The Architectural League is seeking individuals or teams of artists and designers to create light installation and projection mapping projects for our annual Beaux Arts Ball. The Ball will take place on September 25, 2010, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters at Audubon Terrace in Washington Heights. Last year, the event drew over 1000 architects, designers and artists at The Old American Can Factory in Gowanus. Up to ten proposals will be selected for display for the duration of the event, from roughly 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Teams may submit one or more proposals for review.
The site, Audubon Terrace, is a landmark complex of approximately eight early 20th Century Beaux Arts buildings in New York City. Home to the Academy, the Hispanic Society and Boricua College, the various architecturally complementary buildings, which take up most of a city block, are arranged in two parallel rows facing each other across an east/west pedestrian plaza. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Images of the terrace and floor plans of the Academy’s buildings can be found at http://archleague.org/bab2010images
Three of the Academy’s buildings and the terrace will house various projection mapping projects and lighting installations. There are almost ZERO New York City based projection mapping projects on Vimeo. Let’s change that. Examples of types of projects we would like to see include:
- Sculptural projection mapping projects that can easily be taken down and set up again. This can involve projecting on geometric shapes, white television screens, white furniture, old architectural models, and sculptures.
- 2D projection mapping onto any variety of media on walls. Media can range from books, to picture frames, to polygons.
- Architectural projection mapping, onto the facades of the buildings and the Audubon Terrace.
- Light sculptures that play with reflection, refraction, shadow, and different types of lights.
If selected, all team members will receive free admission to the Ball. Additionally, projects and teams will be featured on the Ball web page on www.archleague.org and will be given credit in the printed program for the Ball. We would also like to host a presentation of each team’s piece and/or prior work at the League’s office which we may turn into a podcast and be featured on our blog. During the event we will have a tour of the installations introducing the design teams to architects and designers.
For more information please visit http://archleague.org/2010/09/beaux-arts-ball-2010
