Silver Current
NEW BEDFORD, MA – To mark the launch of The Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA), the non-collecting contemporary art center and its partners kicked off a city-wide, collaborative venture called “Summer Winds” from July 1 to September 30, 2019.
Silver Current — skynet art series in New Bedford, USA.
NEW BEDFORD, MA – To mark the launch of The Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA), the non-collecting contemporary art center and its partners kicked off a city-wide, collaborative venture called “Summer Winds” from July 1 to September 30, 2019. Open and free to the public, DATMA has commissioned the centerpiece of “Summer Winds,” a large-scale, site-specific architectural art installation called “Silver Current” created by internationally celebrated and Los Angeles, CA-based artist Patrick Shearn and his Poetic Kinetics team.
“DATMA has a unique approach to art exhibition, forgoing a traditional museum visit by engaging community partners to provide an unprecedented experience to showcase original and contemporary art innovation to its visitors,” said Lindsay Mis, Executive Director of DATMA. “Our inaugural season is inspired by New Bedford’s rich ongoing and historical connection to the ocean and seafaring.”
“Silver Current” features a 6,500-square foot kinetic net sculpture, in Shearn’s signature style, installed over Custom House Square in New Bedford, MA throughout the “Summer Winds” season.
Harnessingthewind,theartworkriseshigh, thengentlycascadesthroughtheopensky— shimmeringandstrikingfromadistance, intimatelyimmersivewhenviewedupclose.
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