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We’ll have official event photos from DLECTRICITY soon, meanwhile check out these shots on Metromix Detroit. Don’t forget to tag your own images #dlectricity when posting to Instagram or Twitter, and visit our Facebook page to get in on the post-DLECTRICITY discussion.

Thousands of people traveled to Midtown over Friday and Saturday to see 35 nighttime projects and dozens of featured events. Here are some links to some amazing press coverage we received:

Model D Media:

• Neighborhood lights: Organizers talk about Midtown’s DLECTRICITY – October 2, 2012

The Detroit Free Press:

• As night falls on Detroit, Dlectricity lights up Midtown – October 5th, 2012
• Seven works not to be missed at Detroit’s Dlectricity art festival – October 6th, 2012
• Midtown, visitors light up on Dlectricity’s opening night – October 7th, 2012

Huge thanks to everyone to came out to Midtown Detroit for DLECTRICITY! And to all the amazing artists responsible for the astonishing projects, DLECTRICITY was all about your remarkable work! Stay tuned to our site for official photos and videos from the event, and be sure to tag your own photos #dlectricity when posting to Instagram or Twitter. Check out the #dlectricity hash tag on Instagram, there’s currently over 600 photos!

DLECTRICITY begins tomorrow – Friday, Oct. 5! Download our up-to-date schedule for all the information you need to have a great time at DLECTRICITY!

OmniCorpDetroit has a sneak peak up on their blog of the kits they’re putting together for the DLECTRICITY Light Bike Workshop! Take a look here for more on the LEDs and reflective materials they’re gathering – colorful stuff!

View the Facebook event page for more info on the DLECTRICITY Light Bike Workshop!

The DLECTRICITY Facebook event page is now active.”Join” the page for updates on the DLECTRICITY event programming. Click here to visit the page and be sure to “like” the DLECTRICITY Facebook page to get the latest info about artists and events directly in your Facebook feed.

DLECTRICITY invited artist Graem Whyte opened a new solo exhibit on September 8 at the Oakland University Art Gallery. Up until October 8, 2012, the show features Whyte’s sculptures and installations and invites the viewers to interact with the pieces. An artist talk and panel will be held October 7. Visit http://www.ouartgallery.org/ for more information.

DLECTRICITY is excited to announce the 25 projects selected via our Open Call for Entries. Please take a moment to visit our new Artists and Projects pages to learn more about these creators and their innovative works.

The DLECTRICITY Curatorial Committee received more than 200 submissions from emerging and established artists, lighting designers, and architects through an open call for entry process. From that, the committee selected 25 projects and performances based on a number of criteria, including artistic merit and how well the project uses various media like light, video projection, interactivity, 3D video mapping, and other creative technologies, as well as how the projects exist within an urban environment. In addition, curatorial committee members invited 10 local and international artists specializing in light and technology projects to bring their expertise to Detroit’s first “Nuit Blanche” event.

The DLECTRICITY Curatorial Committee members included:

Marc Schwartz, Chairman of Art Detroit Now and DLECTRICITY
Marsha Miro, Founding Director and Board President, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) and head of the DLECTRICITY Curatorial Committee
Larry Baranski, Director of Public Programs, Detroit Institute of Arts
George N’Namdi, Director, The G.R. N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
Michelle Perron, Director, College for Creative Studies’ Center Galleries and Kresge Arts in Detroit

Detroit is the latest city to become an international art destination and DLECTRICITY will feature works by local, national and international artists from locations as far flung as Japan, Iceland, and Berlin, as well as New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Detroit’s own art community will be well represented, too, with over half of the projects created by local artists and designers. Visit DLECTRICITY this October 5 & 6 to see all the projects by this impressive selection of artists!