What: Luminaries
Address: Winter Garden, 230 Vesey Street, New York, USA
Website: artsbrookfield.com/
Arts Brookfield, in conjunction with architect and designer David Rockwell, have unveiled a lighting installation in Brookfield Place, NYC named “Luminaires,” and is free to the public. Guests may send a “wish” to the lanterns by placing their hands on the touch-sensitive stations, which pulse with color. this pulse then sends the colour coursing through the canopy above, transforming the wish into a show of lights via the lanterns. LED’s embedded in the lanterns create an all-day/night lighting experience, with choreographed light shows scheduled throughout the day and evening.
From the website, Luminaries is a reimagined holiday tradition—a spectacular lighting display that follows the glass enclosed topography of the Winter Garden. Inspired by the season’s traditions of sharing, community and connection, visitors are immersed in a glowing canopy of 650 lanterns, embedded with LEDs, each capable of changing color and intensity.
The interactive installation is transformed into a unique light display every time a participant touches a special wishing station positioned within the iconic palm trees of the Winter Garden. The interactive and collective act of wishing creates a communal and celebratory tradition. For every wish made this holiday season, Arts Brookfield will donate $1 up to $25,000 to the GRAMMY Foundation® to support its GRAMMY in the Schools® music education programs for high school students.
Spectacular light shows are scheduled throughout the day and evening every two hours beginning at 10 AM and ending at 8 PM daily. Five shows celebrate the season:Snowfall, Christmas Tree, Ribbons, Firecracker, and Northern Lights.
About the designer: Rockwell Group is an award-winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York with satellite offices in Madrid and Shanghai. The firm crafts a unique narrative for each project through the intersection of theater and architecture. The designer of Luminaries, The LAB at Rockwell Group, creates unique forms of digital expression embedded within physical environments to create unexpected user experiences. From research to interactive prototyping through installation, The Lab tell stories in original ways utilizing cutting-edge technology and modes of interaction. Working closely with our strategy and architecture teams, The Lab develops playful yet sophisticated designs that focus on connecting people in a memorable, immersive experience.
Photos by Arbuckle Industries
