THE LUME Featurettes
Newfields has partnered with students from the Herron School of Art + Design to create and display three featurettes in THE LUME Indianapolis. Echoes of Home, Harmonia and Evren were commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art and are presented prior to each showing of Connection: Land, Water, Sky – Art & Music from Indigenous Australians.
Echoes of Home by Jansing Lunato and Macy Oberhart
Lunato [left] and Oberhart [right], both from Indianapolis, drew on the nostalgic themes of home, childhood and growth. Lunato, who led visuals, wrote, “I took scenes and everyday objects and represented them in a way that reflects the deep sentiment I associate with my childhood. I invite the audience to literally step into the work, offering them a space to reflect on their own memories and the emotions they evoke.”
Oberhart, who led sound design, wrote, “I used a lot of audio samples of things that you may not even think about when going through your day. Echoes of Home is made to showcase multiple important pieces of a child’s life and imagination.”
Harmonia by Gregory Fisher-Fox and Maxwell Arney
The range of emotions that humans face on a daily basis: visualized in a digitally immersive space – that is what Fisher-Fox [left] and Arney [right] set out to accomplish in Harmonia. This work was a deeply personal creation. Fisher-Fox, from Beech Grove, wrote, “I recognized the influence of my own anxiety. That led me to create a narrative rooted in emotional cycles.”
Arney’s sound composition complements the visuals with musical elements that capture every corner of the space. Arney, from Indianapolis, writes, “Without the ability to spread out some of the musical elements across the space, the experience simply wouldn’t be the same.”
Evren by Kyleigh Sprout and Regan Wakeman
An otherworldly experience distilled into the minutes-long featurette was made possible by the imaginations of Kyleigh Sprout [left] and Regan Wakeman [right]. Their focus on space, stars and speculative cosmology is what sets this work apart. Sprout, from Franklin, IN, asks, “How would it look if you were surrounded by planets and astronomical events? My main goal was to have a recognizable galaxy but have it textured in a painterly way that would cause the audience’s minds to wonder and imagine.”
Regarding the sound design, Wakeman, from Indianapolis, wrote, "Fire-crackling sounds move in a circular motion around the listener creating a surreal sensation of being engulfed by the sun. We simply want to create space for questions, for awe, and for reflection on what lies both beyond and within us.”
