Night Magic and Handbills- Fernanda D'Agostino (2003)
In collaboration with Nate Slater and Marianna Hanniger
Theater District station links Tacoma riders with three of the city's main-stage theaters. The station brings the theater outside with theater-style lighting mounted on a trestle above the canopy, which echo the backstage rigging at a reatl theater. At night these fixtures project a dream-like blue light onto the canopy. The art and
many of the theater-influenced design details were conceived by Fernanda D'Agostino in collaboration with Nate Slater.
The art invites travelers to journey onto a stage set, view theater performance with its one-of-a-kind video art installation, and remember images of past performances. Paving inlays of red granite are scattered over the platform like windblown remnants of an evening at the theater. Imagery is drawn from historic and contemporary playbills, director's and costume designer's notes, the dance notation used by choreographers, and newspaper advertisements of performances. The Tacoma performing arts community contributed most of the diverse imagery, which was then translated by the artists into graphic designs suitable for etching in stone.
Theater-style seating, designed by the artists, sets the stage for days and evenings on the town in Tacoma's historic Theater District. A video installation entitled "Night Magic" produced by Marianna Haniger in collaboration with Fernanda D'Agostino features four Tacoma dance groups in a silent and dreamlike sequence of video images projected onto translucent glass windscreens. Contemporary images are layered with references to the larger culture of each participating group and historic imagery of performing artists from around the world. The featured performers are Tacoma Kabuki Academy, Tacoma Chinese Opera R&D Associations, Tacoma City Ballet and Dance Broomz.
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For comments about this STart project, please contact:
Jennifer Babuca
Public Art Program Coordinator
206-398-5120
babucaj@soundtransit.org
