Compagnie Carabosse 'Fire Garden' in Milton Keynes

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As part of the cultural events surrounding the Olympics, the art exhibition 'Fire Gardens' was held at Stonehenge amongst the stone circle. (Unfortunately, the final day of the exhibition was cancelled due to the non-stop rain that the UK has been having.) However, I was lucky to discover that the 'Fire Gardens' exhibition was going to take place in Milton Keynes for the Milton Keynes International Festival a week later (toward the end of July). I jumped at the opportunity to see it, and I was not disappointed.

'Fire Gardens' is the work of French arts group Compagnie Carabosse, and it is an art exhibition made of fire and sculpture. The 'Fire Gardens' have visited many places worldwide, and each is slightly different depending on the space that it is in. In Milton Keynes, Campbell Park came to life with a labyrinth of flaming sculptures, flame-lit trails, music, moving metal figurines, and various types of flames using a variety of torches, cauldrons, and flaming pots.

Do not hesitate to see this exhibition if it is visiting near you. Since I missed the Stonehenge exhibition, I've posted some links to some information and photographs from the Stonehenge Fire Garden below my photographs.

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The 'Fire Garden' is lit.

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One of the metal figures in the Fire Garden

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Another view of one of the metal figures in the Fire Garden

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The Fire Gardens structures

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Visitors walk amongst the flame-lit trails

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Moving steel frames with flaming pots decorate one area of the Fire Gardens

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Steel pipes shoot flames and haunting music can be heard throughout the garden

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A moving steel figure amongst flames

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A lit trail in Campbell Park

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One of the metal figures in the Fire Garden

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Earlier in the evening

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Flaming structures of the Fire Garden

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A sculpture at dusk in Campbell Park, Milton Keynes

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157630560612564/#photo_7583130748
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171876/London-2012-Olympics-Stonehenge-transformed-glowing-fairytale-Fire-Garden.html

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