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The band was a processional piece based on the theme of forgiveness and transformation. \n\nThe band were inspired by the following quote from Jeanette Winterson:\n\n'Call The Rain- drops of mercy that revive the burnt earth.\r\nForgiveness that refills the droughted stream. The rain in opaque sheets falls at right angles to the sea. It is giddy this fluid geometry, the points, the solids, surfaces and lines that must undergo change. I will not be what I was. The rain transforms the water'. (Jeanette Winterson,<i> Art and Lies,</i>Vintage 1994).\n\nRadiance is inspired by the poem as a celebration of the fertile earth coming back to life after drought. The design was realised using hand-painted silk, with the costume being cut before painting and then structured using rishing rods and fiberglass. 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