This winter, FIGMENT Boston is collaborating with the Rose Kennedy Greenway to light up the Chinatown Park in new and creative ways!  FIGMENT Lights is a part of Winter Lights on the Greenway, a series of lighting displays and innovative art installations intended to bring warmth and cheer to Boston’s ribbon of contemporary parks over the long winter nights.

Five FIGMENT art pieces will delight and inspire visitors from January through March.  The first piece, Lumieres by William Turville, will feature three large light-up fish sculptures to coincide with the annual Chinese New Year Flower Market from January 19-22.  Four additional pieces will be placed over the coming weeks.

Fish Lumieres

To celebrate the event, FIGMENT and the Greenway will host musical performances and dance at a special FIGMENT Lights launch party in Chinatown Park on Thursday, February 9 at 6PM.  The party will move indoors to the nearby Good Life Bar from 6:30 to 8:30. Please join us for Chinese New Year or the launch party, or simply stop by Chinatown Park anytime January 19th – March 21st to see FIGMENT lights!

For more information about the five pieces that make up FIGMENT Lights, see the descriptions below.  Connect with FIGMENT Boston on Facebook or Twitter and stay tuned for the call for art for FIGMENT Boston’s event June 2-3, 2012 on  the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Artists at FIGMENT Lights:

Artist:  William Turville
Title:  Fish Lumieres
Description:  In China, fish are a symbol of prosperity and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.  To help celebrate the Chinese New Year, enjoy these large lit fish sculptures during the New Year’s Flower Market at Chinatown Park!
Duration:  January 19-22

Artist:  Collaborative Electronic Mixed Media Institute (CEMMI) led by Daniel Taub
Title:  The Blueway
Description: Lighting in the dry streambed of Chinatown Park will echo the feel and motion of water, and passers-by will create ripples in the display through motion sensors.
Duration: January 19 – March 21

Artist:  Jim Salem
Title:  Winter Fireflies
Description: 100 independently-controlled, simulated fireflies create a stunning and unique experience in their installation in one of the trees of Chinatown Park.
Duration: February 5-March 2.

Artist:  Collaborative Electronic Mixed Media Institute (CEMMI) led by Priscilla Graeff
Title:  Colorscape Fusion
Description: Several of the light towers in the park will be lit by LED spotlights which change colors by remote control to accentuate the Greenway’s path for passers-by.
Duration:  February 9 – March 21

Artists: Ethan Kiermaier and Ricardo Delima
Title: you-cue-are
Description: A custom piece of software will generate QR codes from tweets sent in close proximity to the installation and project them in a bright white projection on the wall of an adjacent brick building. As a new tweet comes through the QR code will change.
Duration: February 9 – February 16