Orbit-Offsite

A live event at the former secret Rocket Testing Facility at West High Down, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of ‘Prospero’ Quay Arts 2010 Open winner Katayoun Dowlatshahi has created Orbit – a new body of artwork for The West Gallery, Quay Arts, inspired by a former Cold War rocket testing site on the Island. With the support of National Trust, Astrium in the UK, part of Europe’s largest space company, Mullard - Space Science Laboratory, UCL and Arts Council England, she has co-ordinated a live event at West High Down, The Needles New Battery, formally a secret Cold War rocket testing site, to mark the 40th Anniversary of Prospero - the only British built satellite to be placed into Earth’s orbit atop a British built rocket - Black Arrow, which was built and tested on the Island. http://cargocollective.com/ORBIT-OFFSITE_DOWLATSHAHI/