Smilde commented, “I wanted to see how clouds grow, change shape and reflect light… The ATLAS Black box was perfect for this as we could easily change lighting and run tests on how the smoke circulates. We shot at different speeds and lighting conditions. It was great fun.”
The ATLAS video footage will be part of an upcoming program of Arts District, a weekly arts and culture broadcast of Rocky Mountain PBS (RMPBS), channel six.
Smilde was here in Boulder thanks to an artist-in-residence program sponsored by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) and the Swoon International Residency.
Regarding Smilde’s work, Time Magazine has said, “It evokes both the surrealism of Magritte and the classical beauty of the old masters while reminding us of the ephemerality of art and nature.”
The ATLAS Black Box experimental studio – a highly flexible, state-of-the-art performance and exhibit space – is curated and managed by the ATLAS Center for Media, Arts and Performance. It helps to fulfill ATLAS Institute’s mission of bringing creative uses of technology to all aspects of society – including the performing arts.