Local Light
Casey Farina, The Sunset People, Eli Richard, Francisco Flores, Amanda Clayton and Daniel Funkhouser
Local Light 2019
Canal Convergence extends its atmosphere beyond the Scottsdale Waterfront!
For the second year, Canal Convergence | Water + Art + Light extends its atmosphere beyond the Scottsdale Waterfront to Old Town Scottsdale businesses through Local Light.
Beginning October 26, this initiative from Scottsdale Public Art places temporary, light-based installations along 5th Avenue, Stetson Drive, and Marshall Way and inside Scottsdale Fashion Square mall. All of the installations, which were created by local artists, will remain on display through Dec. 31. The initiative is designed to support businesses in Old Town Scottsdale. Some of the installations will be placed outside the businesses while others will be inside.
Local Light is also part of Scottsdale Contemporary Month from October 26 – November 25 and will remain on display through Scottsdazzle, the City of Scottsdale’s holiday festival. Follow Scottsdale Public Art on social media throughout the initiative for updates on events and for information about the artists and artwork.
Installations
Traverse
Artist: Casey Farina
Traverse is a generative video installation that uses projection mapping to span the east and south facing windows of the Canal Convergence Storefront. The installation uses five different projectors synchronized by a computer. As the projected entities traverse the length of the installation, they accumulate and emit particles into the virtual environment. The movement and parameters of the virtual environment are stochastically generated by a computer in real time to ensure that the artwork will never repeat.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Various locations in Old Town Scottsdale
Canal Convergence Storefront
7035 E. 5th Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
The Sunset Stack
Artists: The Sunset People
The sunset’s atmospheric optics are humanity’s original form of entertainment. The glow of screens is what we stare at today. The Sunset Stack sources videos uploaded by strangers that have been tagged as “SUNSET” in the Creative Commons library. Sixty sunset–themed video clips have been gathered and manipulated into a one-hour montage. This assortment of sunset videos provides a canvas for The Sunset People to make their mark with custom filters, transforming the landscapes into colorful, electronically altered collaborations with outsiders. The screens loop in an offset, syncopated pattern—creating a new kind of meditative sunset dream-haze, just like nature intended. The Sunset Stack is inspired by the vintage aesthetic of bygone eras while embracing the cutting-edge technology of the future. This hybrid of Mother Nature’s analogue beauty captured in digital form becomes contemporary color bars.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Carlson Creek Wine Tasting Room
4142 N. Marshall Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Sun Lanterns
Artist: Eli Richard
The 23 individual Sun Lanterns are made of steel, plexiglass, and solar–powered lights. Ranging from 3–8 feet tall, they are layered with horizontal plexiglass strips, inspired by colors found in the landscape of Arizona. The lanterns absorb sunlight throughout the day, and then, as the sun sets, each lantern flickers on to reenergize its environment.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Intersection of 3rd Avenue and Marshall Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Into the distance
Artist: Francisco Flores
Where is the sky? Not the physical sky, but the place where everyone goes after being alive. Do they go anywhere? Our prayers and wishes—where do they go? All we really know is that they part from us, into the distance, like ships sailing in the ocean. Into the distance becomes the name of this art piece, a light shrine sculpture consisting of seven, 9–foot–tall, slim columns that emit light. The RGB pixel–mapped light columns create contemplative visual animations of upward movement. The idea of movement toward the sky is a gesture to interact with the light of the stars and send light waves into the distance of outer space. This artwork is an invitation to look up to the sky and intends to evoke positive memories of wonder in the stars. Placed on a balcony above Marshall Way, Into the distance will be viewed from ground level, using light as a metaphor for thoughts and prayers going into the sky. With upward fluid movements of light, this sculpture takes the shape of an intentional visualizer to put prayers and thoughts into light forms and be sent into the distance.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Balcony above:
7051 E. 5th Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(Facing Marshall Way)
Terroir
Artist: Amanda Clayton
Terroir is a site-specific art installation celebrating the importance of landscape on the nuances of wine properties. Installed in a planting bed along the patio at LDV Winery Tasting Room, the real focus of Terroir is on the location of LDV’s vineyards at the base of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona. The unique physical aspects of this region inspired the outline of the mountain range rendered in neon, which is suspended on a vine trellis and surrounded by cinders—a nod to the volcanic eruptions that formed this geography centuries ago. An homage to Turkey Creek, which now runs dry, is depicted in LED light. This mélange of phenomena supplied the land with the specific requirements needed for the high desert grape varieties to flourish. These temporal characteristics are what give this art installation its physical form and also makes the wine that comes from here so special.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
LDV Winery Tasting Room
7134 E. Stetson Drive, #B110
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Pocket Dimension
Artist: Daniel Funkhouser
Pocket Dimension includes two separate artworks installed in two different wings of Scottsdale Fasion Square mall. Both artworks feature transparent desert imagery, cut from acrylic and illuminated by LEDs. Featuring patterns etched into surface, the designs are distorted into a dreamlike and sci-fantasy reality through colorful materials and light.
Installation: Nightly, Nov. 8 through Dec. 31, 2019
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Inside Scottsdale Fashion Square
7014 E. Camelback Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Learn more about Local Light and Canal Convergence.
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Location4420 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA
ArtistCasey Farina, The Sunset People, Eli Richard, Francisco Flores, Amanda Clayton and Daniel Funkhouser
DatesOct. 26 through Dec. 31, 2019