Helios
When? 28 Mar 2026 to 06 Apr 2026
Where? Dorchester
In partnership with Dorchester Town Council
Helios is a new touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features 72dpi detailed imagery of the Sun’s surface – at an approximate scale of 1:200 million, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical artwork represents 2000km of the Sun’s surface. The installation is a fusion of solar imagery, sunlight and a specially created surround sound composition by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson. Helios follows on from Luke’s other astronomical artworks Museum of the Moon, (at Dorchester Arts in 2019), Gaia, and Mars (at Dorchester Arts in 2022).
All through the week there will be special evening events happening ‘under the Sun’ and full details will be posted on the website soon:
Saturday 28 March: Scripts Under the Sun workshops and Music Under the Sun
Monday 30 March: Drawing Under the Sun Tuesday
31 March: Movement Under the Sun Wednesday
1 April: An Evening Under the Sun (see next page for details)
Thursday 2 April: Scripts Under the Sun
Special relaxed session the morning of Monday 30 March.
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