Month: September 2021

Streetcars to Run Friday and Saturday 6 p.m. to Midnight Prior to Return to Regular Service Monday, September 27

QLINE will offer special service for DLECTRICITY prior to its regular service relaunch on Monday, September 27. 

#DLECTRICITY presents “Electronic Music Ensembles” by Joo Won Park, a combination of sound installation and ensemble performance featuring both human and non-human performers. There will be an ongoing installation for eight networked computers creating generative audiovisuals throughout the evenings of September 24th and 25th.

The Electronic Music Ensemble of Wayne State (EMEWS) will also perform original compositions written for electronic instruments. With guidance from EMEWS members, the audience will learn to play electronic music and make music with the machine/human ensemble.

#DLECTRICITY presents “The Interactive Magic Mirror” by 42 Levels, an interactive live VFX art piece that maps people’s movement and synchronizes it to music. The effects are designed to ‘dance’ to the music so the glows, size, speed and more of each effect react to the beat.

Step in front of the camera, wave your arms, do a dance, spin around and jump to build your own unique visual masterpiece! This project will be projected outside Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library on September 24th and 25th at DLECTRICITY!

#DLECTRICITY presents “Magic Lantern, Live” by Won Ju Lim, a live shadow play installation and performance that creates a cultural impact for audience members by pointing to a time when we, as visual beings, experienced the magic of moving image for the first time.

Unlike a traditional shadow play in which the moving components are props and puppets, the moving components in “Magic Lantern, Live” will be the lights. The audience will be able to freely navigate between behind the screen, where the performance will take place and in front of the screen, where the effects of the actions (the shadows, reflections, refractions) will create a magical world. Performances will be happening both September 24th and 25th at DLECTRICITY!

#DLECTRICITY presents “every day” by Joana Stillwell, an illuminated poem that reads, “every day, we are slowly, approaching, a solstice.” The artwork brings attention to the changing subtleties of seasonal light. Each line parallels the colors of the sky during twilight.

With every step, the viewer seeks the end of the poem, becoming more aware of the movement of the earth and our relationship to time. This project will be on Kirby St. between Cass Ave. and Woodward Ave. on September 24th and 25th at DLECTRICITY!

#DLECTRICITY presents “Time to Celebrate” by Ralph Taylor, a pop-up parade and skit performed with 30 participants dressed in beautifully designed costumes dancing to the rhythm of Caribbean persuasions.

There will be two 45-minute performances happening both September 24th and 25th–each performance will open with a poem of reflection and end with a celebration of LIFE, all happening at DTE’s Beacon Park.

#DLECTRICITY is honored to be a part of Month of Design, Detroit’s annual month-long celebration of arts and culture. Programmed by Design Core, Detroit Month of Design is a citywide celebration of creativity that gathers designers and the greater community to celebrate Detroit’s role as a UNESCO City of Design.

Detroit Month of Design and DLECTRICITY present “YayaLand Takeover” by Yazmin Dababneh, an immersive experience that transforms the entire College for Creative Studies Ford Campus beginning at sundown. Running from September 1-30, this vibrant installation utilizes the existing lighting by creating a colorful and euphoric atmosphere, ultimately transcending and allowing the public to explore the space at their own will and leisure.

#DLECTRICITY would like to thank Marc Schwartz for sponsoring this year’s festival! As our Curatorial Committee Chair, Marc Schwartz has been an important contributor to the planning and programming of DLECTRICITY. For years he has also been a thoughtful patron for arts in the city of Detroit. It’s individuals like Marc Schwartz that are instrumental in putting Detroit on the map as a hub of arts and culture!

Featured is “Project Dali” by Tom Harmon of Lasernet, an interactive installation where lasers are manipulated by spectators in order to create “living art” where intersecting beams represent how our individual paths can cross as we journey through life. This project will be in DTE Energy’s Beacon Park. 

DLECTRICITY would like to thank Lisa Applebaum for her support of Allison Janae Hamilton’s installation, “Waters of a Lower Register,” an immersive 5-channel film installation that will be located in front of the University of Michigan’s Rackham Building on Farnsworth Street. “Waters of a Lower Register” was originally presented by Creative Time in Brooklyn Bridge Park in December 2020 and will now be in Detroit due to Lisa Applebaum. You can read more about Allison Jane Hamilton’s installation here.

DLECTRICITY is scheduled for September 24-25th, from 7PM-midnight each day in Detroit’s Cultural Center and DTE’s Beacon Park.

DLECTRICITY is less than 1 week away! Thanks to Hour Detroit for providing coverage on the festivities scheduled for September 24-25th, from 7PM to midnight. Read the full article here.