Major cultural event and installation 'PoliNations' comes to Birmingham

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PoliNations will be a vibrant living oasis in Birmingham’s city centre filled with thousands of plants that have been co-grown and co-planted with local schools and community groups. It will be brought to life each day through forest tours, audio baths, light shows, talks and performances while the towering ‘supertrees’ will capture rainwater and create electricity through wind power to deliver a low carbon event.

PoliNations is produced by Trigger Collective, which is led by Bristol-based arts organisation Trigger, whose Artistic-Director Angie Bual is working with multi-disciplinary designer Carl Robertshaw, set and costume designer Bronia Housman, events specialist Dock Street Events, architectural studioTHISS, and horticulturalists Arbor-Nova.

For theproject, Trigger has brought together experts in the fields of horticulture, science, architecture, and the arts from the likes of Chelsea Flower Show to Notting Hill Carnival and London 2012 to RuPaul’s Drag Race (UK).

Each evening, under the canopy of the ‘supertrees’ (fabricated by Format Engineers), visitors will experience an incredible light show designed by Matt Daw-the light designer behind international theatre and concert events including opera, film, exhibitions and large events with the likes of The XX, Sigur Rós, Björk and The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Troilus and Cressida.

The installation will be in place from 2-18 September.