LightFall is a place where art and nature collide to ignite our interest in, and love of, the natural spaces that have shaped our community. Designed in partnership with the Falls of the Ohio Foundation and River Heritage Conservancy, LightFall connects people to the historically significant landscapes of our river parks through art that inspires exploration and creativity.
I am honored to be the inaugural artist for this event at The Falls of Ohio, a site that brought great joy to my Mother and to our family. Alongside a fantastic team composed of local artist and musician WG Rickel, David Howe whom I bring with me from LA and a handful of devoted volunteers, I will be creating my largest meditative, immersive light and sound experience to date.
Borrowing from a fungus endemic to Indiana, I titled the piece, 'Alueria’. Just as mycorrhizal networks connect individual plants together to transfer water, carbon, nitrogen, and other nutrients and minerals. I see the plant world as a site of teaching for humanity; The network encourages empathy in the plant world, a shared consciousness, a shared mission. If help is needed, the message goes out and neighboring plants react. Plants will actually share resources. It’s fascinating and relevant. We should be tuning in to each other like that. And I believe we can.
Alueria invites synchronicities and resonances between us and the environment’s resplendence. The work offers a distinct opportunity to experience an empathetic bridge between the constellation of beings, seen and unseen, known and unknown. I hope you'll join us. General admission tickets are here and if you’re interested in our special donor event party on opening night, September 8, shoot me a message me and I’ll get you there.
Collaborators:
WG Rickel - Sound design and creative support
David Howe of Lightriders - Technical support
Partners:
The Falls of Ohio Foundation
River Heritage Conservancy
SoIN Tourism
Louisville Public Media
Made possible with grants from Bales Foundation and Samtec