Animal Soul opens Friday, July 14, and will be on display through Saturday, July 22, 12 PM to 10 PM daily, free and open to the public.
SILENT DISCO
Show-Your-Spirit-Animal Quiet Disco; Premiere Event for Animal Soul
Friday, July 14 | 4pm-10pm
FREE Event | RSVP HERE
4pm-8pm | DJ & Happy Hour | Courtyard
HAPPY HOUR:
Kick off the night early in the TASTE Food Hall Courtyard with a live DJ and happy hour.
6pm-10pm | Quiet Disco | Plaza Level
QUIET DISCO:
Show us your “animal soul” at the best outdoor dance party this summer! Groove among the fantastical, 25-foot, internally-lit creatures from the imagination of artist Jason Hackenwerth to the beat of our three quiet clubbing DJs.
ENTER TO WIN:
Dress up as your “spirit animal” and you could win a $250 FIGat7th gift card!
How does Quiet Clubbing work?
WHAT MAKES THE NIGHT SPECIAL?
– A Pair of Quiet Events Headphones
– Glow in the Dark Gear
– Part of Animal Soul, an art installation by Jason Hackenwerth.
– Tasty Food & Drink in TASTE Food Hall
– 3 Live DJ’s battling for your attention
SPECIAL NOTES:
— Headphone quantities are LIMITED and tickets DO NOT GUARANTEE a headphone
— FIGat7th has food, drinks, and shopping when you need a break from dancing
— Happy Hour and live DJ at 4 pm at TASTE Hall followed by the Show-Your-Spirit-Animal Quiet Clubbing Party at 6 pm
— Open to any age
WHAT TO BRING:
** You MUST have a credit or debit card for the check-in process.
** If the headphones are NOT returned, there will be a $100 charge to your credit or debit card after the event.
— No need to print your ticket
HOW IT WORKS
When you arrive you’ll receive a pair of special wireless headphones. You can adjust the volume and choose between up to three DJ’s with a flip of a switch.
Each headset has a color LED that shows what channel you are listening to, so you can dance along with those listening to the same DJ as you.
It’s super social; just lower the volume or take the headphones off to talk to that girl or guy.
There’s no loud music that you have to talk over. Plus, there’s no ringing in your ears when you leave!
To celebrate the installation, Arts Brookfield will host a Show-Your-Spirit-Animal Quiet Clubbing Party!
Dance among the giant internally-lit sculptures on FIGat7th Plaza and check out the whimsical wearable balloon sculptures as they bounce to the beat of the Quiet Clubbing DJs. FIGat7th and Arts Brookfield invite guests to wear costumes showing their most ferocious spirit animal!
Those who wear costumes can enter a raffle with the winner receiving a $250 gift certificate to FIGat7th. For those who want to start the night off early, a happy hour and live DJ will take you to ‘animal mode’ in the FIGat7th TASTE Courtyard at 4 p.m. with the Show-Your-Spirit-Animal Quiet Clubbing Party starting at 6 pm.
RSVP recommended and early arrival suggested.
Get more information and details at this link: http://www.figat7th.com/events/
For more information about Arts Brookfield and Jason Hackenwerth’s Animal Soul art installation, visit www.artsbrookfield.com/event/animal-soul/.
For further details on the Show-Your-Spirit-Animal Quiet Clubbing Party, visit http://www.artsbrookfield.com/event/animal-soul-quiet-clubbing/.
About this Animal Sout by Jason Hackenwerth:
The out-of-this-world artworks by Jason Hackenwerth are coming to Downtown Los Angeles through his site-specific installation, Animal Soul. Arts Brookfield, the award-winning arts and events program for Brookfield Property Partners, has commissioned Hackenwerth to create three large-scale, internally lit, inflated sculptures to span across Brookfield’s Downtown Los Angeles campuses, FIGat7th (735 South Figueroa Street) and Wells Fargo Center (333 South Grand Ave.) starting July 14 through July 22, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Arts Brookfield is dedicated to showcasing free, open to the public art and cultural initiatives, in a continued to effort to bring Brookfield’s public spaces to life.
Exhibited at several famous institutions and fairs including the Guggenheim, Scotland Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Venice Biennale, and Art Basel, Miami, Hackenwerth is known and praised for transforming common materials, such as the latex balloons, into sculptures with outrageous color patterns and designs, that resemble animals, insects, aliens, and more.
“Brookfield is committed to enlivening the public spaces within our portfolio through public art,” said Bert Dezzutti, Executive Vice President and Head of the Western Region for Brookfield Property Partners’ U.S. Office Division. “Through Arts Brookfield, we aim to identify initiatives that will provide dynamic experiences for those who work in and visit our sites, and we think Jason Hackenwerth’s installation, Animal Soul, will add a unique and exciting element to our properties in Downtown Los Angeles.”
The three Animal Soul sculptures will tower over the viewer at 20 to 30 feet high and will be on view for nine days in Downtown Los Angeles this summer. Additionally, Hackenwerth will create two wearable sculptures made entirely of sewn balloons. These sculptures double as costumes and come to life when donned by performers dancing through the streets of Downtown Los Angeles at random times during the run of the exhibition.
“Animal Soul is intended to surprise those who encounter it with wonder and awe. When we are stunned and amazed by something beautiful and exciting, for a brief moment all of our other thoughts disappear and there is only the experience,” says Hackenwerth. “In an urban landscape setting, the huge and strangely animal-like sculptures of Animal Soul will feel wild and playful and might transport visitors to a fantastical imaginary world if only for a short time.”
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ABOUT ARTS BROOKFIELD
Arts Brookfield presents exciting, world-class cultural experiences to hundreds of thousands of people for free each year in both indoor and outdoor public spaces at Brookfield’s premier office properties in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C., Toronto, London, Perth and Sydney. From concerts, theater and dance to film screenings and art exhibitions, Arts Brookfield brings public spaces to life through art.
Visit www.ArtsBrookfield.com for a complete schedule of events.
ABOUT JASON HACKENWERTH
Artist Jason Hackenwerth transforms common materials into a spectacle to be experienced. His medium of choice is the latex balloon, inflating hundreds at a time and stringing them together in unusual forms and pre-determined color patterns to create sculptures resembling animals, insects, aliens, or other colorful products of your imagination. His playful works have been exhibited internationally at a number of famous institutions and fairs including the Guggenheim, Scotland Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Venice Biennale, and Art Basel, Miami.
ABOUT FIGAT7TH
FIGat7th is Downtown LA’s premier shopping, dining, and entertainment destination. An open-air shopping and dining mecca, FIGat7th is home to H&M and Zara flagship stores, Bath & Body Works, Target, and more, as well as a first-class collection of unique eateries that delight fashionistas and foodies alike. And with free concerts, movies, and events all year long paired with plentiful, inexpensive parking, FIGat7th is the best place to begin when exploring Downtown LA.
ABOUT BROOKFIELD
Brookfield Property Partners (NYSE: BPY; TSX: BPY.UN) is one of the world’s largest commercial real estate companies, with approximately $65 billion in total assets. We are leading owners, operators and investors in commercial property assets, with a diversified portfolio that includes 146 premier office properties and 127 best-in-class retail malls around the world. We also hold interests in multifamily, triple net lease, industrial, hospitality, and self-storage assets.
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Further information is available at http://bpy.brookfield.com.
How fun this will be…I would love to go..I have had little use for my glow in the dark wig since I went to Reno to party with the Burners…I like the headphone gig…so funny. you know the food scene will be excellent.