JUST STEPS AWAY from the LIT CITY Dance Party Presented by Dine Baltimore’S Inner Harbor
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Metalworks (Baltimore, MD); presented by 29. LIGHT HAPPENINGS Part II by Labbodies migratory birds will settle for a moment in the 55. Katýn Memorial by Andrzej Pitynski E. UMBC SPARK Gallery Featuring Projection- Whiting-Turner (Baltimore, MD) city of Baltimore. Their clean-cut appearance is a Dedicated on November 19, 2000, the Katyn based Artworks, Performances and Interactive 1. The Big Wheel THE DIVIDED LINE is an interactive installation A site-specific, multi-media installation and reminiscent of origami objects. High in the trees, Memorial commemorates the 22,000 estimated Exhibits Ride high above Light City on a LED Ferris wheel. utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) to provide an alternate performance program examining some of the the birds appear to have settled their home in Polish military officers, police, intellectuals and UMBC SPARK, a pop-up gallery of engaging, framework as an interpretation of an idealized the branches. 2. Mini Light City most devastating moments in history and their civilian prisoners of war executed by the NKVD, projection-based artworks, will be open each day construct to be inhabited. relationship to contemporary acts of violence in Stalin’s secret police at the Katyn forest and other of Light City at Calvert and Water streets. Produced From 5–8pm nightly at the Kaufman Pavilion, 42. Communication Gaps by GSP.studio the United States. The installation will be activated Soviet detainment camps in 1940. by Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and funded families can visit Mini Light City for hands-on, by (Baltimore, MD); presented by M&T Bank 16. William Donald Schaefer Sculpture throughout the festival by audience participation by PNC Bank, the Gallery will feature eight-to-ten illuminated craft activities in a youth makers’ tent, by (France) Rodney Carroll (Baltimore, MD) and live performances by regional and national A collaborative interactive light and sound sculpture 56. Aquarium Car Stéphane Masson exhibits created by UMBC faculty and graduate children’s entertainers and performing artists, music Depicts one of Baltimore’s most innovative Mayors, performance artists. using the harbor itself as a medium, the aim of In this contemplative video installation, a car students, as well as a schedule of performances, and whimsical snacks. the legendary William Donald Schaefer Communication Gaps is to use movement, light transforms into a virtual aquarium by filling events and interactive activities. Curated by (1921–2011). 30. Under Sky/One Family by and sound for festival-goers to express themselves progressively with water where giant goldfish are 3. Food & Beverage Bar #1* Mark di Suvero Joe Reinsel. Iconic steel structure, circa 1980. to the participant across the water. Use your own swimming until the water disappears. Craft pizza, sausage & libations. 17. Food & Beverage Bar #3* For More Information: GoDowntownBaltimore.com | movement to control the ways the light and sound Twitter @DowntownBalt | Instagram: DowntownBaltimore 31. Food & Beverage Bar #6* 57. Peacock by 4. Charm City Carousel After dinner, coffee, sweets & libations. travel over the water. Tim Scofield and Kyle Miller with | Facebook: DowntownBaltimore Sustainable seafood, tacos & libations. Steve Dalenkoff and Will Cocks(Baltimore, MD) Special illumination on the existing old-fashioned 18. Tall Ship Sorlandet 43. Guest Services Headquarters & Returning as a ‘fan favorite’ from Light City 2016, F. PORTALS, A GLOBAL ART INITIATIVE amusement ride. (special thanks to Sail Baltimore) 32. Kinetic Kauchii DekoSofa by Formstone Access Center this automated peacock opens and closes using an #BaltimorePortal (Baltimore, MD) 5. Yuai, Japanese Stone Lantern Sorlandet is a visiting tall ship from Norway. The Castle Collective Guest Services is the one-stop shop for Light City intricate series of hinges attached to hydraulically Downtown Partnership of Baltimore is excited to ship, which is 212’ long, is visiting under the Take a ride with this DekoTora-inspired, whimsical driven pushrods. When fully extended, the plume This gift from Baltimore’s sister city of Kawasaki, attendees: accessibility services, lost and found, official announce the arrival of Portals, an interactive, auspices of Sail Baltimore and will be docked at roving living-room, Formstone Castle Collective’s stretches 40 feet wide by 20 feet tall and is lighted Japan was given in 1984 and celebrates the then programs, docent tours and other key information. international collaboration created by Shared the Inner Harbor West Wall from March 30–April 3. Baltimorean interpretation of the DekoTora truck with 15,000 individually addressable LEDs. Special 5-year affiliation Kawasaki, Japan had (and still has) Studios. The ship will be open to the public for free tours on aesthetic. 44. Shabamanetica by Eric Dyer (Baltimore, MD) thanks to WTMD for creating the artwork’s playlist. with Baltimore, Maryland. Portals are gold shipping containers equipped March 31, April 1 and April 2 from 2–4pm each day. Shabamanetica takes the form of two 7’-diameter with immersive audio-visual technology. When a 33. National Aquarium by 6. Nightly Moments Kick-Off Stage A+ World Academy provides a sail training program circular sculptures that present complex, multi- 58. Lights on Lancaster Street PRG person enters one, he/she comes face-to-face, with The National Aquarium opened 1981 as a Special illumination on the trees on Lancaster Street Festivities kick off on opening night with a Light City and is undertaking a two year circumnavigation plane, motion-collages of Shanghai, Panama and someone in an identical gold shipping container nonprofit aquatic education and conservation beginning at Under Armour Brand House, designed Opening Night Parade by Creative Alliance followed aboard Sorlandet. Baltimore that are activated by the public. somewhere else on Earth. Participants at the organization, the jewel of Baltimore City’s Inner by the world-renowned lighting designers at PRG. by themed celebrations at 8pm each night including Baltimore Portal are invited to enter the Portal to 19. Light Up the Night! Concert & Harbor redevelopment. With a mission to inspire 45. On Demand illuminated public workouts, bike parties and more. converse live with a stranger abroad as if in the Performance Stage conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures, the On Demand hosts a curated program of looped * Light City is proud to feature 100% local craft brews from Heavy Seas Beer CrossBones Session IPA, The Brewers Art same room, with live interpretation available. Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the video and time-based media content, exploring 7. Maryland Science Center Every night at the Light Up the Night! Concert Resurrection Ale, Union Craft Brewing Anthem, Sagamore The #BaltimorePortal will be open during Light the range and diversity of experimental forms of For over 40 years, the Maryland Science Center has & Performance Stage at the Inner Harbor nation’s two top aquariums and has hosted over 51 Rye and ecologically friendly Bota Box Wine: Pinot Grigio, City at 20 South Calvert Street (at Water Street, just cinema made locally and abroad. promoted science literacy and science education Amphitheater, music at Light City invites the world million guests since opening. REDVOLUTION and a sangria. All Light City Beverage Bars above Lombard Street). This programming is made for everyone, especially children. to experience Baltimore’s talented music scene. will proudly feature Golden Hour, the official 2017 Light City possible by the PNC Foundation. 34. OUR HOUSE by Tom Dekyvere (Belgium) 46. Food & Beverage Bar #7* Uniquely curated live concerts each night feature Cocktail, featuring Sagamore Rye and created by Eric Fooy, For More Information: GoDowntownBaltimore.com | Using an illuminated nylon fabric across the BBQ & libations. 8. Easy Landing by Kenneth Snelson local, regional and national acts such as Biz Markie, B&O Brasserie; as well as water. You can also purchase the Twitter @DowntownBalt | Instagram: DowntownBaltimore (New York, NY) Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Papadosio and Ozomatli. suspension bridge of Piers 3 & 4, OUR HOUSE official Light City 2017 t-shirt for just $10! | Facebook: DowntownBaltimore illustrates togetherness and collaboration in 47. Sueños by Edgar Reyes (Baltimore, MD) This 1978 stainless steel sculpture is a landmark of 20. Food & Beverage Bar #4* contrast with nature and technology through the Sueños acknowledges and celebrates the Latino JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE LIT CITY Dance Party presented by Dine Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Community’s struggle for social justice. It was Empanadas, peanuts & libations. metaphoric symbols of sound and vision. Downtown Baltimore developed in collaboration with artist Edgar Reyes 9. ARGO by Jann Rosen-Queralt, Marian Thursday, April 6, 8–11pm by (Israel) 35. Electron Drawing – Visual Music by Timothy and Latino youth from Baltimore City and Langley Ochoa, and Kirsten Walsh (Baltimore, MD); 21. House of Cards OGE Group A. School 33 Art Center Light Tunnel on St. Paul Street, (Baltimore, MD) Park. The artwork highlights and reflects their presented by MICA & Constellation presented by Downtown Partnership of Nohe 1427 Light Street in Federal Hill 400 St. Paul Street (in front of Mercy Hospital) Electron Drawing-Visual Music encourages complex racial makeup and honors loved ones who A 70-foot free-standing sculpture and immersive Baltimore and PNC On view from February 3–April 15 Dine Downtown will host the LIT CITY Dance Party audiences of all ages to become active creators of have died migrating to the United States. installation, ARGO underscores the profound House of Cards is made of 128 light boxes in Hours: 11am–4pm, Wednesday–Saturday on Thursday, April 6 from 8–11pm. live technological art and beautiful mathematically influence of water. the form of playing cards, which in turn appear 48. Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse Main Gallery — WAVE AND PARTICLE Engaging Join us as we celebrate, light, music and food according to a choreography as a rhythmic play derived music and drawings. A beacon on the Chesapeake Bay, the Seven in a multitude of experiments utilizing such under the Light Tunnel on St.