Illuminations is a series of site specific public interactions employing projected messages in the vicinity of the Chicago River. The objective is to bring awareness to Chicago’s use/abuse of its most precious natural resource, Lake Michigan, and damaging effects of the reversal of the Chicago River. As a gently disruptive media presentation, the illuminated typographic [...]
Author Archives: Matt Wizinsky
Illuminations (coming soon)
July 29, 2010 – 7:12 pm
This is a sneak preview of the Illuminations project, which will be unveiled over the next few weeks along the banks of the Chicago River. These luminous, site specific design interventions are intended to engage, inform, and activate Chicago citizens on issues of water stewardship. More to come in the following weeks.
A River Conspiracy (in song)
July 16, 2010 – 5:47 pm
“The Barkinghaus” by the Sundresses A protest song documenting a battle set along the Ohio River. A nightmare or reality? Who controls the river? Smoke & mirrors infrastructure? Price fixing? Could it be? They’re coming through the roof! This song written and performed by The Sundresses of Cincinnati, OH. Released on their 2009 album, The [...]
My Relationship with Water:
A theme in two takes
July 15, 2010 – 2:56 pm
Considering my personal relationship with water, I am faced with the duality of water’s role in life—its base necessity for survival, health, and sanitation on one hand, and the many ways it offers enjoyment, recreation, and celebration on the other. In an attempt to visualize these themes, I am offering two personal visions of my [...]