For the eleventh year running, the Salford Lightwaves Festival is wooing onlookers for free. The popular walk along the riverside boasts a great atmosphere and a generous dose of culture all year around. For a handful of days this December, the popular promenade will showcase 14 illuminated installations designed by local, emerging, and internationally-acclaimed lumiculators (I did make that up).


From the 5th to the 8th of December the illumination exhibition designed by Quays Culture will be on display after dark. With regular guided tours including a BSL version at 7pm on the 7th, visitors can either have a mosey along at their own pace and discover what they find in their own way or can be shuffled along and given all the inside scoop. Perhaps both sounds like the best option.  

No booking is required so you can show up when you like and see what it has in store. There are bound to be some interesting messages and thought-provoking ideas for you to take home with you.

Via BBC
    
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In its third year running, the Shrewsbury creative trail is the proud home of not one but three complete Salvador Dali sculptures. The Spanish surrealist, who died in 1989 at the age of 84, preferred to use the term Transformations. His juxtapositions between concept, medium, and object bring a sense of otherworldliness and dream to our everyday lives. His character still lives on in his many creations and the various films he has been in.
 
His legacy is kept in perfect condition by The Dali Universe, in Switzerland, who receive requests from all over the world to exhibit his work. Shrewsbury in the UK is one of the lucky places to have been selected. The three works will be guarded by CCTV and closely monitored day and night. Not that Shrewsbury is known for troublemakers, it’s just good to be sure.
 
A 1954 surrealist piano with human legs is one of the sights visitors can see. To fit in with the theme of movement, the trail also will exhibit Homage to Terpsichore and Dalinian Dancer. Chosen to coincide with the 350th anniversary of John Weaver’s birth, the British choreographer and writer is being honoured with this international and multi-disciplined effort.
 
via The Guardian