Key information
Sat 28 March - Mon 6 April
Corn Exchange
10am - 4pm (see event details for evening opening)
Free, donations welcome (some events may be ticketed)
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.
Lead sponsor
Supported by Dorchester Town Council, Dorset Council, The Valentine Trust, The Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation, The Bunbury Trust, Dorchester Tourism Partnership, Dorchester BID, The Duchy of Cornwall
Helios has been co-commissioned by National Trust, Cork Midsummer Festival, Liverpool Cathedral, Old Royal Naval College and University College London.
Accessibility
Dorchester Corn Exchange has wheelchair access and toilet facilities for wheelchair users. If you have any specific requirements, then please let us know when booking tickets and we are more than happy to help.
Our bar
The fully-licenced bar opens half an hour before each performance.
Booking information
Tickets can currently be purchased online or by telephone. The telephone line is manned between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. At all other times please leave your name, telephone number and ticket requirements and we will call you back.
A £1 Future Fund levy is included in most ticket prices to support our work. This levy is included in the published ticket price. Concessionary prices (for events promoted by Dorchester Arts): where available, these are offered to under 18s, students, those in receipt of benefits and people on low income regardless of age.
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