{"id":216229,"date":"2026-01-04T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/216229\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:30:08","slug":"sun-sculpture-helios-by-luke-jerram-to-come-to-dorchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/216229\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun sculpture Helios by Luke Jerram to come to Dorchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The sculpture titled Helios, created by UK artist Luke Jerram, will be on display in the Corn Exchange for ten days starting from Saturday, March 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The globe is an impressive seven metres in diameter and represents the sun on a scale of approximately 1:200 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It blends solar imagery with animated lighting and is accompanied by a surround-sound composition by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson for a fully immersive experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Access to the installation, presented in partnership with Dorchester Town Council, will be free.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will also be a special relaxed viewing session on the morning of Monday, March 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visitors will also be able to view a separate exhibition featuring sun-themed artworks from the Dorset community and take part in creative activities including writing, movement, drawing and music, all centred on the theme of the sun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thousands of visitors are expected to come to see Helios, following the popularity of previous exhibits Museum of the Moon and Mars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project has been co-commissioned by the National Trust, Cork Midsummer Festival, Liverpool Cathedral, Old Royal Naval College and University College London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculpture titled Helios, created by UK artist Luke Jerram, will be on display in the Corn Exchange&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-216229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}