Flaming metal sculptures, cascading fiery fountains, brain activity tracking, a labyrinth of light and an illuminated 900-year-old graveyard are part of Aberdeen's festival of light celebrations.
The Spectra festival will return to the city this month and will also feature digital artist Jen Lewin for the first time in Scotland with an installation, The Pool. It incorporates 40,000 LED lights and computerised pads that change colour as visitors hop, skip and jump on them.
The festival is organised by Aberdeen City Council, Spectra 2016 and is a free event.
The four-day light festival will start on February 11, and many of the installations will reflect the theme, Spark of Inspiration, to celebrate the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.
Union Terrace Gardens will host some of the 20 installations which will include an app trail, Illuminators of Aberdeen, The Pool and a fire garden.
spectraberdeen.com
Glasgow Gaelic music promoters Ceòl’s Craic present Gaelictronica, a programme of vocal and instrumental, at CCA in Sauchiehall Street on Saturday, February 13. On the bill will be the League of Highland Gentlemen, whose music features traditional instruments including pipes, fiddle and whistle with beats and samples, the new pairing of composer Ross Whyte and singer Alasdair Whyte, and flautist, vocalist and electronica artist Shona Brown, pictured, who will present new works featuring Gaelic Psalm singers from Dowanvale Free Church and Glasgow Reformed Presbyterian Church. The music begins at 8:45pm.
ceolscraic.org
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