BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3899@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180721 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180916 DTSTAMP:20180722T193228Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/warrington-museum-art-gallery-ni ght-edge/ SUMMARY:Warrington Museum & Art Gallery: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery: N ight Edge DESCRIPTION:Museum unveils new exhibition exploring the world at night\nWar rington Contemporary Arts Festival is bringing to town a brand new photogr aphy exhibition exploring the world after dark.\nNight Edge is a captivat ing new collection on display at Warrington Museum &\; Art Gallery\, do cumenting life in the city after hours.\nTelling the stories of deserted s treets to blue light services\, Night Edge charts these nocturnal hours\ ; from the local landmarks that are brought to life through darkness\, to the firefighters\, midwives\, clock repairers and transient walkers who wa nder the world at night.\nBringing this vision to life are three local art ists: Estelle Cadwallader\, Hazel Hughes\, and Eli Regan\, who all relishe d the opportunity to portray areas of Warrington\, Manchester and London a fter hours.\nHazel explained: “Creating all of these images was both ex hilarating and humbling. The landscapes around the town allowed us time t o play\, explore and be creative\, but the more typical story-telling port raits gave us a window into nightshift workers that was both enlightening  and awe-inspiring.”\n The trio used a combination of traditional doc umentary photography and long exposure shots\, which involved opening the aperture of the camera up for longer periods of time (sometimes up to 30 s econds)\, rather than the usual split-second “snap”.\nIndulging in thi s technique allowed the photographers to become really creative\, and Este lle in particular enjoyed playing around with this idea in some of her old haunts.\nShe explained: “One night shoot I really enjoyed was for the “Smiths tribute – Night Rave” image. I spent a lot of happy weekends out dancing in Mr Smiths when I was younger\, so we decided to set up a c amera on a tripod and opened the shutter for 25 seconds\, and for those 25 seconds – without caring what passing cars thought – myself and Hazel raved around holding a light in our hands. Now Mr Smiths is just a forgot ten\, empty space\, but I feel the final image is a fitting tribute to all those who\, like me\, loved dancing on that spot back when Mr Smiths was the place to be.”\nNight Edge opens at Warrington Museum &\; Art Gal lery this Saturday (21 July)\, and is open until Saturday 15 September.\n Delighted by the outcome of the photographs\, the team are now hoping to f ollow up their work with a new series\, which could feature the current ex hibition on display at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.\nHazel said: “ I'm really pleased with the finished images\, but it has certainly whet my appetite for more night-time photography. The night is dark and full of t reasures\, and we've only just begun to discover them.”\nEli added: “T here's a quote by Vincent van Gogh that says: “I often think that the ni ght is more alive and more richly coloured than the day”\, and I hope th at people come away with this idea too. The night is beautiful: endlessly alluring\, random and melancholic.”\nAs the team prepare to present thei r exhibition to the public this weekend\, Hazel is hoping that their work will inspire more people to take the time to appreciate the world in darkn ess.\nShe said: “There are two things that I hope people will take from Night Edge: firstly\, I want to inspire people to notice their night-time surroundings. To turn out the lights and let their eyes adjust to the dark \, and to be delighted and surprised by the details of the night. Secondly \, I see our portraits as a toast to the dedicated workers who keep our em ergency services ticking over during the night. I hope that people leave o ur exhibition with a renewed appreciation for these dedicated night-owls. ” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/Night-Edge1-1.jpg LOCATION:Warrington Museum & Art Gallery\, Bold Street\, Warrington\, WA1 1 DR\, Warrington\, United Kingdom GEO:53.38857;-2.596091 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bold Street\, Warrington\, WA1 1DR\, Warrington\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Warringto n Museum & Art Gallery:geo:53.38857,-2.596091 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR