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Austin’s annual Creek Show will illuminate Waterloo Park on Friday with five light-based art installations, all created by teams of local artists. The art show is taking place in the newly renovated park for the first time since it started in 2012.
The event features free programs of live music, family-friendly activities, and food vendors for 10 consecutive days. Austinites can attend the show anytime from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. through November 21st by reservation.
All exhibits are interactive so that visitors can gently touch the exhibits within reach. Here is a first look at the exhibits:
BioNest
(Laura Figi / Austria)
BioNest was designed by artist Nicholas DeBruyne with Wevolve Labs and is an “Exploration in Sustainable Design” with several free-standing sculptures illuminated by a translucent bio-plastic “skin” made of algae. If you look closely into the lamps you can see bugs and organic material peeking through the woven wooden frame. The best part is that the structures are biodegradable.
“It will return to Earth at the end of its life,” said DeBruyne.
Take a close look at these sculptures, all of which contain matter from different natural areas in the state, such as Barton Creek and Marfa, as each is unique. Since they are made of algae, the organizers said it is entirely possible that this exhibit will not get through in the event of a storm. So start BioNest early.
CREEKture
(Laura Figi / Austria)
The CREEKture represents the challenges facing wildlife in Austin’s Waller Creek, and is a representation of the native Texas Blind Snake emerging from one of the three rain gardens in the park. The snake is made up of two bodies: a pulsing wire illuminates one that represents the “heartbeat” of the creatures crawling in the creek and a rib-like skeleton that stretches its head just above the ground. The sculpture made by GFF Austin is a reminder not to leave a trace when we visit nature.
“Whenever we walk through natural environments like Waller Creek, we are actually entering the habitats of native species,” said GFF team member Jake Chavez. “We have to treat their living spaces as we do our own – that is what this installation is about.”
This sculpture is great for exploring from different vantage points!
TO MARK
(Laura Figi / Austria)
With its classically strong triangular shape, HIGH LIGHT sits at the highest point in the park and shines light into the sky with its tripod structure. The towers can be seen from all over the park and frame the Texas Capitol if you can only see it that way. Each of the tripods was designed by Chioco Design and Drophouse Design and sits at a different height and can change colors independently. One of the team members, Irela Casanova, said that when she stands underneath and looks at it from above, she enjoys these best.
“The idea is that they throw infinite light into the sky,” said Casanova.
Some of the tripods will be sold privately after the show, some will be on permanent display at YONDER at 8905 Sanddust Way, and some will be installed at the Burning Man festival in California.
si-glo
(Laura Figi / Austria)
si-glo was created by a team from the local architecture firm dwg. manufactured and honored the thousands of native plants installed in Waterloo Park with giant, glowing, inflatable versions of the Texas Century plant. Siglo, the largest of the native Texas agaves, is the Spanish name for century plants and the name was intended as a play on words: see the siglo glow. Stroll through the plant forest – there are two 16-foot plants, a 6-foot plant, a 9-foot plant, and a 45-foot tall – and lift their fronds as you admire the natural beauty of Texas estimate.
“We think of the 100 year commitment that Waterloo Greenway made at Waterloo Park, with the hundreds of thousands of new plans they have put in place and what that will really mean for Austin,” dwg. said team member Kim Harding.
Harding said when the show is over they hope to convert some of the footage into windbreakers to commemorate the event.
VARY
(Laura Figi / Austria)
Designed by artists Ian Randall and Clayton Cain, SWAY is designed to envelop the viewer and capture the movement of nature, water, energy and people with up to 275 illuminated inflatable tubes hanging over the park’s pavilion. When caught in the wind, the tubes swing freely in the wind. They’re quite high, but just close enough to be touched affectionately.
Once the Creek Show is over, SWAY will go to another exhibit in San Antonio.
“We can take some apart and make lights out of them so that they have a different life, as if we weren’t going to get anyone to (show) them,” said Kane.
You can experience several prominent artists such as Tameca Jones and Riders Against the Storm at the opening showcase, Superfónicos on Saturday, an artist talk on Tuesday and Bidi Bidi Banda at the end of the showcase on Sunday, November 21st.
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