WAVE : Light + Water + Sound May 30 - June 2, 2019
When art, nature and technology come together in a spectacular mountain environment, the result can be truly incredible! This Spring join us for WAVE : Light + Water + Sound, a free festival featuring illuminated sculptures, projections and digital art in and around the Blue River Plaza in downtown Breckenridge, transforming the river, bridges and waterfront area into outdoor canvases, stages and exhibition spaces.Overview of Events 2019 :
- Sculptures + Installations
- Concerts + Screenings
- Community Events + Workshops
Named 'Best New Festival' 2017 by Westword Magazine
SCULPTURES + INSTALLATIONS
Interactive
CLOUD
by Caitlind r.c. Brown + Wayne Garrett
A large-scale interactive work sculpted from 6,000 incandescent light bulbs., this piece will incorporate hundreds of pull-strings to create a simple, bright, and playfully collaborative work. Stand inside and underneath to become part of an impromptu team that animates the sculpture, creating “lightning".
Arts District Campus
117 Washington Ave
Iceberg
by ATOMIC3 and APPAREIL Architecture
A playful immersive work that tells the story of an iceberg, from its calving into Arctic waters to its final melting near a southern shore. Iceberg will consist of a series of illuminated metallic arches arranged as a tunnel and "warmed" by human activity, creating a musical corridor and a visual and auditory symphony.
Blue River Plaza
203 S Main St
Loop
by Ekumen
An optical toy, Loop is a cross between a music box, a zoetrope and a railway handcar. The retro-futuristic machine will project black and white images, tinted through a strobe effect and recalling the earliest movies, that will be visible inside the cylindar as well as out, set to the speed at which the participants inside set.
Ridge Street Arts Square
135 S Ridge St
Visual
Les Voyageurs + Les Oiseaux
by Cédric Le Borgne
Translating into The Travelers and The Birds, these illuminated artworks delicately sculpted from chicken wire will take human and bird form sitting on roofs, perched in trees or suspended in the air. They will invite you to glance up and around and offer the possibility of a connection between the sky and the ground.
Arts District Campus
117 Washington Ave
Light Flows
by ACT Lighting Design
A media installation that will project images from natural phenomena onto a large net, giving the effect of a hologram in the air mimicking travel around the world and further. Rare treasures from the universe, the northern skies, the deep sea, the center of the earth and more will float above reminding people how much light matters.
Riverwalk Center Lawn
150 W Adams Ave
Featured Artist
Scott Young, Denver CO
Tension
A maze of neon mystically bent into dangling “ropes” of illuminated glass.
Gallery @ OMH, Old Masonic Hall
136 S Main St
Intermittent Positive Reinforcement
A hanging neon sculpture with an interactive Instagram platform.
Arts District Lawn
117 Washington Ave
CONCERTS + SCREENINGS
Floating Brass
with National Repertory Orchestra
Featuring musicians from the National Repertory Orchestra, Floating Brass is a series of mobile pop-up performances that drift around the WAVE exhibition site.
Arts District Campus
117 Washington Ave
5p - 9p nightly
Through the Blue 4.0
with Russick Smith
Featuring cellist Russick Smith, Through the Blue is a concert of cascading melodies on a tiny island between the banks of the Blue River.
Blue River (Next to Riverwalk Center)
150 W Adams Ave
8p – 10:30p nightly
WAVE Reels
with Breckenridge Film Festival
A collection of short films dedicated to different themes within the WAVE exhibition.
Arts District Campus
117 Washington Ave
8:30p – 11p nightly
COMMUNITY EVENTS + WORKSHOPS
LightCycles: A Community Bike Ride
An event that encourages local cyclists to light up their bikes for a parade through the WAVE exhibition site.
Blue River Bikeway
150 W Adams Ave
7p–9p | May 30
Riders should gather between 7-8pm at Psycle9600 (505 S Main Street) with pre-decorated bikes.. or gear up onsite with free glow swag. Participants are encouraged to use reusable lights. Prizes will be awarded to the “greenest” bikes. This event is a co-produced with the Cycle Effect and Psycle9600.
Acrylic + Water: Nightscape Paintings
Register
Play with the properties of acrylic and watercolor paint on the unique surface of bare wood.
Randall Barn
114 Washington Ave
6:15p-9:15p | May 31
Glass Chandelier- Community Art Project
FREE
Come try glass blowing! Bending thin pieces of glass, your creations will add to a community art piece.
Hot Shop
123 S Ridge St
5:30p–7:30p | June 1
Oil + Water: Herbal Apothecary
Register
A workshop will be a demonstrate distilling plants for essential oil and hydrosol.
Randall Barn
114 Washington Ave
7p-9p | June 1
Scott Young: Artist Talk
Come meet Scott Young and learn about his previous work & WAVE installations.
Gallery @ OMH, Old Masonic Hall
136 S Main St
6p–6:30p | May 31
Scott Young: Neon Workshop
Come learn how to create art with neon! Taught by WAVE artist Scott Young.
Robert Whyte House
127 S Ridge St
5p–6:30p | June 1
Cloud Art
Register
Capture the clouds via your very own pinhole camera.
Ceramic Studio
125 S Ridge St
3p–4p | May 31 & June 1
Bird Books
Register
Create and bind your own, one-of-a-kind bird book!
Randall Barn
114 Washington Ave
3:15p–4:15p | May 31 thru June 2
Iceberg Sculptures
Register
Mold clay into a one-of-a-kind Iceberg sculpture.
Quandary Antiques Cabin
133 S Ridge St
3:15p– 4:15p | May 31 thru June 2
Mesh Sculptures
Register
Form fun and airy sculptures using mesh and wire.
Fuqua Livery Stable
110 Washington Ave
4p–5p | May 31 thru June 2
Drip Art
Register
Create a colorful drip art using a number of techniques.
Randall Barn
114 Washington Ave
4:45p–5:45p | May 31 thru June 2
Sun Catchers
Register
Design a sun catcher with homemade frame & paper.
Quandary Antiques Cabin
133 S Ridge St
4:45p–5:45p | May 31 thru June 2
Learn to Weld: Tin Can Luminaries
Register
Create a unique tin can luminary with abstract designs.
Hot Shop
123 S Ridge St
6p–9p | May 31 & June 1
Woodworking: Shadow Boxes
Register
Cut, shape and join wood to create a shadow box.
Fuqua Livery Stable
110 Washington Ave
6p–9p | May 31 & June 2
Ceramic Cloud Trays
Register
Create ceramic trivet trays in the shape of a cloud.
Ceramic Studio
125 S Ridge St
7p–9p | June 1 thru 2
All events are subject to changes and/or cancellation.
Please Note that Ski Country Resorts is not the event organizer and has no direct correlation with this event. This page is meant for information purposes only.
