Delectricity was an exciting event for me, as it was the first new media event I've ever attended. Overall, I was pleased with what I saw, however I had a hard time following the map, and many of the exhibits were not working properly when I was there. It seemed as though the pieces were few and far between, but I finally hit my stride when I came to The Garfield Lofts Projection. At first I didn't even realize it was lit. I was too busy looking in the windows at the small pieces within. I then looked up and had to take a few steps back. It was pretty remarkable. The aesthetic quality of it blew me away so much that I didn't particularly pay attention to the subject matter. I also thought it was funny how people reacted to the projectors. Everyone wanted to put their hands in front of it, almost as if they became part of the work at that point. Further down the street, I came across a piece that I thought fit perfectly with out participatory / interactive art unit. It was called-
Frontier Town: A Tent Camp for Children in the Urban Wild
The “town” consisted of tents made of a very sheer, beautiful creme fabric, and glass milk jugs that were lit (somehow). Inside of the tents were objects that lit up, people could go inside the tents and play with the lights. The lights passed through the fabric, bringing the “town” to life. It was just beautiful, and people were having a great time. Some had formed small groups and were sitting inside the tents, others just passed in and out. It was very exploratory, and I really enjoyed it. There was a lot of chaos in the city that night, but somehow everything calmed around this exhibit.
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