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dbn Lighting from Manchester recently designed and supplied lighting equipment to two innovative site-specific shows in Hull created by outdoor arts and performance specialists Walk The Plank, in their role as artistic directors of Hull Freedom festival - a diverse mix of arts, music and cultural events staged over three days in and around the city of Hull, UK.
dbn is a regular collaborator with Walk The Plank, known for their "out-of-the-box' approach and imaginative, eye-catching public art presentations which challenge, engage and appeal to wide and diverse audiences.
dbn's Stephen Page and Nick Walton lit the two one-off shows which formed two of the main spectacular set pieces for the festival.
Voices of Freedom
Using the River Hull as the narrator, this opening night spectacular took place along its banks in between the Scale Lane Swing Bridge and Myton A63 Road Bridge which is about 120 metres south.
The award winning Scale Lane Swing Bridge was designed by architects McDowell & Beneditti and opened in 2013, linking Scale Lane and Tower Street and forging a path between the city's historic old town and The Deep submarium. It is the only moving bridge in the UK where people can stay on it while it swings.
The Myton Bridge was opened in 1981 and is an asymmetric cable stayed box girder steel swing bridge on the A63 (Garrison Road), with spans of 55.5 and 28.5 metres.
Directed by Nick Clarke and produced by Ellie Turner for Walk The Plank, the dramatic action included a boat moving up and down the river with one of the main characters on-board standing on a tower, and Hull's own...