Keyboard musician Ben Schwendener and opera singer Carley DeFranco are joined by dancer Shari Repasz in Lyric, a musical improvisation above Fog x Hill. Lyrics are borrowed from contemporary poetry that explores the role of the self in relation to natural surroundings and human interactions. The poems are connected through natural imagery and a contemporary sense of […]
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).
Embrace the Halloween spirit by spending an afternoon/evening with the Fog Mystics of the Emerald Necklace Parks! Created by Vibrant Visions Entertainment, a production company specializing in flow art and circus performance, the Fog Mystics are an extension of the mist and nature in Fog x Ruins, making the magic of this unique place come alive.
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 sculpture/sound installation by Kaitlyn Burke of Kadence Arts in response to Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy, this series of Aeolian wind harps play in response to the fog and wind, creating music from the environment. Unearthly, ephemeral sounds fill the Fens as Nakaya’s fog sculptures unfold, changing in response to the environment. These harps […]
Musical Fence: Reprise is an interactive sound sculpture consisting of 60 tuned, aluminum chimes that invite passersby to come and make music to whatever extent they choose.
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for an interpretive bike tour from the Fens to Arnold Arboretum, led by a Conservancy docent.
Join renowned Boston performance artist Valerie Stephens for a storytelling event in Franklin Park at Fog x Ruins. This is a sculpture made out of fog by that captures the magic and boundless creativity of people of all ages. Valerie has created a unique story that builds on the legacy of the cultural icon Elma […]
The Franklin Park Zoo will depict the extinction of animals and the conservation efforts of zoos to slow or prevent the loss of biodiversity. Performers, including zookeepers, will use photographs of animals, both extinct and brought back from the brink of extinction, to intertwine Olmsted’s vision for Franklin Park with the global conservation work of the modern zoo.
An intimate, site-specific performance that crafts an ephemeral architecture through sound and physical material, reflecting the transient architecture of Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures.
