The Station presents: Carnival of Light
Carnival of light is a large scale, projection art installation that coincides with the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Powerful projectors are used to transform the walls of 4 different locations in downtown Saranac Lake into an outdoor art gallery displaying projection art from local and regional artist. Several pieces were created by animating still images contributed by local artists including student artwork from local schools. Make sure you check out the interactive setup located on the Balcony of The Waterhole. The control surface up there will allow you to create your own projection art collage using images filmed in Saranac Lake. Featured Artists
Luisa Mei is a pianist and electronic artist currently living in Saranac Lake, NY. She uses keyboards and Supercollider (coding language) to create swirling textures of sounds and rhythms. She draws inspiration for her sets from classical music, mathematics, and nature. She enjoys using code to create music for its extreme precision and control, while also being able to generate complete chaos and randomness.
Echo is interested in how art and music can help people to see the world from a different perspective. Echo creates interactive projection art setups that allow people to transform everyday real objects into surreal vortexes. For this installation Echo reimagined still art pieces from local artist and created the interactive situation on the balcony of The Waterhole.
Silence_Castor is an audiovisual creative with a knack for tying together sights and sounds. Coming from a band with roots in punk/DIY, he’s found a home in electronic music and uses an arsenal of tools to build audio reactive scenes for live shows, interactive experiences, and art installations.
These awesome local artist contributed their artwork to be reimagined as projection art.
Contributing artists
Anastasia is primarily motivated by an enduring fascination with all things odd and peculiar. She draws inspiration from the history of science and astronomy, mysticism, art history, victorian ephemera and industrial decay.
For nearly 30 years Mark Kurtz has been providing Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and the Adirondack region with outstanding fine art, commercial and event photography. Mark is one of the founding members of the Adirondack Artist's Guild and Saranac Lake ArtWorks and is widely recognized as one of the Adirondack region's preeminent artists.
Adk ArtRise provides a creative outlet for people of all ages and abilities to find joy in the act of making. We offer fun and educational art programming.
Larry can usually be found making awesome stuff like the bug sculptures for the Saranac Lake bug walk or the dragon sculpture on Woodruff street. Larry is the industrial arts and technical theatre teacher at North Country School. Footage of Larry’s sculptures is heavily featured in the interactive projection art station located on the Balcony of The Waterhole.
Charlie Reinertsen has worked in the field of conservation and science communications for more than a decade. He is a photographer, videographer, writer, exhibit developer, naturalist guide, and Part 107 commercially-licensed drone pilot with a dual Master’s Degree in Natural Science Education and Environment & Natural Resources from University of Wyoming.
Charlie is the creator of the Northern Peatlands Project, a photographic journey through one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth. Charlies footage of peat bogs was reimagined by Echo and is featured in the alley at 70 Main Street.
Supporting local businesses
Thank you to these local business that have allowed us access to their spaces to setup projectors and equipment. We could not have pulled this event off without their support.
