#MidtownDetroit has been approved for a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts to help increase outdoor media arts programming in Detroit's Cultural Center. Thanks NEA! Read more: https://bit.ly/39XTmIc #detroitartsandculture #artmatters
Can’t make it to Beacon Park tonight? Still want to be a part of the ‘disco get down’? Not to worry, you can livestream “The Scene” dance floor with Nat Morris and friends!
“The Scene” stage will feature a large open-air dance floor in Circle Park (near Beacon Park), along with DJs, dancers, and other local talent. There will be a livestream projected on the corner of Woodward Ave. and Kirby St. You can also click the link in our bio to stream it from home, or visit: https://bit.ly/3o3Cy7L
“Illuminated Balloon Heads” are monuments that photographically portray a cross-section of Detroit citizens and displays them on balloons that are 10 feet tall and illuminated from within. The concept aims to give voices to Detroit community members and icons to present them in an equal way. We interviewed featured Detroit community members to learn more about their hopes for the City of Detroit!
“Illuminated Balloon Heads” by @mentalgassi are an exciting, whimsical installation located in @ccs_detroit ’s Sculpture Garden. See it tonight!
DLECTRICITY’s signature Light Bike Parade is happening TONIGHT! You don’t need to register to participate! Come with your bike illuminated and take part in a show of light bike artistry for everyone to enjoy.
The 2021 Dlectricity Light Bike Parade starting point is at Traffic Jam Restaurant’s parking lot located on Canfield Street (between Cass and Second Avenues) just across the street from Shinola. The parade forms between 5pm-7:30pm and is planned to start at 8pm. This 3-mile mobile art installation will end at 9pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
#DLECTRICITY presents “Death of the Last Tree” by Tom Carey, a shadow puppet play and anthropocene fairytale for all ages with an original soundtrack created by Kimberly Henninger and Shawn Parke. See it on DTE’s Beacon Park Stage TONIGHT and tomorrow at DLECTRICITY!
#DLECTRICITY presents “Is My Mind a Machine Gun?” by KESSWA and Shigeto, an extended audio visual performance of a video artwork installation on the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s Daily Rush platform. “Is My Mind a Machine Gun?” is a sonic meditation that explores abstract visual landscapes of the mind as a powerful tool. See it TONIGHT and tomorrow at DTE’s Beacon Park during DLECTRICITY!
@kesswa_ is an interdisciplinary artist from Detroit, Michigan. As a vocalist, producer, and director, her work integrates performance, sound, light, music and mantra. @__shigeto is a drummer, producer, and DJ who has been making a space for himself in underground music globally over the last decade. Ann Arbor born and Detroit-based, Saginaw is primarily known for his energetic and versatile hybrid performances which integrate live and electronic instrumentation.
#DLECTRICITY presents “Shadow Machines” by Layne Hinton, a projection installation of delicate, crisp shadows of a small mesh sculpture. Building on old magic lanterns and other 17th-century projector technologies, these apparatuses present viewers with a duet of cinematic projections created without film.
As the focal lens shifts slowly forwards and backwards, the projected image appears to turn the small sculpture almost inside out. The visual illusion of shifting focus through an object leaves us unable to decipher the difference between the inside and the outside of the sculpture. Shadow Machines creates cinema out of the basic elements of light, time and space, without any film or moving images. See it projected outside the Detroit Institute of Arts TONIGHT and tomorrow at DLECTRICITY!
#DLECTRICITY presents “The Idea of Saving Aesthetics” by Orkhan Mammadov, an AI algorithm-evolving projection composed of analyzed traditional carpet designs and ornaments. Historically, carpets play a significant role in forming of Azerbaijan’s heritage and aesthetics. Different carpet schools share the same ornamental forms, such as geometric patterns, floral motifs, and calligraphic shapes, but some of the combinations are specific to certain regions.
The work poses questions about innovation and identity: how an entity must differ from the known to be considered original? How much should be identical to a collected “pre-set” for it to have kinship? See this project outside of the Detroit Institute of Arts TONIGHT and tomorrow at DLECTRICITY!
#DLECTRICITY presents “Lasers: Make Light Play” by Mike Gould and Illuminatus Lasers, an interactive laser art installation that enables visitors of all ages to control the kinetic laser displays projected on the Michigan Science Center. This celebration of light combines the playful talents of our visitors along with dynamic, abstract laser art produced live by the team at Illuminatus Lasers.
The audience interface is a series of fun, vintage lunch boxes with built in colorful, jewel-like, rotating knobs. Visitors control the brightness and speed of the shifting, dancing, wispy patterns in pure red, blue and green light evocative of the Aurora. This installation will be visible TONIGHT and tomorrow outside the Michigan Science Center. Perfect for kids and families!
