Image Credit: Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

Silent Lights will be unveiled on Wednesday, December 18th at 4:30pm
Park Avenue and Navy Street, Under the BQE
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Silent Lights is a series of sculptural gates that line a pedestrian pathway under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The gates are embedded with light and sound equipment: 2,400 LEDs and a microphone, controlled by an arduino mega microcontroller. The installation uses these to respond to sounds from the street and transform it into beautiful light patterns. The light enhances this ordinary often overlooked public right-of-way, creating a playful, inviting, memorable space.

The piece took two years to create by a group of designers called Urban Matter Inc. The project was originally slated for a location in Red Hook under the BQE, but due to site construction found a new home in Fort Greene under the BQE at Navy Street and Park Avenue.  The Partnership is working with the artists to connect them with community groups and is helping to promote the installation over the course of its year-long stay.

The project was made possible with support from DOT Urban Arts Program, Artplace America, Black Rock Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, Awesome Foundation, Designers Lighting Forum of New York, Red Hook Initiative, and contributions from individual donors.

The artists are hosting a post-unveiling party at IMAKE STUDIO Gallery, 163 Plymouth Street in DUMBO, beginning at 5:30pm.