Photo provided by Exhibit Columbus Esteban Garcia Bravo and Maria Clara Morales are presenting “Prisma,” an interactive and immersive light installation inviting visitors to reactivate “invisible” urban spaces.
The city of Columbus has granted a request from Exhibit Columbus organizers to restrict parking for about four months near one of the installation sites.
The Columbus Board of Works has approved the Landmark Columbus Foundation’s request to have on-street parking on Jackson Street between Sixth and Seventh Street “temporarily removed” from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1.
“The parked cars obstruct visibility of Prisma, Esteban Garcia’s installation,” the organization wrote in its request. “We have communicated with Cummins, and they are OK with the change.”
Exhibit Columbus’ 2023 exhibition will open Aug. 25 and 26 in downtown Columbus. This year’s theme is “Public by Design.”
“PRISMA,” by Esteban Garcia Bravo and Maria Clara Morales, is one of the University Design Research Fellowship installations. It will be located on the west side of the Cummins parking garage.
According to an official description, “PRISMA” will be an interactive and immersive light installation that invites residents to “re-activate ‘invisible’ urban spaces with renewed excitement.”
“Inspired by Columbus’ modern architectural legacy, we utilize the rectangular prism as a foundation to create an open-air tunnel with a free-flowing, animated lighted experience,” designers said. “Walking through PRISMA, the entire space comes alive with dynamic lights, each color vibrantly playing off the next. Every color is possible inside the PRISMA, and we believe each unique color represents the coexistence of people and communities that share these urban spaces. PRISMA even offers public access to set their own particular mood for the prism!”
The space will also serve as a venue for pop-up events.
