Here's a close-up look at the ongoing work - almost ready for going public this saturday
MESA MUSICAL SHADOWS
Mesa Arts Center
[North Campus @ Center Street]
Grand Opening & Public Unveiling:
Sat 02 April 2016 2:00-3:30 PM
Your MesaZona just could not wait to take another look at what's going on since getting curious in a post here on 03 March seeing an area surveyed earlier and "under-wraps".
The finished lay-out and design is shown in the image to the right of tiles pink-and-blue - the artwork 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 Ikeda Theater lobby opposite the Center Street light rail station.
Each sensor will respond to changes in light, which will trigger different melodic or percussive sounds, emitted through speakers embedded in the plaza.
If multiple sensors are activated by a group of people playing together, a complex composition can be created.
Mesa Musical Shadows is generously [over $400,000] supported by a grant from ArtPlace America.
It is part of the 21st Century Cafe Society Project, a multi-phase initiative to create a welcoming and activated environment at MAC's north entry plaza
[more details about Mesa 21st Century Café Society can be found in earlier posts here].
EVENT DETAILS:
A special event to celebrate the completion of Mesa Musical Shadows, Saturday, April 2, 2-3:30 p.m. The event will include:
- music and refreshments,
- remarks from Mesa Vice Mayor Dennis Kavanaugh and Councilmember Chris Glover,
- a special performance of a commissioned dance piece to be performed with the artwork
- ribbon cutting
- and an opportunity to be one of the first people to “play” the piece!
Let's see how exciting an over $4000,000 artwork can be . . .
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