Chromatic Curiosity by Tommy Bobo
SEE & MAKE: Colorful ephemeral artwork on urban surfaces using the sun and color wands designed by the artist.
MEET: Tommy Bobo, a Washington, DC artist who produces video and light-based artwork, and a representative from the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy (AIRE).
LEARN: About the physics of light, Arlington’s goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, and the local solar energy cooperative.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 – 3-7pm — Crystal City Farmers Market, Crystal City Courtyard Green, 2121 Crystal Drive, Crystal City Metro
Saturday, September 18 – 9-2pm – Rock ‘n’ Recycle, Trades Center, 4300 29th Street South
Saturday, September 25 – noon-5pm – Long Bridge Aquatic Center open house, 333 Long Bridge Drive
Saturday, October 2 — 10-2pm – Barcroft Park, 4200 S Four Mile Run Drive
Saturday, October 9 – 8-noon — (Cancelled) Lubber Run Farmer’s Market, 4401 N Henderson Road
Sunday, October 17 – 8-noon - Westover Farmers Market, Westover Library Plaza, 1644 N McKinley Road
Saturday, October 23 – 8-noon – Arlington Farmers Market, North Uhle & 14th Street N., Courthouse Metro
Sunday, October 31 – 9-1pm – Fairlington Farmers Market, 3308 S Stafford Street
Capture the excitement and wonder of a child with a magnifying glass and re-envision the world around you: Chromatic Curiosity provides visitors with a collection of shaped mirrors and colored lenses to creatively explore their surroundings. Manipulative mirrors redirect the sun’s beams, and brightly hued lenses transform ordinary colors into fantastic spectacles. With these tools, form radiant new light compositions on the ground, building walls, or other objects around the Arlington Art Truck. Like wearing rose-colored glasses or looking through a kaleidoscope, viewers can inspect purple apples, blue grass, and the red sky and think about how light plays an important part of our life.
Our Community Partner for this project is AIRE, the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy. Learn about Arlington’s initiative to be carbon neutral by 2050, the Arlington Solar and EV Charger Co-Op, and more. AIRE is a division of the Office of Sustainability & Environmental Management.