Northern Spark lights up the iconic Stone Arch Bridge for the June 9th festival
For the week leading up to the launch of the second annual Northern Spark festival, the historic Stone Arch Bridge will play host to an impressive light installation. THINK AND WONDER, WONDER AND THINK, a remarkable, large-scale art project, commissioned by Northern Lights.mn and created by U of MN affiliate faculty, Robin Schwartzman, will illuminate the Stone Arch Bridge in its entirety and be visible for miles from both sides of the bridge.
Asked to create a project on the Stone Arch Bridge for this year's festival, Schwartzman seized upon the idea of inserting illuminated letters into the darkened spans of the bridge and so that this architectural landmark would become a beacon for the Northern Spark festival and highlight, literally and metaphorically, the bridge as a place of community. The words, THINK AND WONDER, WONDER AND THINK, perfectly suited the project, as the twenty-eight letters of the phrase seem hand picked for the twenty-eight spans of the bridge.
THINK AND WONDER, WONDER AND THINK, serves as the leitmotif of this year's Northern Spark festival and promises to light up the night in a way that will be truly full of wonder, a reminder of the remarkable place that is the Twin Cities and the artists who help animate it.
Check out this video of the lighting ceremony on Saturday.
If you're interested in a creative way to propose your ideas check out this link to see Robin talk about her work in a unique way.
