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DLECTRICITY
returns
to
shuttle
in 35
artist
for
Detroit's
premier
nighttime
festival
of art
and
lights,
Sept.
22-23
• DTE
Energy
Foundation
announced
as
presenting
sponsor
of
DLECTRICITY
•
International,
national
and
local
artists
to
illuminate
Midtown
with new
works of
public
art
• New
event
footprint
revealed
with art
installations
spanning
from the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
to
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
Detroit
• Light
Bike
Parade
returns
to light
up
Woodward
DETROIT
-
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.
(MDI)
announced
today
details
of
DLECTRICITY
2017,
the
stunning
nighttime
outdoor
festival
of art
and
light
with DTE
Energy
Foundation
returning
as the
event’s
presenting
sponsor.
DLECTRICITY,
presented
by DTE
Energy
Foundation,
will
showcase
the work
of 35
international,
national
and
local
artists
who have
been
commissioned
to
illuminate
the
Woodward
corridor
with
cutting-edge
installations
of
light,
video,
performance,
and
other
unexpected
works of
art on
September
22-23,
2017, in
Midtown
Detroit
from 7
p.m. to
midnight.
MDI also
announced
major
funders
and a
new
footprint
for the
event,
spanning
from the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
(DIA) to
the
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
Detroit
(MOCAD).
A
complete
list of
artists
can be
found
here.
Images
are
available
here and
a video
is
available
here.
"We are
incredibly
grateful
to DTE
Energy
Foundation
for
returning
as the
presenting
sponsor
of
DLECTRICITY,”
said Sue
Mosey,
Executive
Director
of MDI.
“We are
fortunate
to have
such
tremendous
corporate
and
foundation
partners
whose
support
makes it
possible
to bring
these
world-class
artists
and
works to
Midtown
Detroit
which
has
become
an
international
arts
destination.”
“The DTE
Energy
Foundation
is
committed
to
investing
in and
developing
experiences
that
celebrate
the arts
and
energy
to bring
people
together,”
said
Faye
Nelson,
vice
president,
DTE
Energy;
board
chair
and
president
of the
DTE
Energy
Foundation.
“As
presenting
sponsor,
our
continued
support
of
DLECTRICITY
allows
Detroiters
and
visitors
from
across
the
region
to
experience
this
unique
arts and
cultural
event,
and
enjoy
all that
Midtown
has to
offer.”
The
event
features
artists
from
Australia,
the UK,
Japan
and
Germany,
as well
as New
York,
Los
Angeles,
Chicago,
Portland,
Baltimore,
and
Cleveland.
Detroit's
own art
community
also
will be
well
represented.
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
like
Paris,
Sydney,
Toronto,
Minneapolis
and New
York.
“DLECTRICITY
has
bonded
audiences
in
public
spaces
with art
that has
surprised,
enlightened
and awed
us. It
promotes
art that
is of
the
moment,
yet
speaks
to
timeless
themes
through
new
means,”
said
Benjamin
Kennedy,
Kresge
Detroit
Program
managing
director.
“Within
that
context,
we are
particularly
proud to
support
Midtown
Detroit’s
focus on
recruiting
and
commissioning
Detroit-based
artists
and
artists
of
color,
and
elevating
the
legacy
of the
1967
rebellion
and
other
themes
relevant
to
Detroit
residents.”
“With
arts and
culture
at its
core,
DLECTRICITY
inspires
connection
and
inclusivity,
offering
a unique
chance
to
advance
collisions
between
Detroit’s
talented
creative
community
and some
of the
most
influential
artists
in the
world,”
said
Katy
Locker,
program
director
for
Detroit
at the
John S.
and
James L.
Knight
Foundation.
Knight
Foundation
is
supporting
three
high-caliber
artists,
including
Rashaad
Newsome,
Pope.L
and
Apetechnology
as part
of the
festival.
DLECTRICITY
will
host
internationally
acclaimed
artists
including
Rashaad
Newsome,
Pope.L,
Klip
Collective,
among
others
to the
festival
to show
a range
of
high-quality
light-based
projects,
video
projections
and
more.
Artists
include:
•
Rashaad
Newsome
| Shade
Composition
Performance,
King of
Arms
Procession,
and a
newly
commissioned
video |
DIA
• Pope.L
|
Reenactor
| Video
with
Live
Music
Performances
|
Detroit
Historical
Museum
• Klip
Collective
| The
Librarian
| 3D
Video
Mapping
Projection
|
Detroit
Public
Library
• Amanda
Parer |
Intrude
|
Inflatable
Light
Sculptures
|
Josephine
F. Ford
Sculpture
Garden
at the
College
for
Creative
Studies
•
Jennifer
Steinkamp
| Orbit
10 |
Three
Channel
Video
Projection
|
Michigan
Science
Center
• Martin
Creed |
EVERYTHING
IS GOING
TO BE
ALRIGHT
| Neon
Sculpture
| MOCAD
• Dawn
of Man |
Graffiti
Grandma
| Mobile
Video
Projection
| Mobile
Projection
throughout
Midtown
•
Apetechnology
| The
Shadows
of
Slendrotron
(The
Monkey
God’s
Great
Leap) |
Robotic
Shadow
Puppet
Show |
Detroit
Institute
of the
Arts –
Outside
the
Detroit
Film
Theatre
•
Cuppetelli
+
Mendoza
|
in::Sequence
|
Audiovisual
Sculpture
|
Woodward/Warren
Corner
• D MET
DESIGN |
{The
Amazing!}
House of
Fog: il
Cinema
Nebbioso
|
Architectural
+ Video
Installation
|
“Electric
Park”
Family-Friendly
Zone at
the DIA
•
Michaela
Mosher |
PRIMETIME
|
Curated
Video
Art and
Performance
Show |
The
N’Namdi
Center
for
Contemporary
Art
• Facing
Change |
Documenting
DETROIT
| A
Documentary
Photo
Slideshow|
The
Wright
Museum
•
Bluewater
Technologies
|
LUMINARIA
MAGNA -
“GREAT
LIGHT” |
Large-Scale
LED Wall
and
Sound
Station
|
Woodward/Warren
Corner
The 22
artists
selected
from the
DLECTRICITY
Open
Call:
• Kelley
Bell |
Baltimore,
MD |
Project:
Wild
Kingdom
|
Location:
Meyer L.
Prentis
Cancer
Center,
110 E
Warren
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
• Mayer
+ Empl |
Munich,
Germany
|
Project:
Architectural
Space
Intervention
|
Location:
Mike
Kelly
Mobile
Homestead,
MOCAD,
4454
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
•
Philipp
Artus |
Berlin,
Germany
|
Project:
FLORA |
Location:
Kresge
Court,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Cooper
Holoweski
|
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
As
Above,
So Below
|
Location:
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Carrie
Morris |
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
Interactive
Shadow
Puppet
Circus
Sideshow|
Location:
“Electric
Park” at
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Arts &
Scraps |
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
Arts &
Scraps
presents
Light as
a Shadow
|
Location:
“Electric
Park” at
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Laura
Heit |
Portland,
OR |
Project:
Hypothetical
Stars |
Location:
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Jason
Isaacs |
Brooklyn,
NY/UK |
Project:
The
Black
Love
Project
|
Location:
The
Wright
Museum,
315 E
Warren
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
• Aaron
Jones &
Wesley
Taylor |
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
The
Underground
|
Location:
Rackham
Building,
60
Farnsworth
St,
Detroit,
MI 48202
•
Wire-Car
Auto
Workers
Association
of
Detroit
(WAWAD)
|
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
Detroit
Woodward
Light
Cruise |
Location:
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
5200
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• Jake
Chidester
+ Alisyn
Malek |
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
The
Expanded
Seussian
Arkestra
|
Location:
The
Rackham
Building,
60
Farnsworth
St,
Detroit,
MI 48202
• FaShon
Vega for
Three13
Action
Design |
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
STAR
TOURS™ |
Location:
Mobile
Roaming
Performances
in
Midtown
Detroit
• Nikola
Dicke |
Germany
|
Project:
Light-Graffiti
|
Location:
Cathedral
Church
of St.
Paul,
4800
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
• Akiko
Nakayama
| Japan
|
Project:
Alive
Painting
|
Location:
Cathedral
Church
of St.
Paul,
4800
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
• Gary
Schwartz
|
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
Speramus
Meliora,
Resurget
Cineribus
|
Location:
The
Hannan
House,
4750
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
•
Luxloop
| Los
Angeles,
CA |
Project:
If The
Walls
Had Eyes
|
Location:
The
Detroit
Artists
Market,
4719
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
•
Sebastian
Duncan-Portuondo,
Angela
Eastman
+ Maxime
Robillard
|
Detroit,
MI |
Project:
Every
Side of
Here:
Searching
for the
Sacred |
Location:
First
Congregational
Church,
33 E
Forest
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
• E.S.P.
TV |
Brooklyn,
NY |
Project:
You
Don’t
Say
Much, Do
You?
(Detroit)
|
Location:
MOCAD,
4454
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
•
Jasmine
Murrell
|
Brooklyn,
NY |
Project:
Ancient
Future /
Immortal
Uterus |
Location:
The
N’Namdi
Center
for
Contemporary
Art, 52
E
Forest,
Detroit,
MI
48201.
Lauren
Strohacker
& Kendra
Sollars
|
Arizona
|
Project:
Animal
Land:
Detroit
|
Location:
Garfield
Lofts,
4600
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
Zeynep
Dagli |
London |
Project:
Negotiation
between
Madness
& Sanity
|
Location:
MOCAD,
4454
Woodward
Ave,
Detroit,
MI 48201
Jeffry
Chiplis
|Cleveland,
OH |
Project:
Neon and
Argon
Repoetry
|
Location:
The
N’Namdi
Center
for
Contemporary
Art, 52
E
Forest,
Detroit,
MI
48201.
Produced
by MDI,
DLECTRICITY
will
feature
a
condensed
event
footprint
from the
DIA to
MOCAD to
create a
more
walkable
experience.
The
event
map is
available
here.
DLECTRICITY
debuted
in 2012
and in
its
return
in 2014,
150,000
people
attended
and over
3,400
cyclists
participated
in the
signature
Light
Bike
Parade,
which is
returning
this
year for
an
exciting
ride
through
Midtown.
Cyclists
are
invited
to
participate
and
encouraged
to
register
in
advance
at:
DLECTRICITY.com.
In
addition
to
announcing
DTE
Energy
Foundation
as the
presenting
sponsor,
MDI
announced
sponsors
including:
Knight
Foundation,
The
Kresge
Foundation,
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.,
The
Community
Foundation
for
Southeast
Michigan,
William
Davidson
Foundation,
The
National
Endowment
for the
Arts,
Michigan
Council
for Arts
and
Cultural
Affairs,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
Shinola,
Marc A.
Schwartz,
Ford
Motor
Company
Fund,
Bluewater
Technologies,
Wayne
State
University
(WSU),
WSU
Police,
Cranbrook,
The
Plaza,
Wheelhouse
Detroit,
Hyphen
Advisory,
Michigan
CAT, Fox
2
Detroit
and WDET
101.9
FM. As
our
official
ridesharing
partner,
Lyft is
offering
25% off
a ride
to
DLECTRICITY
using
the code
DL317.
DLECTRICITY
is
chaired
by Marc
Schwartz,
Founder,
Art
Detroit
Now. The
DLECTRICITY
Curatorial
Committee,
including
Detroit-based
curators
and arts
professionals,
consists
of
George
N’Namdi,
Committee
Chair
and
Owner,
N’Namdi
Center
for
Contemporary
Art;
Michelle
Perron,
Director,
Office
of
Exhibitions
& Public
Programs,
College
for
Creative
Studies;
Marsha
Miro,
Founder,
MOCAD;
Elysia
Borowy-Reeder,
Executive
Director,
MOCAD;
Lawrence
Baranski,
Director
of
Public
Programs,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts;
J. Fiona
Ragheb -
Curator,
Designer,
Writer;
Chrisstina
Hamilton,
Director
of
Visitor’s
Programs,
Stamps
School
of Art &
Design;
Annmarie
Borucki,
Special
Projects
Manager,
Midtown
Detroit,
Inc.;
Alivia
Zivich,
Partner,
What
Pipeline
Gallery;
and Marc
Schwartz.
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