The Future City Comes Alive as the nation's largest art, light and projection mapping event.
Early in 2015, Tim Maloney of the Carol Anne and Ralph V. Hail Jr. Foundation asked if we had anything in mind as a follow up to our wildly successful Lumenocity series of events. Boy did we. Knowing that Music Hall would be undergoing renovations and that a 4th iteration of Lumenocity would not be possible in Washington Park again for at least 2 years we suggested we apply this technique of architectural projection mapping throughout our beloved city of Cincinnati in one massive celebration of art.
At the same time, our friends at Agar were conceiving of a program to bring world renowned street art muralists to the Findlay Market Neighborhood of Cincinnati. Tim combined our events and suggested we bring in Tamara Harkavy of Artworks to round out our leadership team. From that moment, Blink was born, and for the next 2 years we travelled the globe studying similar events and how their host cities made them work.
The first iteration of Blink happened in 2017 and became the region’s largest ever event. In 2019 the second iteration of Blink broke that record again attracting nearly 1.5 million people.
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“Cincinnati is experiencing a boom…Spotlighting the city’s fine arts, Blink Cincinnati, a display of light installations projected across 20 blocks, will run Oct. 12 to 15.”
“October 2017 saw the Queen City present BLINK, a free-to-the-public light art festival that spanned the greater downtown area to include 60 large-scale installations and projections. Having successfully hosted Lumenocity for four years, an event that paired projection mapping with music from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, they decided to go big and create a display inspired by the likes of Vivid Sydney or London Lumiere. And grand it was; over one million people attended, helping lock in the goal of it becoming a regional, if not a national, attraction.”
“In the last year alone, world-building has become a primary facet of art. People from all over the world are drawn to experiences that surround them and place them within the artist’s vision… Sitting at the crossroads of innovative art and new technology, BLINK embodies the spirit of world-building, connecting artists who craft their own unique environments within the Cincinnati cityscape.”
” The 5 Best Design Destinations to Visit in October… Cincinnati. Over a million people attended the inaugural Blink festival in 2017, and this year’s edition promises to be the biggest and best yet. From October 10–13, this massive festival of light and art will take over Cincinnati and—for the first time ever—extend across the Ohio River to Kentucky. Expect projection mapping, street art murals, interactive light sculptures, and music along the riverfront.”
“Cincinnati: A Great American City Roars Back… The show BLINK will cover twenty Cincinnati blocks in a four-day event featuring large-scale projection installations, murals and urban artscapes.”
