Senate Ways and Means Chairman Steven Panagiotakos visits Pittsfield today for forums on the creative economy, beginning with a roundtable at the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce offices from noon to 1:30. He will then go to the Intermodal Transportation Center, Barrington Stage Company and the Colonial Theatre.
By Tammy Daniels - April 23, 2008 iBerkshires Staff
Graduate students from RPI are installing a piece of light art on the Hoosic River as part of their final project.
NORTH ADAMS — The first, and largest, of several lighting installations was being constructed over the Hoosic River on Wednesday.
The 100-foot-long design is made up of wire mesh, fabric and liquid-crystal display lights strung on a cable frame across the 45-foot wide flood control chute. The work stretches from the Holden Street bridge to Northern Berkshire District Court.
The is the most complex of the dozen or so formulated by graduate students in the light workshop at the Lighting Research Center at Renssalaer (N.Y.) Polytechnic Institute. The 20-year-old research center explores all aspects of light, from the archectural to the biological, said Patricia Rizzo, director of DesignWorks program there.
The students included artists, architects and engineers.
With the help of volunteers, students strung cables across the river and prepared the yards of mesh. The work will continue today and through the Saturday, as more artists arrive to install several more works on the east side of the bridge and west toward the Porches inn. Residents are welcome to stop by and help.
The light show is slated for Saturday night from about 6 to 11 p.m.; the rain date is Sunday.
