11/09/2007 05:30:55
The UK’s largest free arts festival takes place this weekend in Birmingham.
Artsfest is celebrating its 10th year in 2007, and one of this year’s most anticipated events is Blast, a multimedia performance staged around the disused Curzon railway station.
Created by artists including Turner Prize-nominee Richard Wilson, the event includes a massive projection of the Lumière Brothers’ seminal 1895 railway film Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat. The show will also feature the Steam Whistle Orchestra and the Large Hot Pipe Organ, orchestrated by flag-waving conductors on the platforms.
Meanwhile, on Saturday evening a Classical Fantasia will entertain around 10,000 visitors to Centenary Square. This event will include performances by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Opera, together with a synchronised firework display.
A full programme of events for Artsfest 2007 is available on the festival website.
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