From June 25-28, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture presented IllumiNATION, an artful celebration of our nation’s 250th that was projected on the 250-foot-long front of the museum. More than 32,000 people showed up on the front lawn to enjoy this truly spectacular, history-defining event (pun intended). Sam Florer, Director of Public Programs at VMHC, is this show’s guest. We discuss:
– The germination of the idea of Sailfest and IllumiNATION
– How they created the outline and sourced the imagery
– Using AI to animate still photos
– The block party and other simultaneous events
– The enthusiastic audience reactions
– Why they stopped the timeline in 2020
– If it’ll ever be shown again
LINKS
IllumiNATION at the VMHC
The Community Foundation
Salon de Resistance event
My review of “Widow’s Bay”
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