Nuit Blanche and Firefly Success
The Nuit Blanche 2013 festival was a great success (see Peter Simpson‘s video further down). What a diverse and inspiring experience. I made new friends, had fun and learned a lot.
Firefly lit the way for many people and we kept seeing them all over the market throughout the evening. I also enjoyed getting to know the RecycleYourElectronics.ca people who sponsored the project!
Don’t forget you can return your Firefly at drop-off points and many came with return envelopes for mail. Do not recycle them yet, they can be reused for our workshops and other events (repaired if necessary).
Here’s a video of the Firefly for those who missed it. As you can see the idea is to have a bunch of them in proximity since they are social. They communicate and coordinate light, color, patterns and vignettes based on the social dynamic.
Here’s a video from Peter Simpson (The Big Beat), Ottawa Citizen.
The project also made the Top Ten Picks for Nuit Blanche in the Ottawa Citizen..
Here is more coverage in the Citizen. Firefly got a special mention:
“Lumipendant Fireflies: The bug-shaped circuit boards were handed out to a few hundred people to wander the zones of the festival. When close to others like them, the “fireflies” would excitedly blink a pattern of multi-coloured lights. The more fireflies in proximity, the more excited they all got. These kind of roaming projects help to create a sense of community among those who gather and roam for Nuit Blanche. There should be more fireflies, and other ideas like them.”
Newspaper in Smiths Falls http://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/4139265-annual-art-event-takes-a-magical-turn-through-an-easy-collaboration/