Lumen Studios commissioned twenty artists from all over the globe to create a time-lapse of the night sky during the pandemic.. Artists were briefed to film a time-lapse of the night sky safely from their backyard, garden or an easily accessible isolated location. These time-lapses were combined to create one long video. 

Looking up at the sky is a shared experience, and is an act that connects us to our distant ancestors as they would have seen a similar view. Due to the constellations differing depending on our position in the Northern and Southern hemisphere, we will see the night sky from slightly different angles. By combining the views of the stars together in one video, we will get a feeling of the Earth spinning through space from a range of vantage points. As a result, the video is likely to seem both disorientating and dizzying. During these times of coronavirus, we may feel as though we are not able to explore the landscape as we usually would. Instead, we hope that viewers may be encouraged to explore the universe above their head from their immediate surroundings. There are many things to be seen by looking up, and it helps us to connect to others that may be enjoying the view at the same time.

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Images 1-4 by Louise Beer

Image 5: Our Night Skies by Tilly Rae → @tillylakindesign