WAKEFIELD, ENGLAND.-Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents Walks to Illuminate - A project by Visiting Artist Simon Whitehead, ongoing until summer 2006. Somewhere in the dark between sleeping cities, people are walking and as they walk, they emanate light. Walks to illuminate is a project developed by Visiting Artist Simon Whitehead that offers visitors to Yorkshire Sculpture Park a unique night time walk through the extensive parkland and to harvest the solar energy that makes the night walks possible.

Simon Whitehead is a movement artist whose work lies between performance and sculpture. He has developed original site specific projects in the UK and abroad including walks which have generated multi-media documentation.

At YSP Simon invites two people at a time on an after dark exploration of the park with only their shoes to guide them. The shoes are covered in 150 tiny lights which are powered by solar charged batteries.

Visitors to YSP can also take part in the project by contributing to a bank of solar energy by wearing hats with solar panels as they explore the Park. Each contribution of energy will be documented in a permanent register and recognised in a limited edition postcard presented to each participant.

Night walks will take place over three nights seasonally, related to solstice and equinox dates. There will be three walks a night with two places per walk, the first beginning at twilight:
27-29 October from 6pm (then approximately 7.30pm and 9pm)
15-17 December from 4pm (then approximately 5.30pm and 7pm)
16-18 March from 6.45pm (then approximately 8.15pm and 9.45pm)
22-24 June from 10.15pm (then approximately 11.45pm and 1.15am)

Night walks last approximately one hour and will take place whatever the weather.
Solar walks are available every dry day during opening hours from the information desk in the YSP Centre. To book a place on a night walk or pre-book a solar walk telephone 01924 830631.