gloATL and Dancemaker Lauri Stallings present Pour.
Two dozen diaphanous dancers flood the streets with liquid energy in a performance designed for LE FLASH 2009.

 

Using light as the theme, LE FLASH centers on interactive installations, projected imagery and illuminated performance. The five-hour event shares a transitory aesthetic with cities around the world that take a night out for art once a year. Paris and Toronto, Tokyo and Berlin are among cultural destinations that light up for Nuit Blanche, a magnetizing city-wide phenomenon that is echoed in LE FLASH.

 

Curators Cathy Byrd and Stuart Keeler, inventors of LE FLASH, have played on the spatial dynamic of Castleberry, making site-specific use of empty lots and dark streets in ways that capture Atlanta’s largely untapped potential for experimental cultural production.

 

 

Stefani Byrd + Wes Eastin: You Sound Funny When You Smile
An interactive storefront installation works with sound and video to reverse cultural stereotypes. Sponsored by Atlanta Celebrates Photography

 

Byrd and Keeler aim to initiate a yearly ephemeral arts celebration that will deepen the significance of contemporary art Atlanta, while linking the community to a broader cultural scene. Creating an exciting and expandable platform for new-genre public art, the curatorial team calls attention to the need for public and private investment in impermanent projects.

 

Danielle Roney: Mission | Guest curator: Rebecca Dimling Cochran
The temporality of place and people is at the heart of Mission, a Castleberry-centered video installation. A nearby Baptist Mission provides respite for the transient citizens whose likenesses appear in the utopian landscape projected onto the corner of a U-Haul building.

 

This inventive site-specific project joins 60 other performances and installations that create Le Flash 2009, a communal encounter with contemporary art. While creating a burst of light and art in public space for only one night, Le Flash has taken on a significant role in shaping the cultural future of the city. Atlanta is now poised to invite the event into other neighborhoods; Le Flash can grow to celebrate art across the entire city.

 

 

 

 

 Atlanta Celebrates Photography supports Atlanta’s emergence as an international center for photography. Through an annual October festival and year-round programs, ACP seeks to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage collectors, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich Atlanta’s cultural scene. Through these efforts, ACP facilitates Atlanta’s emergence as a world-class city. For more information, visit acpinfo.org