Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

  Join Ziggy the Astronaut as he goes on a Planet Parade around the city of Leicester . The Planet Parade turns Leicester into a walkable solar system with planets at various locations created by around 250 schoolchildren and artists. Each planet is represented by bold artworks installed at various Leicester locations from the Highcross and Haymarket shopping centres to the Cathedral , Jewry Wall Museum , and Leicester Museum on New Walk . We first join Ziggy as he enters the Highcross, where he finds Mercury represented, and so begins his mission across space and Leicester to find all the planets. His mission was filmed over several months between 30th March and 31st May and took in many of Leicester’s known locations and landmarks. After floating around the city, Ziggy finds his zig-zaggy way to the centre of the Solar System , finding the Sun at the base of the iconic rocket tower at the National Space Centre .

After successful displays of Museum Of The Moon and Gaia aka Earth, (See previous videos on this website), Artist  Luke Jerram brings Mars War & Peace to the Leicester Cathedral . The #MarsArtwork, Like his previous pieces uses high resolution images of the planets surface mapped in scale onto a inflated sphere giving the viewer a sense of the grandeur and scale of the real planet and a chance in this sacred space to contemplate our place in the universe. Leicester Cathedral has always lead the way in hosting artworks within it's impressive space, a beautiful space, recently refurbished and extended, that with it`s tall stone columns, roof held up by golden angels and own grandeur complements the other worldly artwork hanging inside. Mars War & Peace is at the Leicester Cathedral from 16th May - 8th June 2025.

  Whats is "Gaia" ?, In Greek Mythology Gaia is the personification of the Earth.  The artist Luke Jerram returns to Leicester Cathedral in 2021 with Gaia, A touring artwork measuring seven metres in diameter and created from detailed NASA imagery of the planets surface, Gaia provides the opportunity to see our planet earth in three dimensions. The installation aims to create a sense of the Overview Effect, which was first described by author Frank White in 1987. In my film I try to capture the awe inspiring sight of the installation as it fills the cathedral gently rotating above visitors heads and surrounded by the centuries old cathedral with it columns and arches. At the time of exhibition the world is in a unprecedented position with various new "challenges" faced globally day to day,  Luke's work gives us a chance to reflect on this and evaluate our place in the universe and how we want to live our lives.

The Highcross Shopping Center was transformed into a Futuristically Fabulous setting for Winter Galactical. Featuring Interstellar Storm who start the show with an bang of their thundering rhythms. Next in from a galaxy far away is Titan The Robot whos landed on earth to celebrate his favorite holiday with the humans. we end with the High Heeled Spaceships with their mirrored outfits and skyscraper high heels. also featured in the images are Boogie Storm.

Part of the One Giant Leap festival in Leicester, Overview Effect is a outdoor spectacle celebrating the achievements of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. After the saturn rockets launch we join the astronauts on the surface of the moon, in doing so we appreciate their shift in understanding about the fragile planet we live on. The film, projected onto the back of Leicester`s historic Corn Exchange, asks us to celebrate what the human race can do but also asks the cost of the problems we chose to ignore. With climate change a "HOT TOPIC ISSUE" right now Metro Boulot Dodo`s film is as relevant today as when the apollo astronauts set foot on the moons surface 50 years ago.

2019 marks 50 years since the Apollo missions #OneGiantLeapLeicester festival celebrates this anniversary with a number of events around the city. The Outer-Space trail by BRICKLIVE® takes visitors on a Space Race of their own to locate 15 LEGO® Brick Models of various rockets astronauts and more placed throughout the city centre. Put on your moon boots and blast off as we rub shoulders with Lego Neil Armstrong in Highcross, See the Space Shuttle ready for lift off at New Walk Museum and see the entire planet earth at the King Richard III visitor centre. There's lots to see and my film only shows a few of the pieces so your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to boldly go and find all 15 pieces.

A look a a selection of the acts and performers at Leicester`s annual City Festival. Now a firm highlight of the summer the city festival features performances from a number of touring groups and has a theme each year, 2019`s theme was "out of this world" to coincide with the Apollo 11 50th anniversary and featured aliens, Super Heroes and Robots among other things.