Month: September 2021

Are you passionate about the arts? Do you want the unique experience of working with talented individuals and artists in a large-scale cultural event? #DLECTRICITY is looking for volunteers to work as arts ambassadors on September 24th & 25th! If you are interested in volunteering for #DLECTRICITY you can click the “ABOUT” tab or fill out a form here: https://bit.ly/3BCezQF

There’s still time to register for #DLECTRICITY‘s signature Light Bike Parade happening on Saturday, Sept. 25th! Come with your bike already illuminated, or grab a limited light kit the day of the ride. Perfect for families and FREE to join! Register here: https://bit.ly/2V7NHIx

Angela Fraleigh and Josh Miller present Sound the Deep Waters, an interactive Victorian Flower Language dictionary that invites visitors to submit message via an onsite tablet – love letters, prose, slogans, inside jokes, etc. that will manifest as bold, brilliant, larger than life flowers. Imagine proposing to your significant other through secret floral language!

A specific flower may reference an individual’s trait, intention, sentiment, or condition. In Sound the Deep Waters, the Interactive Victorian flower language dictionary plays with this notion of subversive decor and helps shed light on language as a perceptual domain exploring how images and ideas intersect and experiments with how meaning is made and beliefs are constructed. The floral imagery is derived from the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection, and will be projected on their building’s facade.

Click on our “ARTWORKS” tab to learn more about this project and more being featured at being featured at DLECTRICITY on September 24th and 25th!

In “Creatures are LIT” by DLECTRICITY artist Steven Gutierrez, visitors can create their own creatures with unique light patterns, using an interactive website to design the creatures on their phone or their computer (even before the festival). Fun for young and old alike, it takes just minutes to develop your own creature!

Go to: http://sgevolution.com/litcreatures/index.html

Once submitted, visitors might get a glimpse of their creature walking, flying or dancing in this virtual projected world on the facade of the Detroit Institute of Arts during Dlectricity this Sept 24th-25th.

Learn more about “Creatures are LIT” here.

Jake Chidester and Alisyn Malek of Corktown Studios presents The Sidewalk Ballet: The Arkestral Procession, a series of mechanical archways that amplify visitors’ movements into light and sound. An interactive visual and aural composition authored by the willing and the unknown alike, The Arkestral Procession presents a novel mechanism for the amplification of an individual’s passive contribution to the Great Collective Sidewalk Ballet into light and sound. Click on our “ARTWORKS” tab to learn more about the artists being featured at DLECTRICITY 2021. 

Don’t forget to register for #DLECTRICITY’s signature #LightBikeParade, a 3-mile+ ride that connects Detroit’s Cultural Center to DTE’s Beacon Park. Come with your bike already illuminated, or grab a limited light kit the day of the ride (first-come, first-served). Be a part of this mobile art installation! Perfect for families and FREE to join! Click here for more information and register here: https://bit.ly/2V7NHIx

This year, #DLECTRICITY will not be possible without volunteers! Volunteers are needed to assist festival artists, act as ambassadors for the art installations, assist with implementing public health protocols, and provide real-time information to our visitors. 

If you choose to volunteer you will receive a free #DLECTRICITY t-shirt and the unique experience of working with talented individuals and artists in a large-scale cultural event! If you are interested in volunteering for #DLECTRICITY you can fill out a form here: https://bit.ly/3BCezQF or click the “ABOUT” tab!