Sound to Light

by Jenn Figg / Added 4 months 2 weeks ago

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The Kinetic Light Drums are a collaborative, experimental project in development for the last three years with artist Matthew McCormack. The drums are a series of user-powered instruments that light…

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Community Beacons at Ingenuity Cleveland

by Jenn Figg / Added 5 months 3 weeks ago

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Community Beacons are a series of Kinetic Light Drums that light up when played without any batteries. The sound vibrations are converted to light allowing players to communicate over a distance,…

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Making of the Community Beacons

by Jenn Figg / Added 8 months 2 weeks ago

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Community Beacons realizes the power of spontaneous performance. The drums are a visual, social and scientific exploration of alternative power generation and personal expression. These user powered…

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This is Community!!

by Jenn Figg / Added 8 months 4 weeks ago

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Exuberant students shout 'Unify Unify" and invent rhythms on the Community Beacons, at Kenyon College.

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Community Beacons Debut

by Jenn Figg / Added 9 months 1 week ago

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Community Beacons realizes the power of spontaneous performance. The drums are a visual, social and scientific exploration of alternative power generation and personal expression. These user powered…

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Kinetic Light Drums - Brite Winter Festival

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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Happy winterized folk in Cleveland came down to the Flats for the 2011 Brite Winter Festival and discovered the light drums. Impromptu rythmes began and transformed with discovery and exploration…

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Cubular Box of Earth revisited

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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From the series, Parceled Plants, the animations tell of an environment that has been idealized, partitioned, simplified, and made modular. The surrounding landscape is an undesignated zone neither…

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Shadowlandscape, 3-min clip

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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A collaborative performance installation in an urban preserve. Seen is one tree’s imaginary umbrage, a fragmentary paper “shadow,” as it takes shape and is then cleared away, leaving no mark. Shadowlandscape 70’…

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Labyrinth @ Rankin Gallery, Ferris State University

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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Set to the backdrop of lunar cycles, chirping crickets and the roar of distant rockets, Labyrinth invites viewers to explore a 100 foot maze of lattice cut paper and discover hand blown and found…

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Datura at the Franklin Park Conservatory

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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Watch the process of making "Datura" for the Franklin Park Conservatory unfold from drawings, models and fabrication. The Datura, a member of the nightshade family, holds many common names because…

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Making the glass Turkish Crab

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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Featuring hot glass by: Matthew McCormack, Alan Barr, David Mooers, Linda Diec, Scott Fouché, Jenn Figg. Photos by: Lori Abel. Film by Miles Curtiss. Audio by Matthew McCormack. Watch the process…

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Kinetic Light Drums in New York City on Governors Island Historic Fort Jay

by Jenn Figg / Added 1 year ago

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Thanks to everyone that came down and played light drums in the magazine! This performance is incredible and truly lived up to the NYT press release: Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack are preparing…

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