On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Sha Xin Wei <shaxinwei@gmail.com> wrote:

Would any of you be able to recommend some faculty and / or students experienced with urban design, public lighting design, projection art, who might be interested in teaming with the Synthesis Center and the Topological Media Lab to come up with some pitches for  some urban art / design projects in Europe.   (See “Connecting Cities”  and “Ambience Network” for examples of work.)

Cheers,

Xin Wei

On Sep 12, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Byron Lahey <Byron.Lahey@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi All,

It goes without saying that I'm interested in this project. Kinetic sculpture, puppetry, light and shadow systems are all important parts of my artistic pallet. It also goes without saying that my time is largely spoken for by my dissertation work, so I would like to stay connected with this project, but will have to limit my direct involvement. I would certainly offer my camera/projector system as a tool for this work if it fits in any way (though I would likely have to hand off programming and maintenance duties to another willing person or persons).

Another artist who might be interested in collaborating on this work is Al Price. He is an ASU MFA graduate and has done numerous large scale public art projects around and outside the Phoenix area. This is a project of his that I find particularly enchanting and which seems to directly resonates with the examples Xin Wei shared: http://www.alpricestudio.com/new-gallery-5/  

Best,

Byron

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