Sunday, December 1, 2013

Event Blog No. 2: Trip of Glow!

It was the first event I attended this quarter on Sept. 28th--Glow on Santa Monica beach! This was an art festival in every three years, performed by 15 artist this year. It was estimated that more than 150,000 crowds during the exhibition. As described on its website, "An all-night cultural experience featuring original commissions by artists that re-imagine Santa Monica Beach as a playground for thoughtful and participatory artworks." We started our trip early in order to avoid the traffic. However, it was actually too early, and we are waiting for artists setting their works up. 

Picture with Karen Atkinson
Karen Atkinson is the professor at CalArt. Her work is a large screen coated with phosphorescent paint that holds the shape of projected images, like an echo repeats a sound. 


Chamber of Mystery and Ring of Fire by Mathieu Briand


With Mathieu Briand (left three)
Sculpture in the Chamber of Mystery

Starting at 6:43 pm, the time sun descended below the sea, chamber of mystery made by Mathieu Briand opened to the public. We went into the chamber and saw the sculpture and the echo made by the special sound inside. Above the chamber is the ring of fire, it represents the power of the sun after sunset. We talked to Mr. Briand, who is a french artist, he regards the ring of fire as sun, the whole work display the worship to sun and our earth's primal essence. 


With professor Victoria Vesna


Me wearing octopus dressing!
Eventually, we found our professor! She was taking the ride of the Pacific Wheel wearing the glowing octopus, the whole wheel would become the ultimate revolving mandala. The name was the Octopus Mandala Glow(OMG). The wheel represents the industrial age and the octopus shows human's wish to control it instead of being controlled. It was also a symbol that people taking back the joy of simple like and celebrating the end to the industrial age.
It was a really exciting experience to see our professor for the first time this quarter! The creativity revealed in these exhibitions improved our expectations of the topic in the coming quarter!

Work Cited
"Glow Santa Monica." Glow. Glow.org, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://glowsantamonica.org/>.

"Mathieu Briand." Glow Mathieu Briand Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://glowsantamonica.org/mathieu-briand/>.

"Octopus." Octopus Mandala Glow. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://octopusmandala.org/join-occupy/>.

Painter, Alysia G. "Art on the Beach: Glow Santa Monica." NBC Southern California. NBCUniversal Media, 24 Sept. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/the-scene/Art-on-the-Beach-Glow-Santa-Monica-225112972.html>.

Senn, Evan. "Illuminating Santa Monica: GLOW 2013." KCET. KCETLink, 27 Sept. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/glow-2013-santa-monica.html>.





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