LumenARRT! Update Winter 2024

LumenARRT! is a project of the Artists’ Rapid Response Team (ARRT!). We work through the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), a members’ organization that advocates for artists and furthers the work of progressive non-profits in the state of Maine. Our video projections create a visual voice for these organizations and like electronic graffiti, bring awareness to issues of social, economic, and environmental justice.

Fall 2023 brought local issues of social and environmental justice to LumenARRT! The Longest Night, a vigil memorializing the lives and deaths of un-housed people who died in 2023, was held on 21 December 2023. LumenARRT! projected on the Monument in Monument Square, Portland and on the library.

Wolfden, a Canadian-based mining company is reapplying to the Maine LUPC to allow metal mining at Pickett Mountain near Katahdin. In October, there was a rally in Bangor at Cross Arena outside the LUPC public hearing on the issue. Tribal groups, local activists, and concerned citizens attended to express their concerns and LumenARRT! was invited to project the concerns and support the groups in the shadow of Paul Bunyan. Click on the image below to see a video of the projection.

The group Protect Ancient Forests asked LumenARRT! to create an environment as the audience entered Merrill Auditorium for “Climate Aid: The Voice of the Forest.” LumenARRT!’s projections of trees outside the venue created a monumental environment to amplify their message about saving old-growth forests.We were proud to be part of an inspiring evening of climate activism—featuring Maggie Rogers, Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams, the Oshima Brothers, and more! Click on the image below to see a video of the projection on the streets of Portland.

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Image at top: LumenARRT! projection for Climate Aid.