WATERLICHT

Columbia University School of the Arts awards the Master of Fine Arts degree in Film, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Writing and the Master of Arts degree in Film and Media Studies; it also offers an interdisciplinary program in Sound Art. The School is a thriving, diverse community of talented, visionary, and committed artists from around the world and a faculty comprised of acclaimed and internationally renowned artists, film and theatre directors, writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, playwrights, producers, critics, and scholars. In 2015, the School marked the 50th Anniversary of its founding. In 2017, the School opened the Lenfest Center for the Arts, a multi-arts venue designed as a hub for the presentation and creation of art across disciplines on the University’s new Manhattanville campus. The Lenfest hosts exhibitions, performances, screenings, symposia, readings, and lectures that present new, global voices and perspectives, as well as an exciting, publicly accessible home for Columbia’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery.

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Registration is now closed for this event, however you are still welcome to join us tonight for WATERLICHT, between the hours of 7:30pm and 11pm. We expect waiting time to be shortest between 8:30pm and 10:30pm.
Entry is granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration does not guarantee entry.
If your plans have changed, please adjust your registration so that we may accommodate other attendees.
Questions? Email waterlicht@columbia.edu
 
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WATERLICHT  A site-wide, large-scale light installation by acclaimed Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde
#waterlichtnyc #yearofwater
 
“Daan Roosegaarde is one of the most exciting artists of the 21st century––passionate about the environment, art, design, innovation, ideas and beauty. WATERLICHT combines them all. It has been a dream of mine to help bring this installation of undulating light and the conversations about water and climate that must surround it, to New York City and to Columbia University.”
—Carol Becker
 
"WATERLICHT is about showing the power and poetry of living with water, which is more relevant than ever in New York City. It is an honour to work with Columbia University to exhibit WATERLICHT, and connect with a new generation which plays a central role in changing the climate.” 
—Daan Roosegaarde
 
Event Dates
Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23
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<LI>Artist Talk with Daan Roosegaarde at 5 pm—<A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daan-roosegaarde-tickets-71538077315" TARGET="_blank">REGISTER</A></LI>
<LI>WATERLICHT viewing beginning at 7:30 pm</LI>
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Thursday, October 24
 
Registration is required Viewing hours 7:30–11 pm each evening Lines open for entry at 6:30 pm Entry is first-come, first-served Typical viewing experience is approximately 30 minutes
 
Event Location
Public Plaza at <A HREF="https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts </A>615 West 129th Street, New York, NY 10027
 
Additional Details
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This event will take place RAIN or SHINE – please dress appropriately
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Portable restrooms available
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Please note that the following are not permitted in the Plaza: smoking, alcohol, bicycles, scooters, and skateboards
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About WATERLICHT
WATERLICHT, which translates to “Water Light,” is an immersive light installation and monumental public art event that illuminates the power and poetry of water while raising awareness about rising global sea levels. WATERLICHT is a centerpiece of <A HREF="https://yearofwater.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia University’s Year of Water</A>, a year-long interdisciplinary exploration including art, lectures, symposia, and research, uniting the campus and its constituents to examine and celebrate the planet’s most precious resource.
Propelled by LED lights and lenses, WATERLICHT will come to life after sunset, at the public plaza of Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts from 7:30 pm-11 pm
Daan Roosegaarde will discuss WATERLICHT and other visionary projects with Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts, at a free event on October 23, at 5 pm. Register <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daan-roosegaarde-tickets-71538077315" TARGET="_blank">here</A>.
 
<A HREF="https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About the Artist </A><A HREF="https://yearofwater.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About the Year of Water </A><A HREF="https://arts.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About Columbia University School of the Arts </A><A HREF="https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About the Lenfest Center for the Arts</A>
 
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#waterlichtnyc #yearofwater
 
Questions? Email waterlicht@columbia.edu

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