinking about
#gravitywaves
today? :)
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