WABI previews Thomas Hill Standpipe light, projection show
WABI (Channel 5) advanced “FLOW: An evening of water themed light & projection,” to be held at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor on May 4. The multimedia event — a partnership between the Intermedia MFA program at UMaine, Coaction Lab and Bangor Water District — will take place during the annual spring tour of the standpipe. Faculty and students in the Intermedia MFA and New Media programs will project onto the structure light, images and videos inspired by the building’s history and function. “This sprung into my head because I live in the neighborhood here and I walk my dog past the standpipe all the time,” said event organizer Gene Felice, a professor of new media and intermedia at UMaine. “I particularly work with video projection in my own artwork and I’ve projected on lighthouses in the past and on other architectural structures. And when I got a first look at the Bangor standpipe, I just dreamed of it being a perfect three-dimensional video screen.” Tours will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the projections beginning at dusk. A rain date is scheduled for May 11. WVII (Channel 7) also previewed the event.