A 12-month rooftop participation project currently taking place in Hull will form part of the build-up to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Hull Vigil opened in a specially-built observation cabin on the roof of Hull College in May last year. On each day since, each sunrise and sunset over the city has been witnessed by a different person occupying the cabin on their own.
When the last person views the sunset on May 3, a total of 755 people will have shared the same solitary experience in an event produced by the city’s Freedom Festival. OAUK’s Director Angus MacKechnie took watch for the Saturday night ‘Sunset Vigil’ on 4 Sep last year:
Freedom Festival Artistic Director and Chief Executive Mikey Martins said: “The Vigil sadly comes to end on May 3 and we still can’t quite believe it has been happening for such a long time, however it doesn’t end there.
After the Hull Vigil project is finished, a book will be published in a partnership with Hull paper firm GF Smith to produce what will be a beautiful book which will be launched in August as part of this year’s Freedom Festival. There will also be an exhibition, so then you will be able hear what the Vigil was about and what it meant to so many people.”
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