OBLSK: Current Art Installations

Liminal

2020 Illumination Festival in Canton, Ohio

Canton Cultural Center for the Arts: Arts in Stark

Fridays and Saturdays in January and February

Imagine a light Journey that can transport you to a liminal space, one that exists beyond the physical reach or deep within the mind. OBLSK is excited to present Liminal at the Illumination festival in Canton, Ohio Fridays and Saturdays in January and February. 

Through Multi level projection and light landscapes paired with immersive Soundscapes, Liminal can be experienced both as a drive through or on foot. Be sure to check out Liminal inside the Canton Cultural Center for the Arts. Liminal will be performed Friday and Saturday in January and February of 2021.

In conjunction with the 50th Birthday of  Arts in Stark, a non-profit, non-profit that uses the arts to create smarter kids, new jobs, and healthier communities.

Assembly,Peace,Flock

2020 Light in the Forest : Cincinnati Nature Center

Every weekend in December and first weekend in January

OBLSK is honored to work with the Cincinnati Nature Center to create an enchanting forest that highlight nature’s awesome beauty. Through projection mapping, landscape lighting design, and sculpture, OBLSK  is excited to illuminate the forest.  Light in the Forest will run every weekend in December and the first weekend in January.

Cincinnati Nature Center-Just minutes away from the downtown urban core, Cincinnati Nature Center offers more than 1,700 acres of forests, fields, streams and ponds and attracts more than 200,000 visitors each year.

With more members than any other nature center in the country, Cincinnati Nature Center provides the community with a unique and valuable education resource for innovative, nature-based learning opportunities in a variety of formats.

Light in the Forest Creative Process

Halloween drag variety show

2020 Heels of Horror

Written, produced, and performed by Nina west

Last week of October

Nina West’s HEELS OF HORROR, Columbus’ Halloween tradition, is back – with more laughs, scares, and monsters than ever before! Welcome to the 13th chapter in the Heels of Horror saga! OBLSK had a great time working with the Nina West team and Elevate Creative in editing and mapping the projection media onto the Ms Frankenstein dress worn by Nina West. The Heels of Horror was produced during covid inside the Historic Lincoln Theater in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Who is OBLSK?

OBLSK consists of a team of imaginative artists, inventors, and designers who come together to create engaging interactive installations, finely crafted imagery, and powerful multi-sensory experiences. Our team is highly talented in several fields and we excel at creating beautiful pieces of work.

The Co-Founders of OBLSK, Eve Warnock and Pelham Johnson, are a great team. Pelham has a background in filmmaker and has been the heading the projection mapping projects that have become one of OBLSK’s trademarks. Eve’s background in performance art, textiles, and film has weaved together the rest of the team by bringing unconventional and innovative ideas to life. They both have a strong love for working collaboratively to create finely crafted moving art and media that tells a story with a purpose.

Our areas of expertise include video production, large-scale projection mapping, interactive electronic and mechanical engineering, visual design, costume and set design, brand development, and more. We collaborate with clients ready to pioneer new ways of engaging their audience; creative-minded organizations interested in developing their brand using art and technology.

Stay tuned to see what we do next!!!

A Storm is Coming with RainCloud

RainCloud is gearing up for a party!!

Come see RainCloud for yourself this weekend, September 16-17, at the final Independent's Day Festival (IDX) in downtown Columbus. Check out the map of all the fun activities below and where RainCloud is located (aka the Cloud Feature).

Schedule for IDX - 

Saturday - 12:00pm-11:45pm

Sunday - 12:00pm-8:00pm

H2OHIO: Ohio's Freshwater on a Global Scale Panel - 

Saturday - 1:oopm under the RainCloud

Empathy Eyeball performance by Pilgrim Heidi of OpenHeartCreatures-

Saturday - 8:00pm under the RainCloud

RainCloud is a floating augmented high-tech installation as well as a symbol of the natural environment; a reminder of the simple beauty found in our atmosphere and the never-ending cycle of water between ground and sky.

This simulated cloud floats 18 feet from the ground in an outdoor environment, and is illuminated from within using RGB LED lights. During the day, it  shimmers due to the reflective, iridescent qualities of its outer skin while at night it glows equally as brilliant by using artificial light. Glowing from within, the RainCloud changes color based on interaction from the audience (attendees of the arts festival) and/or based on environmental changes in its surroundings in real time. The RainCloud acts as a stage for performance, music, and education.  

On Saturday September 16  at 1pm there will be OHIO H20: Ohio Freshwater on a Global Scale panel discussion. We will be talking about the state of water locally, nationally, and globally. We will focus specifically in the areas of environmental protection, economics and industry, health and well being, and the future outlook of water.  At 8pm Puppets from Pilgrim Heidi of OpenHeartCreatures will perform Empathy Eyeball followed by Thunderstorm, an interactive  multimedia light performance by OBLSK.

Pilgrim Heidi of OpenHeartCreatures

Artist Involved with RainCloud:

• Eve Warnock - eve has earned an MFA from the Digital Arts and New Media program at the University of California Santa Cruz. She has worked internationally with Puppet company Wakka Wakka productions, collaborated with artist Ann Hamilton, and designed the artistic elements of Limited Brands Co. marketing designs. She is co-founder of OBLSK, a creative agency made up of artists, inventors, and entrepreneurs, HERD, a researched based creation to explore herding behaviors in humans and animals, and she is the artistic consultant for LUDIKA, a collaborative art and game company rooted in science and play. Both her performative and sculptural work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, theaters, and opera houses, but she prefers the guerilla style of public street performances where it is free for all to attend.  evewarnock.com
• Pelham Johnson - is a filmmaker, inventor, researcher, and artist.  He uses a combination of creativity, technical know-how, and a love for working collaboratively to create finely crafted moving art and media that tells a story with a purpose.
• Aidan Seine - Aidan resides in L.A., California and made the journey to the midwest to help build the creation that is, RainCloud. He's well versed in interactive electronics that helps bring RainCloud to life.
• Maxwell McEvoy - is a local sculptural and installation artist who has helped make the RainCloud become, what else, but an actual raincloud, though made out of polyfilm instead of nature.
• Marque Reavley - is an application engineer and web developer who helped create the code that allows RainCloud to be interactive with participants that enter under the cloud creating the elements of a rainstorm like lighting and thunder.

Come have fun with the whole family this weekend and celebrate the independent culture, commerce, and creativty of the community that is Columbus, Ohio!