City of Light Next Gen

CITY OF LIGHT NEXT GEN

Tamworth has been known historically as the ‘City of Light’, and in 2023 Tamworth locals brought that theme into the spotlight.

The night featured large scale animation artworks over three sites from Tamworth based animation artist Daniel Stanley as well as animated artworks from Gomeroi artist Kayleb Sampson-Waters. There was a community stop animation projection from students from the Tamworth Regional Council After School Art Classes and Tamworth Art Academy workshops accompanied by a projected movie of images sourced from the Tamworth Film and Sound Archive.

This event saw Fitzroy Plaza transformed into a site for the community to be illuminated by possibility and explore their renewed urban environment and reinvigorated space. The area was a glow with all things illuminated including projections on buildings, glowing fairy gardens and interactive LED and Blu light activities for the whole family.

This project funding was secured by Tamworth Regional Council through the NSW Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment ‘Streets as Shared Spaces’ initiative.