THE FUTURE OF ART

LUMINEX 3.0: Landscape Frequencies brings art and community together in an engaging
outdoor exhibition using buildings as the canvas. The versatility of digital art
is explored through high-end multimedia artworks and made accessible and free for the public
to reframe the City into a cultural landscape. LUMINEX is a world-class exhibition of renowned artists that
offers the opportunity for creative voices to connect with the public-at-large outside of gallery or museum.

LANDSCAPE FREQUENCIES

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.

In my recent conversations with individuals whose lives have been touched by art, a harmonized frequency emerges—a true essential vibration of humanity. Our state of perpetual transition and echoes of instability from these past years shape our contemporary collective human experience. We pause during this ephemeral one night exhibition to ignite a ripple of possibility. How can we, as individuals, match this impact?

In this urban theater of light and sound, we feature works by: Alice Bucknell, Marc Horowitz, Petra Cortright, Nao Bustamante, Refik Anadol, LAVA, JOJO Abot, Carole Kim and Alan Nakagawa. Refik Anadol’s new work, Artificial Realities: California Landscapes, incorporates a raw dataset of 153 million publicly available landscape images of California’s National Parks, Alice Bucknell’s The Alluvials explores the politics of drought and water scarcity in Los Angeles, Petra Cortright presents a surrealist scenes that exude beauty, optimism, and freedom, and Carole Kim’s live performance and projected images dive into memory and the landscape of the mind.

As we navigate through this year, Landscape Frequencies serves as a catalyst for inspiration, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe.

– Carmen Zella, Head Curator

Management

MANAGEMENT TEAM

NXT Art’s team is building collaborations and partnerships with the private and public sector to produce this important project for our city.

PRODUCTION PARTNERS

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PRESS & MEDIA

For press inquiries, please contact Alexandra Fanning at alex@alexandrafanning.com.

LUMINEX 3.0 Press

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.”

PAST ITERATIONS

LOS ANGELES TIMES – “WELCOME TO THE WILD!”

DTLA ART GALLERY – “THE LUMINEX EVENT WAS BREATHTAKING”

Downtown LA Proper – “WE WERE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH LUMINEX”

TIME OUT MAGAZINE – “ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ART EXHIBITIONS IS TAKING PLACE ENTIRELY OUTSIDE OF GALLERY WALLS—”

SHOW IMAGING, INC – “OF MANY THINGS IN LIFE I AM PROUD, THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SHOW IMAGING AND NOW ART, A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS, IS ONE THAT I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.”

DOWNTOWN LA NEWS – “The stories told through the works will allow people to reflect, heal and get reinspired after a turbulent year.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES, HIGH SCHOOL INSIDER – “After a much dreaded year of COVID pandemic, it was such a promising sight, seeing individuals out and about, respecting the social distancing/mask wearing mandates, and enjoying an epic cultural night in DTLA. ”

Time Out L.A.’s 2021 Best of the City award winner – BEST CITY FESTIVAL

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.