Drawing inspiration from the visualization of atmospheric conditions, Current Air, borrows from the graphic language of meteorology to create a hybridized visual current of color, image, and pattern. This video hints to scientific expressions of temperature, moisture, and wind allowing for free associations of the viewer. Developed to activate 150 Media Stream with vibrant colors, it draws from the fluid dynamic of the adjacent Chicago River.

February & March 2018

Public Viewing Hours:
Fridays 6–8pm
Saturdays 1–5pm
Sundays 1–5pm

150 Media Stream
150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago IL 60622

Butt-Scratching Caterpillars, Whispering Whales, and Eight Other Sounds That Defined 2017 

Thank you to Alan Burdick, The New Yorker

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For its latest partnership with Design Miami/, Champagne Perrier-Jouët takes over Miami through an innovative digital collaboration with Chicago-based artists Luftwerk. The result is a boldly contemporary reinterpretation of the Maison’s historic links with Art Nouveau, on display in three key Miami sites: Design Miami/, L’Eden by Perrier-Jouët and Miami international Airport.

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SOS tote bag designed by the Normal design studio for Luftwerk’s Color Code show which was on view in the Cleve Carney Art Gallery. Use these Morse code bags to share and receive messages with others. All proceeds from the sale of this bag will be donated to Puerto Rican aid efforts via the Maria Fund at the Center for Popular Democracy.

Purchase HERE

October 12 – November 18, 2017
Reception: October 21, 6:00 – 8:00pm

For their exhibition in Cleve Carney Art Gallery Luftwerk will be creating a sixty-foot long mural that merges the fundamental languages of morse code with that of color theory. Using the dots and dashes of the universal call for distress, S.O.S. , this work will stretch across the entire West wall of the gallery.

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White Wanderer takes inspiration from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, which broke off into the Weddell Sea in July 2017 – forever altering the landscape of the continent. Using real life recordings of the sounds and frequencies of calving ice bergs, along with satellite imagery of the 120-mile Larsen C crack, Luftwerk brings this remote place to life to deepen public understanding of the connection between climate change and sea level rise. The project is the culmination of a yearlong collaboration with NRDC, with additional help from the University of Chicago.

White Wanderer will be on display at Two Riverside Plaza, Chicago IL Sept 7th – Oct 1st and at Navy Pier as part of EXPO CHICAGO from Sept 13 – Sept 17 in booth #829

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Thanks to the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and 3Arts!