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DLECTRICITY
Nighttime
Outdoor
Festival,
produced
by
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.,
returns
September
24-25
•
Over 40
international,
national
and
Detroit-based
artists
to
transform
the
Cultural
Center
with
cutting-edge
outdoor
art
installations
from
giant
illuminated
sculptures
to video
projections
on
iconic
museums
and
buildings
•
Outdoor
festival
focuses
on safe
visitor
experiences
in
beautiful
open,
public
spaces
•
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.
announces
return
of Light
Bike
Parade
on
September
25
DETROIT
-
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.
(MDI)
announced
today
over 40
artists
from
Detroit
and
across
the
globe
who have
been
commissioned
to
create
stunning
art,
light
and
technology
installations
for the
highly-anticipated
return
of
DLECTRICITY.
Produced
by MDI
and
presented
by DTE
Energy
Foundation,
the
nighttime
outdoor
festival
of art
and
light
will
take
place in
open,
public
spaces
throughout
the
Cultural
Center
and
Beacon
Park,
Sept. 24
and 25,
2021.
DLECTRICITY
is free
to the
public
and will
awe
attendees
with
cutting-edge
installations
of
light,
video,
performance,
and
other
unexpected
works of
art. A
complete
list of
artists
and
event
details
may be
found
here.
Images
are
available
here and
video is
available
here.
The
event is
inspired
by other
international
festivals
known
for
bringing
the best
of
contemporary
light
and
technology-based
arts to
the
streets
of major
cities
from all
over the
world.
DLECTRICITY
features
artists
from
Australia,
France,
Germany,
Japan,
New
York,
Los
Angeles,
Miami
and
Detroit.
“DLECTRICITY
celebrates
the
immense
power of
art and
culture
in
bringing
us
together,”
said
Susan
Mosey,
executive
director,
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc. “We
are
grateful
to our
incredible
partners
whose
support
makes it
possible
to bring
these
world-class
artists
and
projects
to
Detroit
and
produce
a
beautiful
outdoor
event
that
allows
us to
safely
connect
with art
and one
another.”
DLECTRICITY
2021
marks
the
fourth
edition
and
includes
the
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum
of
African
American
History,
College
for
Creative
Studies,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
Detroit
Historical
Museum,
Detroit
Public
Library,
Michigan
Science
Center,
Scarab
Club and
the
University
of
Michigan’s
Rackham
Building.
DLECTRICITY
has
presented
major
light-based
festivals
in 2012,
2014 and
2017.
DLECTRICITY
will
host
internationally
acclaimed
artists
including
Yann
Nguema,
Amanda
Parer,
among
others
to show
a range
of
high-quality
light-based
projects.
Artists
include:
Joo Won
Park |
Electronic
Music
Ensembles|
Interactive
audiovisual
installation
using
networked
computers
featuring
ensemble
performances
and
audience
participation
Farah Al
Qasimi |
General
Behavior
| Video
installation
that
depicts
snatches
of life
drawn
from the
artist’s
archive
and
occasionally,
her own
voice
Takayuki
Mori |
View
Tracing
#3 |
Installation
of
“traced”
sculptural
objects
activated
by UV
light
Tiff
Massey |
Get Big
|
Interactive
audiovisual
installation
that
immerses
visitors
in a
real-time
music
video
42
Levels
(Blair
Adams)
|The
Interactive
Magic
Mirror |
Step in
front of
the
camera,
wave
your
arms, do
a dance
and jump
around
in this
interactive
video
installation
with
sound
Joana
Stillwell
| every
day |
Illuminated
LED neon
poetry
Won Ju
Lim |
Magic
Lantern,
Live |
Live
shadow
play
performance
and
installation
based on
Proust’s
literary
work,
“In
Search
of Lost
Time”
CMAP |
Lantern
Landscapes:
The Past
Hangs
Low
Above Us
| 1/20th
scale
illuminated
“neighborhood”
based on
the
DLECTRICITY
footprint
as it
looked
decades
ago, and
video
projection
of an
oral
history
about
Detroit’s
lights
in the
1930s-40s
|
Presented
in
partnership
with the
Detroit
Historical
Society
Amanda
Parer |
Man |
Giant
illuminated
inflatable
sculpture
of a
contemplative
figure
Yann
Nguema |
Parallels
| Mapped
video
projection
with
sound
and
lasers
featuring
elaborate
animations
based on
art
objects
from the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
collection
|
Presented
in
partnership
with the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
Abhishek
Narula |
All the
light we
cannot
see |
Interactive
light
installation
using
Bluetooth,
wifi and
cellular
signals
from
nearby
devices
Matt
Sandbank's
Shadow
Factory
| Still
Life |
Series
of
classic
shadow
puppet
performances
with
live
projection
Steven
Gutierrez
|
Creatures
are LIT
|
Interactive
video
projection
that
animates
creatures
designed
online
by
visitors
Dumbworld
Ltd. |
Street
Art
Opera
double
bill | A
double
bill of
two
10-minute
animated
opera
video
projections
- "He
Did
What" &
"Two
Angels
Play I
Spy"
Wayne
State
University
James
Pearson
Duffy
Department
of Art
and Art
History
|
D’Madonnari
Street
Painting
Festival
|
D’Madonnari
will
feature
20
public
sidewalk
works of
art,
using
only
chalk,
created
by WSU
students
and
alumni
from the
Department
of Art
and Art
History
at Wayne
State
University
Roland
Graf/Assocreation;
Michael
Rodemer;
Nick
Tobier/EverydayPlaces
| All-Nite
Tetherball
| Three
LED-illuminated
tetherball
games
installed
on city
light
poles
Mentalgassi
|
Illuminated
Balloon
Heads –
Detroit
|
Portraits
of
notable
Detroiters
on
large,
illuminated
inflatable
spheres
Yazmin
Dababneh
|
YayaLand
Takeover
| Light
installation
of
colorful
dichroic
lenses
in
partnership
with
Detroit
Month of
Design
produced
by
Design
Core
Detroit
Corktown
Studios
| The
Sidewalk
Ballet |
AKA: The
Arkestral
Procession
|
Interactive
audiovisual
mechanisms
that
turns
visitors
into
walking
instruments
Nature
as Data
(James
McGrath
& Gary
Sinclair)
| Ghost
Trees |
Video
projection
with
sound
created
with
LIDAR
data
from a
eucalyptus
tree
that
survived
Australia’s
wildfires
Scenocosme:
Gregory
Lasserre
& Anais
met den
Ancxt |
Distances
|
Visitors
virtually
“touch”
using
interactive
cameras
and
video
projection
Mariana
Carranza
|
ephemeral
angels |
Visitors
see
themselves
waving
glittering
white
wings in
this
interactive
video
installation
with
sound
Patrick
Ethen |
Pulsar |
Circular
data-driven
generative
light
sculpture
using
thousands
of
animated
LEDs
New D
Media |
The Bird
| Mapped
video
projection
of a
historical
and
dreamlike
journey
inside
the mind
of Jazz
legend
Charlie
“The
Bird”
Parker |
Presented
in
partnership
with the
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum
of
African
American
History
Facing
Change:
Documenting
America,
Inc. |
Documenting
Detroit
Projects
| Video
presentation
of FCDA
Documenting
Detroit’s
2019
Photography
Fellows
Logan
Dandridge
| Men
who
devour
themselves
in
mirrors
|
Single-channel
video
installation
with
sound
critiquing
the
intersection
of
athletics
and race
in the
American
south
Mike
Gould |
Illuminatus
Lasers |
Interactive
laser
“lunchboxes”
let
visitors
to
control
the
laser
displays
Jake
Fried |
Brain
Wave,
Mind
Frame
and
Night
Vision |
Three
video
projections
of
mesmerizing
hand-drawn
stop-motion
animations
Angela
Fraleigh
and Josh
Miller |
Sound
the Deep
Waters |
Interactive
video
projection
that
translates
visitors’
secret
messages
into
images
using
Victorian
Flower
Language
Orkhan
Mammadov
| OMA |
The Idea
of
Saving
Aesthetics
|
AI-generated
animated
rugs
inspired
by
historical
patterns,
projected
on the
ground
Layne
Hinton |
Shadow
Machines
| Analog
mechanical
light
sculptures
with
light
projection
Allison
Janae
Hamilton
| Waters
of a
Lower
Register
|
Immersive
5-channel
film
installation
using
the
material
of land
as a
metaphor
to
reflect
the
range of
emotions
that the
year
2020
manifested
locally
and
globally
|
Presented
in
partnership
with
Creative
Time
Stephanie
Dinkins
| Secret
Garden |
Video
projection
that
invites
viewers
to step
into a
garden
and
encounter
oral
histories
spanning
generations
of Black
women |
Presented
by
Stamps
Gallery,
Penny W.
Stamps
School
of Art &
Design,
University
of
Michigan
Studio
Erin
Taylor |
Eye of
Detroit
|
Interactive
light
sculpture
where
visitors’
shadows
form
shapes
in the
“eye”
Tom
Harman
of
LaserNet
|
Project
Dali |
Geometric-patterned
overhead
laser
installation
inspired
by the
artwork
of
Salvador
Dali
Pneuhaus
| Canopy
|
Visitors
ride
bicycles
to
activate
large
inflatable
canopy
sculptures
Bradley
Scherzer
| POOF!
|
Kid-friendly
interactive
geodesic
dome
experience:
feed the
POOF!
Ralph
Taylor |
Time to
Celebrate!
|
Processional
parade
and
performance
of
illuminated
Caribbean
costumes
“The
Scene”
with Nat
Morris
and
friends
|
Programmed
music
stage
and
dance
floor
based on
“The
Scene,”
Detroit’s
popular
televised
dance
show
from the
1970s-80s
Beacon
Park
Stage
•
Pato y
Pato |
Windows
| Live
audiovisual
performance
inspired
by
Charles
Baudelaire’s
1869
poem
“Les
Fenêtres”
(“Windows”)
•
Tom
Carey |
Death of
the Last
Tree |
Shadow
Puppet
Performance
•
KESSWA
and
Shigeto
| Is my
mind a
machine
gun? |
Live
audiovisual
performance
harnessing
the
surreality
of the
collective
experience
and
shifting
of
social
consciousness.Originally
presented
by MOCAD
in early
2021 as
part of
Daily
Rush,
the
museum's
online
platform
for new
media
and
video
art
MDI
announced
the
Light
Bike
parade
is
returning
on
September
25.
Starting
at
Traffic
Jam &
Snug
Restaurant,
the
electrifying
3-mile
route
will
include
Midtown
and
Beacon
Park.
The
public
is
invited
to
participate,
and
registration
is now
open
here.
In
partnership
with the
Freep
Film
Festival,
DLECTRICITY
attendees
will be
able to
view
“Awaken”
at the
Michigan
Science
Center.
With
focus on
a safe
visitor
experience,
MDI is
working
closely
with
health
and
safety
experts,
including
the
global
public
health
organization
NSF
International,
to
develop
public
health
and
safety
protocols
for
DLECTRICITY.
Face
masks
are
encouraged
for
festival
attendees
with
mask-required
zones
for
specific
experiences;
hand
sanitizing
stations
will be
found
throughout
the
festival
footprint;
and open
spaces
will
encourage
social
distancing.
Detroit’s
Cultural
Center
is an
83-acre
site in
the
Midtown
district.
The
space
has some
of the
most
preeminent
institutions
of
Detroit,
which
together
represent
the
highest
density
of
cultural
institutions
per acre
in the
country
outside
of the
Smithsonian
in
Washington
D.C.
Prior to
COVID,
the
Cultural
Center
attracted
2
million
visitors
per
year.
DLECTRICITY
is
presented
by DTE
Energy
Foundation.
Sponsors
include
the
William
Davidson
Foundation,
Knight
Foundation,
and The
Kresge
Foundation,
also key
funders
of the
Cultural
Center
Planning
Initiative.
Additional
sponsors
include
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.,
Knight
Arts
Challenge,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
the
Michigan
Council
for Arts
and
Cultural
Affairs,
Michigan
Humanities
Council,
Marc
Schwartz
and
Farbman
Group.
Media
partners
include
FOX 2
Detroit
and
WDET-FM.
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