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The building walls are covered in projections of clock faces layered over one another. They are rainbow coloured and all lead into one clock that acts as a focal point in the middle of some grand arches.
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‘It was just so hypnotising’ – Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington marks 30th anniversary with Luxmuralis’ light and sound show

Landmark Arts Centre has travelled through time with an immersive art exhibit, ending their 30th anniversary celebrations.

Luxmuralis – the duo comprised of artist Peter Walker and composer David Harper – will explore key moments in history from the 16 to 27 September at the Teddington-based arts hub, using sound, light and architecture.

The event comes at the end of Landmark Arts Centre’s 30th anniversary, themed fittingly for the birthplace of atomic timekeeping and in partnership with the National Physics Laboratory (NPL).

Event attendee, Steve Williams, 69, said: “The colours and the kaleidoscopic combinations, they’re just beautiful, especially when you can see some of the architecture of the buildings.”

Another, Salma Khan, 53, said: “It was just so hypnotising. It makes your hair stand on end.”

The church walls covered in a pink, purple and white kaleidoscope pattern that focuses in on the big end window.
The pink, purple and white pattern projected onto the walls of the Landmark Arts Centre moved and grew, expanding from the focal point of the church window (Image credit: Lauren Clarke)

Walker designed TIME to take his audience on a journey, visiting lots of different concepts, from the big bang to the creation of mobile phones.

An orangutan sits in the middle of the building's grand archways, surrounded by floral patterns in rich yellows, light blues and reds.
The picture of the orangutan took people by
surprise, getting an audible reaction from the
room. It hints at the importance of evolution in our pasts (Image credit: Lauren Clarke)
The walls of the building are dark but covered from floor to ceiling in white block text. In the centre, on top of the text, is a military personnel in inverted blue colours pointing towards the audience.
Another concept looked at war and conflict in a
striking visual with inverted colours (Image credit: Lauren Clarke)

He projects individually designed artworks as a continuous, moving collage onto buildings’ unique structures.

Walker said: “The idea of using light, which creates no damage, allowed me to look at using the vastness of the space in a way that had not been used before.”

Spectator Mary Woozeer, 71, said: “I just love the play on the building. The way they’ve got so many different angles and shapes. It never ceases to amaze me.”

The walls are covered in a light blue. At the bottom of the projection are many greek male silhouette all facing towards a large yellow greek vase in the centre.
The visuals used throughout the light show made use of the Landmark Arts Centre’s architecture, shaping themselves around the large archways at the end of the grand room (Image credit: Lauren Clarke)

Landmark Arts Centre is an independent charity that celebrates arts and culture locally, aiming to make it accessible to everyone.

General manager, Colin Newton, 41, said: “It’s incredibly important to make art accessible to everyone, particularly in this day and age where people are very focused on digital.

“We want people to get away from their phones and doing things where they’re actually engaged with other people.”

The Luxmuralis TIME exhibit is just one way the centre is achieving this.

Visitor Ali Brewim, 28, said: “I think local art projects make me feel more like there’s a sort of local culture, like there’s something going on in my area. It makes me feel part of the place.”

The charity will reinvest the revenue made from this event to help them continue hosting similar things for local people in the years to come.

Also on display at the exhibit are some NPL artefacts, including part of the atomic clock and a visual display of timekeeping.

A close up shot of part of an atomic clock. It appears to be made of metal structures and cogs. It has a small hole in the centre with a lots of little wires, lit up in orange.
The NPL partnered with Landmark Arts Centre, putting a part of their atomic clock on display for attendees to view throughout the event (Image credit: Lauren Clarke)

Featured image credit: Lauren Clarke

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