I had the opportunity to ask a few of the LUMEN artists about their work. One of my personal favorites is Chee Wang Ng. His work fascinates me because of its simplicity. Creative and beautiful, it uses a recurring theme of rice bowls. His piece that will be shown as part of LUMEN [...]
We were welcomed by lotsa salt on site visit to Atlantic Salt yesterday! We are excited to be working with them in such an amazing industrial landscape! Check it out!
UPDATE: We are excited to report that LUMEN submissions are currently under review, and we will be announcing the list of participating artists by the end of this month! Stay tuned…
In the meantime, check out this step-by-step guide on how to create your very own functional projector. All you need is [...]
So I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries for more information about applying to LUMEN 2012 (yay! we are very excited to review your submissions!), so for those interested in applying this post is for you.
For site-specific proposals, below is a gallery with some photographs of the site! For everyone else, there are some [...]
Opportunity for new media, video art, installation and performance ARTISTS!
We are currently accepting applications from emerging artists, groups, collaboratives, or organizations interested in participating in LUMEN 2012. The call is open to new media (web/app based), video art (conceptual, abstract, minimal, site-specific), installation (preferably incorporating light and/or video), or performance-based [...]
Performance artist Marni Kotak, who performed “You are My Baby” at Lumen Festival in June, will give birth to her first child within the month in front of an audience at Bushwick’s Microscope Gallery.
During “You are My Baby,” Kotak filmed the audience and projected their faces onto her pregnant stomach. “Birth [...]
Fantastic footage for those that missed it or want to re-live it:
The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island is so glad that everyone enjoyed LUMEN 2011. The feedback has really been great! Here are some links to write-ups and reviews of the event. Almost all of the links contain pictures of the artwork in case you missed it or just want to re-live [...]
What a night! Thanks to everyone who came and participated. Let’s do it again next year! Some images follow after the hop…
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