Appetite Presents… Seasonal Specials: Shimmer Tree

Shimmer Tree is an impressive six metre high tree-like sound and light sculpture controlled by the wind. As the listener wanders underneath, the directional sound and changing resonances envelope the listener in an evolving and meditative sound bath that responds to the environment.

The sounds include Cumbrian nature samples, such as the red squirrels from Ullswater, curlews from Shap, dawn chorus from Walney Island and bees from Water Yeat.

After dark, Shimmer Tree is illuminated by pixel mapped LEDs that respond in real-time to the sound creating pulses and patterns of coloured light up and around the tree.

Dates | Saturday 24 -Wednesday 28 October

Times | Running 12pm – 8pm each day

Location | Stoke-on-Trent City Centre – near Hanley Bus Station

Just drop in. No need to book | Runs continuously.

Learn more about Seasonal Specials here.

Access and Useful Info:

• Audience numbers are limited underneath the installation to enable social distancing
• Please stay in your household bubble and observe social distancing when inside. Remember: Hands / Face / Space.
• Check out our Seasonal Specials Access Guidance here.
• Find our COVID-Safe Visitor Guidance here.

About Seasonal Specials

We’re returning to Stoke-on-Trent City Centre with our Seasonal Specials, bringing a little light to those dark autumn nights from Saturday 24 October to Wednesday 28 October where you can enjoy CHORUS and Shimmer Tree.

Additionally, The Three Counties Cubes exhibition will be in Stoke-on-Trent from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 22 November. You can find more information on our exhibition here.

Seasonal Specials are delivered by Appetite and supported by Stoke-on-Trent BID (Business Improvement District), Stoke-on-Trent City Council , The Without Walls Touring Network Partnership, and ArtsKeele.

Appetite is an Arts Council England-funded Creative People and Places programme, led by New Vic Theatre in partnership with Partners in Creative Learning, 6Towns Radio, Staffordshire University, Newcastle BID (Business Improvement District), Keele University and Go Kidsgrove