LE FLASH Atlanta 2009
Friday, October 2
Dusk to Midnight
Castleberry Hill District
An Evening When Art Experiments with Light
Opening Event for Atlanta Celebrates Photography: ACP11
LE FLASH presents a burst of fantastical art and creative performance for one October night in the Castleberry Hill district at the edge of Downtown Atlanta. From dusk to midnight, Atlanta expects to be showered with the light and sound of installations, performance art, poetry readings, music, video projections, an iron pour and art happenings of all sorts.
gloATL and Dancemaker Lauri Stallings present Pour.
Two dozen diaphanous dancers flood the streets with liquid energy in a performance designed for LE FLASH 2009.
Two dozen diaphanous dancers flood the streets with liquid energy in a performance designed for LE FLASH 2009.
Using light as the theme, LE FLASH centers on interactive installations, projected imagery and illuminated performance. The five-hour event shares a transitory aesthetic with cities around the world that take a night out for art once a year. Paris and Toronto, Tokyo and Berlin are among cultural destinations that light up for Nuit Blanche, a magnetizing city-wide phenomenon that is echoed in LE FLASH.
Curators Cathy Byrd and Stuart Keeler, inventors of LE FLASH, have played on the spatial dynamic of Castleberry, making site-specific use of empty lots and dark streets in ways that capture Atlanta’s largely untapped potential for experimental cultural production.
Stefani Byrd + Wes Eastin: You Sound Funny When You Smile
An interactive storefront installation works with sound and video to reverse cultural stereotypes. Sponsored by Atlanta Celebrates Photography
An interactive storefront installation works with sound and video to reverse cultural stereotypes. Sponsored by Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Byrd and Keeler aim to initiate a yearly ephemeral arts celebration that will deepen the significance of contemporary art Atlanta, while linking the community to a broader cultural scene. Creating an exciting and expandable platform for new-genre public art, the curatorial team calls attention to the need for public and private investment in impermanent projects.
Danielle Roney: Mission | Guest curator: Rebecca Dimling Cochran
The temporality of place and people is at the heart of Mission, a Castleberry-centered video installation. A nearby Baptist Mission provides respite for the transient citizens whose likenesses appear in the utopian landscape projected onto the corner of a U-Haul building.
This inventive site-specific project joins 60 other performances and installations that create Le Flash 2009, a communal encounter with contemporary art. While creating a burst of light and art in public space for only one night, Le Flash has taken on a significant role in shaping the cultural future of the city. Atlanta is now poised to invite the event into other neighborhoods; Le Flash can grow to celebrate art across the entire city.
The temporality of place and people is at the heart of Mission, a Castleberry-centered video installation. A nearby Baptist Mission provides respite for the transient citizens whose likenesses appear in the utopian landscape projected onto the corner of a U-Haul building.
This inventive site-specific project joins 60 other performances and installations that create Le Flash 2009, a communal encounter with contemporary art. While creating a burst of light and art in public space for only one night, Le Flash has taken on a significant role in shaping the cultural future of the city. Atlanta is now poised to invite the event into other neighborhoods; Le Flash can grow to celebrate art across the entire city.
Atlanta Celebrates Photography supports Atlanta’s emergence as an international center for photography. Through an annual October festival and year-round programs, ACP seeks to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage collectors, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich Atlanta’s cultural scene. Through these efforts, ACP facilitates Atlanta’s emergence as a world-class city. For more information, visit acpinfo.org
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