Ann C. Durant
Barn Illumination
The Barn Illumination Project is a community event that creates a setting for local residents to engage in a conversation about “place” and its relevance in our daily lives. The artist accomplishes this by taking dilapidated barns or industrial buildings and lighting them from within with high wattage lights. The result is a charismatic glowing structure unlike the building seen in daylight. By abstracting such buildings and highlighting their sculptural qualities it allows people to see them for more than their lost utility.
This project brings the installation to the community. Audiences find that the art is literally in their back yards. Most importantly the significance of the project is determined by those in attendance. This event creates a venue for community members to discuss the past, present and future of the landscape around them, and explore personal and geographical identity expressed through the built environment.
Saturdays in April dusk - 10pm
Opening reception April 1st 7:30pm - 10pm
Geissinger Farm - 13209 SW Reddings Beach Rd., Vashon Island, WA
Ann C. Durant is an Interdisciplinary Artist living and working in Seattle. Her work deals primarily with place and identity as it relates to our built environment. The Barn Illumination Project is a traveling installation and designed as a tool for community dialog. To learn more or to invite the project to your town you can contact Ann or visit the project facebook page - facebook.com/thebarnilluminationproject
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