Interactive Public Arts Platform For Chicago, @TheWabashLights

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Wabash Lights needs to raise USD 1 million to create an entire block of programmable lights.

Their mission is to create Chicago’s first interactive public art platform. In the heart of Chicago’s loop, on a piece of iconic infrastructure, they are building a place where art and technology come together in a canvas of light to foster public discourse and personal expression. They are installing a full block of programmable LED lights on the underside of the Wabash el tracks. You can connect the lights to movements and sounds like your heartbeat, the tap of a drum, or to the rhythm of your favourite song.

Their long-term goal is to install lights along the entire Wabash stretch of track from Lake to Van Buren. Phase One plans include over 20,000 total feet of lights along a two block stretch from Madison to Adams.

You can read more and donate here.


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