BLINK 2019

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Research Article| March 01 2020 BLINK 2019: BLINK 2019: Cincinnati, Ohio: October 10–13, 2019 Annie Dell'Aria Annie Dell'Aria Annie Dell'Aria is an art historian studying the intersection of contemporary art, media, and public space, and is an assistant professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2020) 47 (1): 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2020.471002 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Annie Dell'Aria; BLINK 2019: BLINK 2019: Cincinnati, Ohio: October 10–13, 2019. Afterimage 1 March 2020; 47 (1): 2–7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2020.471002 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search Light art festivals illuminate city architecture and public spaces in ways that promote an enchanted, ludic, and entertaining concept of the urban. With origins in early twentieth-century urban illumination and stemming more directly from nuit blanche events in European metropolises, these festivals have increasingly found popularity in small-to-midsized cities in North America. Business improvement districts and other public-private partnerships leverage this form of nocturnal public art spectacle in order to promote urban growth, to encourage locals and tourists to visit city centers at night, and to revitalize downtown spaces. In the midst of this production of spectacle, can these festivals also provide platforms for moving and provocative works of art? This past October, Cincinnati hosted the second version of BLINK, a four-day event spread throughout the city's downtown area and sponsored by the Cincinnati Regional Chamber. The project was largely spearheaded by Brave Berlin, a Cincinnati-based media production and brand... You do not currently have access to this content.