THE FUTURE OF ART

WHAT IS LUMINEX?

LUMINEX is an urban public art exhibition featuring digital art installations by internationally renowned artists in the heart of Los Angeles. LUMINEX brings art and community together in engaging outdoor exhibitions using urban landscape of parking lots and buildings as the canvas. The versatility of digital art is explored through high-end multimedia installations and made accessible and free for the public. This exhibition reframes the city into a cultural platform for innovative exploration. LUMINEX offers the opportunity for creative voices to connect with the public-at-large outside of a gallery or museum as we look to the future and respond to growing interest and access to art and technology.

LANDSCAPE FREQUENCIES

Curatorial Statement for LUMINEX 3.0

Luminex is a radical act of urban transformation, cultural access, community building and artistic expression. Amidst a city characterized by earthquakes and ever-changing architecture, each installation serves to skew the perception of our world and our position within it. From surrealistic performance, absurdism, fragility, abstractions of nature to voyeuristic glimpses into a futuristic dystopian Los Angeles, these media based works captivate viewers by reframing our actions, and destinations. The intersecting concept between artworks exists in how they frame and explore landscapes of nature, society and of the mind. Can we recreate our environment, our perception of the world, and ultimately ourselves? The answer lies in our ability to connect, understand, and inspire one another through the transformative power of art. Staged at architectural scale, Landscape Frequencies destabilizes the status quo while offering an invitation by recognized cutting edge artists of Los Angeles to immerse yourself in their world.

– Carmen Zella, Head Curator

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IMPRESSIONS & ANALYTICS

132 Pieces of Coverage

total number of online, offline and social clips

2.21M Estimated Views

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250M Audience

combined total of publication-wide audience figures for all outlets featuring coverage

23.2K Engagements

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PRESS & MEDIA

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LUMINEX 3.0 Press

LOS ANGELES TIMES – “Back for a third year, this free, one-night-only event tasks multimedia artists with transforming the buildings of L.A.’s South Park district into massive canvases for digital art installations.”

13THINGSLA – “Combining the unique features of Downtown’s historic architecture with cinematic impact and awe-inspiring creative tech, in the form of a self-guided walking (or pedicab) tour, and, if you choose, a bit of an artsy pub crawl, Luminex is more than a can’t-miss art experience, it’s a model for public art engagement and neighborhood cultural activation that the world should emulate.”

SECRET LOS ANGELES – “This immersive event will turn the city’s streets and buildings into a vibrant, walkable multimedia installation for one night only, featuring nine artists showcasing their work within a five-block radius in the South Park District.”

DOWNTOWN LA NEWS – “DTLA’s architecture will be altered to an outdoor canvas. Not only will this give artists a platform to share their stories and reach diverse public audiences, but it will also be an opportunity for the community to experience the arts while admiring the landscape of LA.”

FLAUNT MAGAZINE – “The distinctive architecture of the historic South Park District frames the work of internationally acclaimed and emerging Los Angeles-based artists. LUMINEX is walkable and collaborative, unifying a diverse audience underneath a single skyline and a collection of screens. It is as a platform for artists to tell their stories and convey their messages in modern, interactive ways.”

Time Out – “On Saturday, October 5, DTLA will once again come alive after dark thanks to site-specific installations from 10 artists—all viewable for free.”

Publick Occurrences – “World-renowned multimedia artists will transform a five-block radius in the South Park District of Downtown Los Angeles for one night only, free and open to the public.”

Previous Edition's Artists

LUMINEX 1.0

– Akiko Yamashita

– Carole Kim

– Luciana Abait

– Sarah Rara

– Nancy Baker Cahill

– Refik Anadol

LUMINEX 2.0

– Luciana Abait

– Carole Kim

– Sarah Rara

– Akiko Yamashita

– Refik Anadol

– David Van Eyssen

– Elizabeth Leister

– Leah Smithson

– Mark Hashimoto

– Nancy Baker Cahill

– Nate Mohler

– Ryan P. Griffin

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The public at large enjoys LUMINEX – historically local residents are the majority, but we have reached all sectors of LA County and Southern California. The public audience includes a diverse crowd reflective of our community including marginalized people such as children, senior citizens, low-income, and all ethnicities represented.