{"id":303599,"date":"2025-07-30T09:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303599\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:49:22","slug":"the-magical-giant-snail-coming-to-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303599\/","title":{"rendered":"The magical giant snail coming to Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4iT1s2y\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Here &amp; Now Banner 728 x 90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Here-Now-Banner-728-x-90.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;opacity: 1 !important;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Move over, pigeons, there\u2019s a new creature taking over St Ann\u2019s Square this weekend, and she\u2019s a huge nine metre long beauty! <\/p>\n<p>Meet Luma, the gentle giant snail gliding her way into the city centre as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovemanchester.com\/the-best-museums-in-greater-manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester Museum\u2019s<\/a> free family programme. <\/p>\n<p>Luma the snail comes to Manchester<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LUMA4.jpg\" alt=\"Luma\" class=\"wp-image-200902\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s not just big \u2013 she\u2019s beautiful, curious, and a little bit magical.<\/p>\n<p>Created by the brilliant minds at creative robotics studio Air Giants, the same team behind the enormous snoozing feline in the Museum\u2019s The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years exhibition, Luma isn\u2019t your average snail. <\/p>\n<p>Air Giants said: \u201cLuma is a 9m long snail who loves an audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe drew inspiration from the extraordinary range of flexing and contorting motion found in bio-mechanics to give Luma a beautiful movement. Her presence as she looms above visitors is gentle, welcoming and otherworldly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudiences of all ages have instinctive emotional and affectionate reactions to Luma, as well as enjoying the simple spectacle of such a fantastic creature in its own right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How does Luma move?<\/p>\n<p>She moves with the help of air flow and takes her cue from the bendy wonders of the natural world, slinking and stretching with elegant, hypnotic grace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LUMA3.jpg\" alt=\"Luma\" class=\"wp-image-200903\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>And while she might look like she\u2019s come from a dream, Luma is here to make connections. Designed to interact with humans, this gentle giant responds to touch and movement, making every encounter unique.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s part robot, part artwork, and all heart. <\/p>\n<p>\u200bLuma is a joyful and hopeful work which champions both nature and technology, and<br \/>reimagines what robots can be for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LUMA0.jpg\" alt=\"Luma\" class=\"wp-image-200904\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>When is Luma coming to Manchester?<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re bringing the kids or just want to experience something a bit magical in the middle of your shopping trip, Luma is well worth a visit. <\/p>\n<p>Catch her in action on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August, between 10am and 4pm, in St Ann\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s on at Manchester Museum?<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about what\u2019s on at Manchester Museum on their <a href=\"http:\/\/museum.manchester.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?s=270402&amp;v=488&amp;q=128566&amp;r=1264973\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753868962_583_cshow\" border=\"0\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8211; Advertisement &#8211; Move over, pigeons, there\u2019s a new creature taking over St Ann\u2019s Square this weekend, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,3171,2465,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-303599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-kids","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-things-to-do","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114941563323287490","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}