Reverie

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Title: Ian Brill's Reverie View #1
Photo Credit: Joe Levack
Lead Artist(s):
Ian Brill, https://www.ianbrill.org, [email protected]

Description:

"Reverie" by Pittsburgh-based artist Ian Brill was a programmatic light installation covering the entire building-facade of a vacant County of Summit building, consisting of 46 windows on four floors and 1,600 LEDs. The programmed light activation ran continuously, day and night, where colored LEDs reacted vivaciously through the direction of Brill’s computer software. "Reverie," installed on the facade of Building #2 at 37 North Main Street, is the largest and most impressive exhibit achieved to date by Curated Storefront, a program of ongoing exhibitions that activate vacant storefronts with multimedia art installations in downtown Akron, Ohio.

“Reverie, in particular, is an ambitious piece, at four stories, 46 windows, running 24­7 for the better part of a year. Upon completing this work, I was able to demonstrate an ability to work within a larger scale, with new technologies and implement my work in new ways, that have already influenced other projects, currently on display, elsewhere. This work, in particular, has been a well­ attended and well­ marketed success. I would not have been comfortable committing to such an endeavor, were it not for the confidence and professionalism that this organization exudes.” Ian Brill, Artist & Professor at Penn State University

PROJECT LOCATION

Vacant Lot/Buidling
The animated architecture was displayed throughout 46 windows with 1610 LED-lit cells in Building #2, 31-37 North Main Street, Akron, OH.
Building #2
37 North Main Street
Akron, OH 44308
United States

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PROJECT TEAM

Curated Storefront, www.curatedstorefront.org, [email protected]
Knight Foundation, http://www.knightfoundation.org, [email protected]
Rick Rogers, www.curatedstorefront.org, [email protected]

Courtney Cable, www.curatedstorefront.org, [email protected]
Curated Storefront, www.curatedstorefront.org, [email protected]
PROJECT DETAILS

Temporary
15000
Grant
Digital, Installation, Site integrated architectural work
Electronics, LED, Light
"Reverie" was programmed by a computer to control the colored LED lights.
2018
2019