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Media Contact: Casey Blake, 480-644-6620, casey.blake@mesaartscenter.com
The interactive outdoor artwork Mesa Musical Shadows consists of light sensors and small speakers embedded in a geometric arrangement of colored concrete tiles, placed flush to the concrete plaza surface outside the north theater lobby, near the Main Street light rail station.
The artwork will be activated by the motion and shadows cast by members of the public who walk near, and over, the light sensors. Each sensor will identify specific changes of light which will trigger the computer program to project different melodic notes through the speakers. Multiple activated sensors will create blended sounds that imitate music, driven by the interaction of people moving in tandem with others
Getting interactive public art installed in a high-visibility prime location in the New Urban DTMesa usually goes through a process that takes time and funding. For this project it was a span of one year and four months from the design concept, getting local input, going through the review procedures and grant applications, and approval of the over $400,000 contract that broke ground last month. The Mesa Arts Center contracted with the artist firm of Daily tous les jours in September, 2014 to conduct on-site research, define objectives, and develop a conceptual prototype of a public artwork to be located on the MAC’s north plaza.
[see image above right for street level view from north side of Main Street at the Valley Metro Light Rail station]
To help develop their conceptual design, the firm conducted three public workshops to collect feedback, ideas, and recommendations. The workshops were attended by about 60 local community members, as well as Arizona State University architecture students.
Once this preliminary work had been accomplished, the MAC signed Daily tous les jours to a second contract. This contract covered preliminary design, prototyping of the project, refinements, final design, and ultimately installation of the final public art project on the north plaza.
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More details and information >> www.mesaartscenter.com/musicalshadows
[see image above right for street level view from north side of Main Street at the Valley Metro Light Rail station]
To help develop their conceptual design, the firm conducted three public workshops to collect feedback, ideas, and recommendations. The workshops were attended by about 60 local community members, as well as Arizona State University architecture students.
Once this preliminary work had been accomplished, the MAC signed Daily tous les jours to a second contract. This contract covered preliminary design, prototyping of the project, refinements, final design, and ultimately installation of the final public art project on the north plaza.
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More details and information >> www.mesaartscenter.com/musicalshadows
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