An observation of the ebbs and flows of the waters and the people with the tides and the times of day..
As part of the wider Wayfaring project , this was a collaboration with Arts University Bournemouth with 18 final year students.
We had a fantastic five days on the island: the sea frozen around the edges and a steady wind from the North East.
Illuminated winter installation at Wakehurst Place, part of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
Four calling birds and other assorted poultry for Christmas at Kew at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
with Oceanallover and Trevor Leat at Unexpected Festival Exeter.
for InsideOut Festival. AndNow: invite us to explore a hilltop location with commanding views across the South Dorset Ridgeway.
at Bestival and Camp Bestival. Passengers are requested to don their life-jackets and step in to the outer space of the celestial dreamers..
for SO Festival, Skegness. There is a small desert island in the middle of Marine Lake, inhabited by huge rat and an angry coot….
We were pleased to be able do the pyrotechnical colouring in for Transexpress at SO Festival Skegness.
Animating the Wye Valley River Festival with fire and fireworks at Hereford, Monmouth, Llandogo and Chepstow
It was time for tea at Hereford, Ross-0n-Wye, Lydbrook, Monmouth, Tintern Station, Llandogo and Chepstow.
Set design, making and devising with Gonzo Moose for their latest show Great Scott.
For the winter walks at Wakehurst Place: an installation of fire and feathers over two weekends.
Inspired by the turning of another year, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the rejuvenation of fire.
A flames installation for halloween at St Nicolas’ churchyard Radstock, Somerset in collaboration with DNA Arts, The Natural Theatre Company and The Desperate Men.
An installation of flames, flags and flowers: increasing the peace at Bestival.
Observing the principles of freedom from persecution 800 years on at Salisbury Cathedral.
An exploration of Brighton’s West Pier, it’s mortality; people and culture at the very edge of land and sea; migration.
Installations for Glow Wild winter walks in the grounds of Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place,
A sculptural installation commissioned by Pinwheel and Newcastle and Gateshead Initiative.
Christmas lights on fire and firework celebration with the Lantern Company, Liverpool.
Sculptural fire and fireworks for the Halloween Lantern Carnival finale in collaboration with The Lantern Company, Liverpool.
Gallery Installation commissioned by Bridport Arts centre and Inside Out Festival.
Sculptural fire, fireworks and installation for Wilderness Festival. Cornbury Estate Oxfordshire.
Fire installation and fireworks from the old bridge over the Wye at Chepstow.
A respectable midden for a legal boar to inhabit.
A fire illumination on the banks of the Wye in Monmouth.
The story of Horace the gardener preserving the scent of the flowers.
Inspired by the geometric patterns of nature this installation was a parabolically curved Fermat’s spiral: somewhat like a sunflower head.
Fireworks on the river as finale to Exeter’s festival of art in Unexpected places.
A performed floating fire and pyrotechnical installation themed on water and celestial bodies.
Pyrotechnical punctuations, flames and finale fireworks in collaboration with Mischief La Bas.
Floating fire installation at Liverpool’s Halloween Lantern Carnival for The Lantern Company.
Over the past decades we, whether as And Now: or with other companies, have designed, technically designed and built, in conjunction with skilled teams of makers many and various large scale sculptural fires.
Mandy Dike was a co-founder, an associate director and an artistic lead of The World Famous: it was a significant body of work, spanning many years.
