LEILA EHTESHAM
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River City Reflections, 2018
Paper messages, LED marble lights, paper cups, plastic lids
​Site-specific interactive installation
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River City Reflections was an interactive artwork featured in 1708 Gallery's annual InLight Richmond show, displayed in the sculpture garden at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It was a collaborative work with artist Carl Patow (carlpatow.com).

Participants were asked to write down a wish for the future of Richmond, Virginia. Each wish was placed in a translucent cup, illuminated with a tiny LED light and sealed with a tight fitting lid. Participants floated their wishes down a waterfall feature in the sculpture garden, where the wishes then settled in a pool at the waterfall's base. Over the course of the two-night show a total of 3,500 wishes collected in the pool, creating a radiant mass of community hopes for the future of the city. The wishes were uploaded to MyWishForRichmondIs.com for public view.
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River City Reflections was awarded "Best In Show" by InLight 2018 curator Kimberli Gant, the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA.

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Wish-containing cups floating in the pool
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Participants wrote and assembled their wishes at tables at the top of the waterfall
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View from the lower pool
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Timelapse recorded over a 6 hour span on November 16, 2018 - the first night of the two-night show
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