Georgetown Glow #3

At the start of Year 3 here in D.C., we enjoyed viewing the nighttime, outdoor art exhibit called Georgetown Glow.  (You can view some earlier posts here:  Glow #1 and Glow #2.)

With the passage of nearly one year, Georgetown Glow will soon re-light.  

While strolling in Georgetown recently, we saw one Glow installation in process.  We asked the artists' team about the installation and learned that it consists of many strands of fluorescent rope illuminated with ultra-violet light.  

The installation is called RHIZOME by Belgians Tom and Lien DeKyvere.  (Rhizome means "a stem of some plants that grows horizontally along or under the ground and produces roots and leaves.")

According to GeorgetownGlowDC.com, "Rhizome is a site-specific installation that is part of a series that has travelled the world over the last six years. This installation demonstrates the fusion and obstruction of geometric patterns that grow in and through one another. The juxtaposition of the artwork between nature and technology is seen through metaphoric symbols of sound and vision. The use of color with visible light creates an intriguing composition between technology and nature, and structure and organism."

A few days later, we returned to the experience the completed installation.  Check it out. 

RHIZOME, located at Grace Church, 1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

We also recorded a short video so you can hear the ambient music that accompanies the glowing work of art.

Thanks for viewing Georgetown Glow with us.  More to come.