This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).
A guided walk through the centuries of a historic landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted with stop at artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.
Photography has been a tool used to comprehend landscapes since the earliest photographic experiments in the 19th century. Since that time, photography has evolved to the point where photographing is ubiquitous with experiencing. Smartphones make this act accesible to the entire population, but digital images tend to stay in digital form, limiting their long term impact. By making smartphone images into physical darkroom prints, visitors will be encouraged to create memories of Nakaya's works, as well as ponder the power of image making.
Shining light amongst youth talent and fashion. Youth Fashion Show: 12:30pm Adult Fashion Show: 2:30pm
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is pleased to announce a lineup of wonderful performances at Olmsted Park’s Allerton Overlook, Fog x Island on the last Saturday of the Fog x FLO exhibition. Join us for special performances by Abilities Dance, Reynaliz Herrera’s Bicycle Percussion Group, our headliner, Boston Ballet II and more!
Tour Fog x FLO: Fujiko Nakaya on the Emerald Necklace with FLO (Frederick Law Olmsted) himself! Join Olmsted (local historian and actor Gerry Wright) on a guided "symphonic walk" around each of Nakaya's fog sculptures.
Using a bee-keeper's smoker, Elena Saporta, will use a trail of smoke to guide visitors to two adjacent sites in the Emerald Necklace, Shurcliff's allée of sycamore trees and the remains of the Evans Way footbridge.
Borboletas nas Intestinas/Butterflies in our Stomachs is a study in vulnerability, an embodiment and visualization of the permeability of our selves. In this way, Nakaya’s Fog sculptures are the ideal environment. This dance piece is set in the Back Bay Fens, which, with its many twists and turns, open spaces and hidden spaces, will be a […]
This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).
Playing gong, singing bowls, and bells, Nancy Aleo will create a gong soundscape responding to the shifting wind, the flowing fog, the hissing sculpture, voices, and the natural sounds of the place. Meditative and otherworldly at times, each of the five performances will be unique. Respectfully honoring Fujiko Nakaya’s visionary work, the sounds will expand […]
