centre:mk launches environmentally themed installations as part of IF:MK

Out of the world art installations go on display at centre:mk as part of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival. As the headline sponsor of the festival, centre:mk, which is one of the UK’s top 10 shopping centres, showcases three extraordinary, free-to-view installations in the unexpected environment of a shopping mall, offering the ultimate injection of culture as lockdown eases, as well as endless Instagram opportunities.

‘Gaia’ by Luke Jerram measures 7m in diameter and features highly detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface. It is one of 3 pieces to go on display at the shopping centre, which will also feature ‘Arrivals + Departures’ by Yara + Davina and world premiere ‘Breathing Room’ by Anna Berry. The IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2021, of which centre:mk is the headline sponsor, runs in July from Saturday 10th to Friday 30th.

‘Breathing Room’ by Anna Berry, goes on display at centre:mk as part of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival. Picture date: Friday July 9, 2021. PA Photo. Breathing Room is a new kinetic installation that people can move within that has paper-like cones lining the structure and is powered by mechanics to move as if it is breathing. It is one of 3 pieces to go on display at the shopping centre, which will also feature ‘Arrivals + Departures’ by Yara + Davina and ‘Gaia’ by Luke Jerram. The IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2021, of which centre:mk is the headline sponsor, runs in July from Saturday 10th to Friday 30th. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Hordle/PA Wire

An art installation entitled ‘Arrivals + Departures’ by Yara + Davina, goes on display at centre:mk as part of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival. Picture date: Friday July 9, 2021. PA Photo.  The artwork displays names of people, submitted by the public in-person or online, as a way of commemorating a birth (an arrival) or a death (a departure). It is one of 3 pieces to go on display at the shopping centre, which will also feature ‘Gaia’ by Luke Jerram and world premiere ‘Breathing Room’ by Anna Berry. The IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2021, of which centre:mk is the headline sponsor, runs in July from Saturday 10th to Friday 30th.

Promising fun for families, art-lovers and environmentally conscious shoppers alike, the centre’s installations have been curated with the environment in mind, giving a nod to centre:mk’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035. Festival-revellers can enjoy the world premiere of Anna Berry’s ‘Breathing Room’, Yara + Davina’s ‘Arrivals + Departures’ and Luke Jerram’s ‘Gaia’.

Photo credit: Jonathan Hordle/PA Wire