Events

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.

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).

The site-specific piece is based on the Fenway Memory Project, an oral history of the neighborhood.  It was created for Fujiko Nakaya's Fog x Canopy installation in the Back Bay Fens.

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.

"Music for Ground and Atmosphere" is a 45-minute live performance on keyboard and guitar interwoven with live improvisation and pre-composed material to respond musically to Olmsted and Nakayas' spatial & artistic decisions.

A sound and dance piece by performance duo Lord and June, HERON interacts with Nakaya’s large-scale fog sculptures at the Leverett Pond site in Brookline. HERON features an ambient sound composition, spatialized by key participants wearing small wireless speakers housed within sculptural vessels and following the performance as it meanders along the path.

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.

Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

A performance by Castle in our Skins, "Black Kaleidoscope: A Femme Journey" use Fujiko Nakaya's "Fog x Canopy" to suggest an internal journey of transformation. Through dance, poetry and music, Castle of our Skins will showcase this journey from the lens of Black women, highlighting unique rites of passage through past, present and future.

Dadabex: Conservation, Connection and Hybridity evolves from an ongoing collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Neo-dada performance art invites audiences to learn from the story of Alpine ibex, nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century.

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.

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 […]

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. 

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 […]

A performance that involves role shifting to highlight both our individual/group struggles and connections as well as our shared will to over come the obstacles we face to make our world and the natural world around us a fair and just place.

“Gaggle” challenges notions of immersion, inclusion and co-existence by offering a non-anthropomorphic point of view in a place built for human passing and recreation. Taking the form of an endurance-based performance artwork, “Gaggle” draws attention to the presence and social behavior of resident and transient geese that frequent the Clemente Field Path. Actions that make […]

“Waterproof” assembles three layered mediums -- costumes, recorded music, and dance improvisation -- in examination of the invisible bonds within plastic, the human body, and the fog sculptures of Fujiko Nakaya.

silence | visible is a 7-minute work composed and directed by Lucy Yao for quartet with flutes and voices specifically written for Franklin Park Ruins. The piece aims to collaborate with Fog and its amorphous qualities and engage in a dialogue with nature’s fluctuating variables.

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).

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.

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.

Shining light amongst youth talent and fashion. Youth Fashion Show: 12:30pm Adult Fashion Show: 2:30pm

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 […]