Mr Wilson’s presents Opal’s Comet – a vivid, animated artwork transported by a transient community on a pilgrimage along the UK’s inland waterways. As the crew navigate real-world challenges of boat life, their vessel functions as both exhibition space and stage. Each voyage is soundtracked by a live band, performing a newly composed song-cycle.
These songs are offered to local choirs and individuals as a secular carol book. Each song explores a different aspect of grief and can be used as a conversation catalyst. They are also an invitation to join the Opal’s Comet journey, a proposition to sing together in the landscape; on tow paths, locks and bridges.
The journey of Opal’s Comet can also accessed and followed remotely via live social media broadcasts, podcasts and other digital documentation of the artwork, music and journey.
Opal’s comet offers audiences and participants the opportunity to slow down and take stock, to celebrate shared values; pay homage to those we’ve lost and discuss how we might navigate a new future.
2022 dates coming up:
24th-25th September – Littleborough Arts Festival
14th-15th October – Manchester City Centre presented by HOMEMcr/ Manchester Folk Festival
6th Nov – Liverpool area- Sefton to Bootle presented by Canal and River Trust, visiting Lock and Quay, Bootle.
18th-19th November- Wigan Light Night
