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150 Media Stream: We The People

Client
150 North Riverside
Community
Cultural
Services
Motion
Audio
Awards
STA 100 2017
Credits

John Pobojewski
Concept, Design, Audio

Kyle Green
Animation

Zach Minnich
3D, Animation

Taek Hyun Kim
Design

Rick Valicenti
Design

Ross Floyd
Photography

Michael Salisbury
Photography

Also

150 Media Stream

Commissioned and curated by Riverside Investment & Development

Display concept and physical structure by McCann Systems in cooperation with Digital Kitchen

Creative content partnership with Leviathan

150 N Riverside Plaza lobby and building design by Goettsch Partners

Designed while at Thirst

John Pobojewski directed Thirst in the installation We The People, a world-premiere commission for 150 Media Stream — the largest multimedia art installation in Chicago. Located at 150 North Riverside, this unique video sculpture features 89 individual LED blades at 150 feet long and over 20 feet high. Thirst joins several announced artists to premiere work for the video sculpture: Jason Salavon, Kurt Kaminski, Megan Pryce/Zhang Zige, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, and Leviathan.

We The People is a suite of five scenes, expressing diversity and community. Words from the U.S. Constitution are used throughout the piece, as well as 150 first names of those born in America within the last decade.

In 1787 the U.S. Constitution was signed by a fractured group of misfits and outcasts — delegates — each an immigrant in a new land. These individuals set the course towards a unified nation dedicated to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. Their work inspired Thirst’s suite of ambient scenes, each animated expressions of the diverse melting pot that is America. Together, we shall overcome. Divided, we will fall.” — John Pobojewski
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