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Home > Exhibition > Discover Ukraine projects light onto the Old Royal Naval Naval College

Discover Ukraine projects light onto the Old Royal Naval Naval College

By Caroline King - August 26, 2022Posted in : Art, Cabaret, Dance, Exhibition, Fair, Nature and Outdoors, Theatre

This August bank holiday weekend, you can discover Ukraine at the Old Royal Naval College in a moving light projection. Created by Kyiv-based photographer Yevgen Nikiforov and a Ukrainian team, it explores the rich cultural heritage of a nation currently under attack.

Discover Ukraine: Bits Destroyed is a projected artwork featuring 56 monumental mosaics, created in the style of many mosaics. It highlights the mosaics that have been destroyed in towns across Ukraine. The poignant piece is being projected onto the Old Royal Naval College at night, from Friday 26th to Monday 29th August, to help ensure that Ukraine’s cultural legacy is remembered. 

Old Royal Naval College (Image: ©ORNC and Jigsaw Design & Publishing)
Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich (Image: ©ORNC and Jigsaw Design & Publishing)

It’s not the only event taking place at the Old Royal Naval College over the long weekend. On Saturday, the Greenwich Fair takes place in the grounds and in Cutty Sark Gardens. It’s family-friendly and it’s free to attend, so if your stuck for ideas to entertain the kids this could be a winner. You can expect a whole host of street theatre, circus and dance performances.

Discover Ukraine is part of a season of UK/Ukraine culture and the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), which also includes a free talk by Nikiforov at the National Maritime Museum. And for those who’d like to donate the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund, you can do so here.

Looking for more free events to fill your spare time? Click this way!

When: 26th – 29th August 2022 at 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm and 10pm (at 15-minute durations)
Where: Lower Ground Square, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10 9NN
£: Free

More info: ornc.org and festival.org

Tagged With: Family events, Free events, Greenwich events, London, Old Royal Naval College

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