On the evening of Saturday, September 28, 2013, I attended
the GLOW Festival at Santa Monica beach and pier.
It was amazing to see the light shows of all
of the art pieces and performances with the backdrop of the clear night sky,
ocean, and brightly decorated pier. The
art pieces incorporated not only the artists’ visions, but also the inclusion
of technology to create that image to the audience, strongly relevant to the
theme of our class of incorporating “two cultures”. I particularly enjoyed Rebeca Méndez’s “Circumsolar,
Migration 1, 2013”, which was located on the sand by the ocean, and projected
her idea of the migration path of the arctic tern, a small sea bird known for
its longest migration path from Antarctica to the Arctic every year.
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| Artist Rebeca Méndez and I in front of her exhibit |
She presented her idea as a disk shaped video
into the sky, that projected clips such as clouds with sunlight shining through
them exuding a hopeful and peaceful feeling, a huge bird flapping its wings
exhibiting a feeling of freedom, soothing waves moving across the ocean, and many
other larger than life size images to portray the long journey. The use of technology was integrated in her
art piece through the usage of a huge projector set that was placed on the sand
that aimed at the night sky. Without the use of science technology, such as the projector and video media used to create and portray Méndez’s art, the lights incorporated into the purpose of the GLOW festival would not exist.
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