When I read the article in the NYTimes, I was side swiped by Lonneke Gordijn claiming to be a 'close observer of nature'. Well, I don't they are doing much background on nature. We lose millions of birds every year during spring and fall migration due to lights from buildings, window collisions and people not 'getting it' about the impact of human actions on nature. I am an artist, I work and sell my art, but I am also a person who supports conservation and especially birds. I can't believe New York City let this happen after those dam lights went up at the memorial for the twin towers. If you are an artist, do your research and don't claim to be something you are not. Fully understanding nature today, means studying the impact of humans on nature, you can't just skim the surface as people who do actually love and try to help nature will call you out on it.
I'm sorry, but this art work is not very entertaining. Many people in New York City who came to Central Park to see this show were disappointed. After the show, as I was in the crowds leaving the park, I heard several people say they wanted to see the other kinds of drone shows that you do -- drone shows that form any kind of recognizable shapes. As I looked at RUclips comments about the show in news videos, I saw people expressing their disappointment there too. I even saw one RUclips comment on a news video saying the person was glad they didn't make the trip from Brooklyn to see this show in Central Park. I know that you put hard work into this, programming each of the one thousand drones to fly a certain way, but not everyone is interested watching drones that just fly around like a flock of birds. At least make the drones form into shapes of large birds for this show.
When I read the article in the NYTimes, I was side swiped by Lonneke Gordijn claiming to be a 'close observer of nature'. Well, I don't they are doing much background on nature. We lose millions of birds every year during spring and fall migration due to lights from buildings, window collisions and people not 'getting it' about the impact of human actions on nature. I am an artist, I work and sell my art, but I am also a person who supports conservation and especially birds. I can't believe New York City let this happen after those dam lights went up at the memorial for the twin towers. If you are an artist, do your research and don't claim to be something you are not. Fully understanding nature today, means studying the impact of humans on nature, you can't just skim the surface as people who do actually love and try to help nature will call you out on it.
I'm sorry, but this art work is not very entertaining. Many people in New York City who came to Central Park to see this show were disappointed. After the show, as I was in the crowds leaving the park, I heard several people say they wanted to see the other kinds of drone shows that you do -- drone shows that form any kind of recognizable shapes. As I looked at RUclips comments about the show in news videos, I saw people expressing their disappointment there too. I even saw one RUclips comment on a news video saying the person was glad they didn't make the trip from Brooklyn to see this show in Central Park. I know that you put hard work into this, programming each of the one thousand drones to fly a certain way, but not everyone is interested watching drones that just fly around like a flock of birds. At least make the drones form into shapes of large birds for this show.