OMAi is an Austrian artist collective that will be presenting a series of interactive animation projections on notable buildings throughout Raleigh from October 27 – November 13.
OMAi Mapping Stories will take place at 4 session locations: Saint Agnes Hospital, Dorothea Dix Park, Downtown Raleigh, and Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Each session will be complemented by artist workshops, community sessions and student programming in collaboration with local artists, musicians and performers.
All of these events are free.
Here is the information on the remaining sessions.
NOV. 3: SAINT AGNES SESSION
St. Agnes Hospital
Saint Augustine’s University
1315 Oakwood Ave., Raleigh
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
6:00 – 10:00pm: Projection art and food trucks
7:00 – 7:30pm; and 9:00 – 9:30pm: Performance by Phillip Bernard Smith inspired by the history of Jack Johnson and Saint Agnes Hospital. Projections by André Leon Gray and Lincoln Hancock. Sound installation by Finn Cohen and Anthony Kelley
NOV. 9: DOROTHEA DIX PARK SESSION
Silos at Dorothea Dix Park
60 Ruggles Dr.
Raleigh
6-9pm
6:00 – 9:00pm: Projection art, food and beer truck, DJ and public participation
7:00 – 8:00pm: Performance by Imagine Circus
NOV. 10: SAINT AGNES SESSION
St. Agnes Hospital
Saint Augustine’s University
1315 Oakwood Ave., Raleigh
2-4pm; 6-10pm
All OMAi! Urban Sketchers, followed by an augmented reality session with NC State and a presentation on Washington Terrace. Come back for a night of projection, art and food trucks. Spoken Word by Justin Perry and Tyree Daye, and the North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers.
2:00 – 5:00pm: Urban Sketchers
3:00pm: Presentation and documentary screening on Washington Terrace in Saint Augustine’s Library library
4:00pm: Augmented reality session with NC State in Saint Augustine’s University library
6:00 – 10:00pm: Projection, art and food trucks
7:00 – 9:00pm: Spoken Word with Press Play Poetz Justin Perry and Tyree Daye. Performances by the North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers
NOV. 13: MEDAL OF ARTS SESSION
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 East South Street, Raleigh
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Join OMAi’s final projections in Raleigh at Raleigh’s Medal of Art’s celebration.
6pm: Preshow Entertainment & Reception
Featuring: Kevin & Greg
7pm: Presentation & Performances
- The Capital City Girls Choir, The Carolina PineCones
- Martha Needels Keravuori
- Dr. Gregg Gelb
- Jerome Merritt Davis
- Dr. Fran M. Page
- Dorothea Dix Conservancy
- Freddie Lee Heath
- Dr. Jonathan C. Kramer
- PineCone, The Piedmont Council of Traditional Music
8:30pm: Art After Party with Digital Art Collective OMAi in Lictin Plaza
