rumblings (2015)
St. Paul, Minnesota
Lead Artist
Rumblings is an interactive light display that encourages a relationship between viewers and the utility that keeps the city warm. By making a phone call, the public can hear one of six commissioned poems inspired by the plant. The audio recording triggers a light show, making the steam plume appear to speak the words and creating a simultaneously intimate and collective experience.
A co-generation energy utility, internationally known for its environmental practices, was often assumed to be a source of pollution due to its prominent steam plume. District Energy Saint Paul, a UNESCO-recognized plant fueled primarily by waste wood, worked with a small group of artists to imagine light-based installations that celebrated its important work and prominent presence in the skyline.
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Presented as part of the Plume Project, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner, with additional support from the Riverfront Corporation.
With: Aaron Dysart and Asia Ward
Technologist: Max Hoaglund
Lighting Designer: Kyle Waites
Poetry by:
Jevin Boardman, Christina Collins, Dessa, Ifrah Mansour, GE Patterson, Matt Rasmussen
Music by: Father You See Queen
Special Thanks
Nina Axelson, Andrea Steudel
Lead Artist
Rumblings is an interactive light display that encourages a relationship between viewers and the utility that keeps the city warm. By making a phone call, the public can hear one of six commissioned poems inspired by the plant. The audio recording triggers a light show, making the steam plume appear to speak the words and creating a simultaneously intimate and collective experience.
A co-generation energy utility, internationally known for its environmental practices, was often assumed to be a source of pollution due to its prominent steam plume. District Energy Saint Paul, a UNESCO-recognized plant fueled primarily by waste wood, worked with a small group of artists to imagine light-based installations that celebrated its important work and prominent presence in the skyline.
Partners
Presented as part of the Plume Project, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner, with additional support from the Riverfront Corporation.
With: Aaron Dysart and Asia Ward
Technologist: Max Hoaglund
Lighting Designer: Kyle Waites
Poetry by:
Jevin Boardman, Christina Collins, Dessa, Ifrah Mansour, GE Patterson, Matt Rasmussen
Music by: Father You See Queen
Special Thanks
Nina Axelson, Andrea Steudel
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