THE PEOPLE'S PROJECTOR
Night Lights Denver is a permanent way for The Denver Theatre District to support innovative artists with an experimental platform while attracting people downtown to experience a free, unique experience.
Our vision for this project is that Night Lights Denver truly becomes ‘the people’s projector,’ encouraging Denver to participate and contribute – including the international, national and locally-based artists we pay for commissioned artworks, schools and people walking through the district. Night Lights Denver partners include Downtown Denver Partnership, Orange Barrel Media and the Daniels & Fisher Tower.
ABOUT
The Denver Theatre District
The Denver Theatre District (DTD) enlivens a 16-block area of downtown Denver through interactive, immersive and experimental art and culture events and experiences. It provides creatives with a downtown platform and financial support for sharing their work. The DTD is a private non-profit funded through a revenue share collected from advertising on static and LED screens located throughout the District. The Denver Theatre District invests its outdoor media revenues in cultural and art-based experiences, most of which are free to the public. This model is the first of its kind, setting an example for cities nationwide in how to leverage private revenue streams to fund public art and activity.
Downtown Denver Partnership
The Downtown Denver Partnership implements a place-based economic development strategy to support its vision for an economically healthy, vibrant and growing downtown. Through creative public realm activation with a focus on iconic, inclusive public art, the Partnership is building a thriving center city – a place for the community to come together for meaningful interactions and memorable experiences. The Partnership convenes the public, private and philanthropic sectors to drive progress forward in Downtown Denver to the benefit of all those who live, work and play downtown.
Every Tuesday through Sunday evenings
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August 1 - 15, 2021
8:30pm - 11:59pm
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August 17 - 31, 2021
8:15pm - 11:59pm
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Shows start between 7:30pm - 8:00pm
FEATURED ART PIECES
Artist Name: Mario Zoots
Artwork title: Future Collage
Artist statement: The psychology of popular and unpopular media that we interact with is embedded deep into our subconscious and becomes part of a mental archive that informs a perception of contemporary life unique to each viewer. This study will be an investigation of the interplay of network culture and systematic displacement in post-modern societies.
Website: http://www.mariozoots.com/
Date: August 2021
Time: See Calendar Above
Artist Name: Emilie Upczak and Nicholas Emery
Artwork Title: The Controlled Wild
Artwork Info: “The Controlled Wild” is a film that explores human industry, expansion, boundaries, public and private land, wildlife, and wildlife corridors in the west. The film visually explores the tensions inherent in the intersection of the natural world and human industrial endeavor.
Website: https://www.thecontrolledwild.com/
Date: August 2021
Time: See Calendar Above
Artist Name: Alexandra Lorrae
Artwork Title: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Artwork Info: To the artist, this piece represents the process of watching something beautiful die over time and finding a way to make that death last forever.
Website: http://www.alexandralorrae.com/
Date: August 2021
Time: See Calendar Above
Notes: Special thanks to N.M for the flowers that inspired this video and to my friend, Jose Escudero, for creating the music to go along with the original video that is up on my website.
Artist Name: Alisha B. Wormsley
Artwork Title: There Are Black People In The Future: Remnants of An Advanced Technology
Artwork Info: There Are Black People In The Future (TABPITF) started as experimental film and a series of objects in Homewood, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh. The work addresses Black communities through space and time by reassuring the presence of Black people within the community. The text, which Wormsley encourages others to use freely, has since been used in protest, critical art theory, essays, song, testimony and collective dreaming.
Website: http://www.alishabwormsley.com/
Social: https://www.instagram.com/alishabwormsley/?hl=en
Date: August 2021
Time: See Calendar Above
Notes: This projection was created in conjunction with Alisha's exhibition at the Rocky Mountain Collage of Art + Design (RMCAD) earlier this year, but since it was initially only able to be exhibited for a few days.
Artist Name: Dream Create Inspire Tour
Artwork title: Generational Healing
Artist statement:This mixtape is meant to spotlight the importance of acknowledging the land we occupy. It features indigenous artists' perspectives on the history of their lineage. This mixtape aims to connect local healers to provide collective healing techniques anyone can engage with as they interact with the video.
Website: https://www.dreamcreateinspiretour.com/
Date: August 20, 2021
Time: 8:15pm - 9:30pm
Notes: Throughout 2021, DCI Tour will present their Visual Mixtape series on the 3rd Friday of every month. Stay tuned for future announcements, too.
CONTACT
Say hello and feel free to ask questions.
info@nightlightsdenver.com