The Nation's Largest Immersive Art Event Highlights the
City's Historic Architecture at Night With Projection Mapping,
Murals, and Interactive Light Sculptures
October 17, 2024
- October 20,
2024
Cincinnati,
Ohio
https://BLINKcincinnati.com
CINCINNATI, June 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BLINK™, one of the nation's
largest public art events, returns October
2024 with a thrilling roster of some of the brightest and
most innovative regional, national, and global artists. In 2022,
BLINK saw 2.1 million attendees and $126
million direct economic impact for the Cincinnati region. Following that impressive
post-pandemic return in 2022, BLINK, illuminated by ArtsWave,
takes on new challenges this year, expanding its physical reach and
artist representation for a truly immersive experience.
The culmination of two years of research and outreach, BLINK
2024 welcomes artists and attendees from all over the world to
experience never-before-seen works from over 80 featured artists
across disciplines. Seamlessly blending technology and art, the
event exposes visitors and locals to innovations in projection
mapping, murals, and light technology, creating the ultimate
celebration of public art in all of its forms. During BLINK, the
city glows with vibrant artistic expression, from the historic
building facades to the streets themselves.
BLINK, using the city's urban core—as well as communities in
Northern Kentucky right across the
river—as their canvas, takes special care to curate works that not
only complement Cincinnati, but
enhance it, blending the local arts scene with global cultural
influence. The #1 city in the US for street art as named by
USA Today, Cincinnati presents an impressively balanced
blend of renowned arts contributions and new media to offer an
all-encompassing view of arts and culture.
Returning Executive Director Justin
Brookhart looks forward to demonstrating the nearly
unimaginable possibilities, as Cincinnati continues to grow as a cultural
hub. "Cincinnati is a place for
people to gather and meet and discuss new ideas. The city comes to
life at night, and I'm really energized by the idea that more
people will get to experience and participate. BLINK is an
invitation for people across the country and the world to
experience Cincinnati as a wholly
immersive and innovative destination."
As a unique chance to experience the city and the art as never
seen before, BLINK is rapidly becoming a pillar of art and
technology, drawing participation from other national organizations
in tandem. This year, in collaboration with BLINK, the CODAsummit
has chosen Cincinnati as their
2024 home. As the only conference focused on the exciting ways
creative professionals are using art and technology to change the
way we experience our environments, BLINK presents a case study of
how public arts and technology can come together to create
something awe-inspiring. The vibrant energy of this city on the
river, filled with art, music and artful innovations, provides the
ideal backdrop for conversations about the future of the creative
field.
The line-up is comprehensive with muralists, projection artists,
and light-based artists. Muralists ASTRO, Hoxxoh, Gee Horton,
Birdseedanthony, Leon Keer, Chroma
Projects, Miss Birdy, Matt Gondeck, Jeks, Wolfdog, Mando Marie, Bunnie
Reiss, Pipsqueak was here!!!, Javarri Lewis, and Lauren
YS bring large-scale works.
Projection Artists Wendy Yu,
Kyle Eli Ebersole, NorthHouse
Creative, Spotted Yeti Media, SnellBeast, Miami University Department of Emerging Technology
in Business and Design, AV EXTENDED, Makoto
Inoue, mammasONica studio, Lightborne, DecideKit,
Philipp Frank, Studio Betty Mü,
GraffMapping, MasonThompson, Brandon
Kraemer, Hyojung Seo, Hotaru
Visual Guerrilla, Susan Kosti,
George Berlin, Mural ReMix,
Maxin10sity, Hambone Collective, Anastasia
Isachsen, Sean Van Praag,
Filip Roca, Tansy Xiao, X
Enterprises International, Vince
Fraser, Chaske Haverkos, and
Scott Budd add complex layers.
Incorporating light-based mediums, artists Christine Langford, JP Leong and Yemi Oyediran, Katie
Stewart, Daniel Shields,
Robert Blum, Tom Tsuchiya, Bill
Thomas, Kevin Kunz,
Mallory Feltz, Artur Grycuk, Kyle Eli
Ebersole & Ian
Molitors, JP Jackson + Brian
Havener, Taylor Pilote,
Nathan Whitford, WOLFDOG,
Claire Bryson, JonBob + Drive Media
House, Caitlin McCall, Evan Verrilli, Chalk River Labs, Britni
Bicknaver with Brianna Kelly,
RADAR ART, Carola Migliore, Juanjo
Fernández Rivero, Alan P Marrero, Janez Grošelj, Calidos, This Is
Loop, Asianati Night Market, Ksawery Komputery, Building 180,
Dennis Nolda, AlexP, and a
collaboration with local/regional artists including artists from
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Columbus College of Art, and Design and
University of Cincinnati (DAAP), light
up the Cincinnati skyline.
About BLINK
Last experienced by over
2.1M people in 2022, BLINK,
illuminated by ArtsWave, welcomes all to Cincinnati, Ohio October 17-20, 2024. The four-day, 30+ city
block, outdoor art experience is sure to be unforgettable, uniting
street art, projection mapping, and light-based installations.
Not only does the event speak to the dynamic evolution of the
Cincinnati art community, it calls
upon the city's deep roots in supporting the arts. BLINK is
illuminated by ArtsWave, the first and largest community campaign
in the nation and the primary way that Cincinnati funds its arts. When tens of
thousands of people and hundreds of companies give to ArtsWave,
they support 150 cultural organizations and projects each year like
BLINK that make our region vibrant. Donations to BLINK and other
arts projects and organizations can be made at
artswave.org/give.
BLINK's Executive Partners include the Cincinnati Regional
Chamber, AGAR, and the Haile Foundation, and the event is curated
and produced in conjunction with partners Cincy Nice and ish to provide opportunities for
regional artists and bring in global creators all in the pursuit of
a stronger community.
About ArtsWave
ArtsWave, the local nonprofit
arts agency serving the Greater
Cincinnati and Northern
Kentucky region, is the engine for the arts. Its roots stem
back to the late 1920s when the Cincinnati Taft family provided
initial investment matched by community support. In the late 1940s,
it established the first united arts fund in the nation and, in the
mid-1970s, the first organization to initiate workplace giving for
the arts. ArtsWave continues to innovate while leading, as
illustrated by its No. 1 rank nationally in community arts
fundraising, coordination of a sector-wide Blueprint for Collective
Action, piloting of new technologies to maximize arts engagement
and development of resources for the arts. Each year, ArtsWave
raises millions of dollars from tens of thousands of donors
—corporations, employees, foundations, residents and others — to
support more than 150 arts organizations, projects and artists.
2024's goal is to return to pre-pandemic fundraising levels by
surpassing $12.5 million. Donations
can be made at artswave.org/give.
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