You are not imagining things if when downtown Chicago you hear sounds and see colors emanating from Millennium Park. Since Feb. 10, 2012, Luminous Field, a sound and video installation, has been drawing even more crowds than usual to Cloud Gate, the park’s popular sculpture better known as “The Bean.”
Designed by Luftwerk, a collaborative name used by School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) graduates Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, Luminous Field contains digital geometrical lights accompanied by music composed by Owen Clayton Condon of Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion.
The art installation will only be up through Feb. 20 so best is to slip in a visit to the park in the remaining days either between 6 and 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday or 6 to 10 p.m. Friday through Saturday.
To hear about Luminous Field’s creation, stop by Millennium Park 7 p.m. Feb. 15 to converse with SAIC Adjunct Professor Lou Mallozzi. The Luftwerk artists have created multi-media installations for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Robie House, JFK Airport and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Other accompanying events include family art and music activities in a nearby tent Feb. 18 – 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information and program listings visit Explore Chicago. Or call 312-742-1168.
The Luftwerk installation is presented by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture in cooperation with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Office of Tourism.
For more information about Luminous Field by Luftwerk, visit www.explorechicago.org/winter, call 312.742.1168, visit Explore Chicago on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @explorechicago.
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