One night! October 24, 2008 7:00pm to Midnight
A Special Event of Atlanta Celebrates Photography
This October, Atlanta contemporary artists explore new work with light, performance and space in the Castleberry Hill District, merging the presentation of their creative concepts with an inventive temporary public art project by the Paris-based Ukrainian artist Kristina Solomoukha in nearby Cleopas Johnson Park.
Atlanta, October 24, 2008
In tandem with the monthly Castleberry Hill Gallery Stroll
In tandem with the monthly Castleberry Hill Gallery Stroll
Contact: Cathy Byrd – cathybyrd@gsu.edu / 404.413.5230
Stuart Keeler – Stuart@Keeler-Machnic.com / 773.771.9362
This October 24, for the first time ever, a curatorial vision will bring the unique art of Le Flash to Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill District and nearby Cleopas Park. Cathy Byrd and Stuart Keeler have organized this community-empowered public art event to animate both the neighborhood and the Atlanta cultural community. The project is motivated by the spectacular one-night art events that take place each year in cities around the world: All of Paris lights up with art for Nuit Blanche. Toronto does the same with a night of art revelry and Santa Monica presents Glow from dusk to dawn.
Le Flash will celebrate Atlanta’s creative energy with fantastical art and creative events that illuminate the Castleberry Hill District from 7pm to midnight on Friday, October 24, the evening of Castleberry’s monthly Art Stroll. Free and open to the public, Atlanta’s inaugural Nuit Blanche aims to initiate a yearly celebration of the city and the arts that identifies with the dynamic of the district.
Introducing a few of the artists creating Le Flash projects:
Emma Adair and Jane Garver – Social Insects performance
Scott Carter, Mario Schambon & Jason Butcher– Monumental light installation
Bubba Carr & Lee Blalock – Luminous Flux, light-based choreography
Fish and Bicycle Theater — Prometheus Bound, Unbound and The Fire Bringer
Michael Gibson – Cadence, new sound work, horse and carriage installation
Chase Folsom Kelsey, Ordinary Pace, interactive installation, Adrene’s Boutique
Steve Jarvis – ambulant solar-powered coffee cart
Jeffrey Loy – Nocturnal Garden, fire and solar powered, Granite Room
Claire Paul & Khadjiah Queen – sound and street drawing
Martha Whittington, The Little Match Girl, street corner performance installation
Also elemental to Le Flash will be a special screening of one-minute videos selected from submissions by artists from around the globe. Curated by Castleberry artist residents Carolyn Carr and Michael Gibson, One Minute, One Night will be presented from 7:00pm to midnight at 242 and 243 Peters Street.
A foldout map that shows the way to these and other creative projects will present a schedule for the night’s performance art, dance, theatre, music and video projects.
The signature event for the evening of Le Flash will be the christening of Mind the Gap Fountain a temporary public art project by French artist Kristina Solomoukha in Cleopas Park. Presented by the Welch School Gallery at Georgia State University, with the involvement of the Savannah College of Art & Design-Atlanta, Solomoukha’s transient water feature is made possible by major funding from the French Cultural Services, French Consulate in Atlanta, the French American Fund For Contemporary Art, the Fulton County Arts Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program. On view from October 24 through December 12, 2008, Solomoukha’s outdoor environment will reflect the evolving dynamic of the park and Atlanta’s contemporary cultural identity.
Le Flash is presented by the Georgia State University Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design and Atlanta Celebrates Photography, with the support of the French Cultural Services, French Consulate in Atlanta, and the French American Fund For Contemporary Art, as well as the Metropolitan Public Art Coalition, the Community and Housing Initiatives Corporation on behalf of the Friends of Cleopas Park, the Castleberry Hill Neighborhood Association, No Mas, Slice, Pearl Restaurant & Lounge, 255, Besharat Gallery, and Gary Motley, State Farm Insurance, as well as other cultural resources.
More about Le Flash and Kristina Solomoukha’s public art project:
1 comments:
Should be interesting. :)
-Bridget
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