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.
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.
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.
Surrounded by Jamaica Pond’s vibrant hues, the Jamaica Plain Saxophone Quartet's (JPSQ) performance, Sonic Visions, will revolve around color as it relates to music. The focal point of the set is a piece of music called Five Colors, which explores the visual realization of various sounds. The piece evokes different colors emerging from the musical texture, […]
The Boston Interpreters Collective presents an immersive storytelling soundscape in six languages.
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 […]
Witches, blood, political ambition, tragedy—what do they look like? All will be revealed in the fog, or will it? Award winning, professional theater company Actors' Shakespeare Project (ASP) brings Macbeth to the Arnold Arboretum and Fog × Hill.
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).
