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04/18/2023 4:54 pm
Raleigh Arts
Updated: Apr 18, 2023
Raleigh Art's Block2 Video Series is a visual platform for video, digital and new media artists. Viewed after dark, the changing videos aim to expand a viewer's notion of what visual art is and introduce the community to new artists, ideas and experimental mediums.
Programming for Block 2 is temporarily suspended due to a large-scale construction project at our First Citizens Bank partner at the Market Plaza location. Please stay tuned for reopening updates.
Video submissions are still welcome and encouraged! If you are interested in submitting material to be considered please contact Stacy Bloom Rexrode, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections.
Raleigh Art's Block2 Video Series is a visual platform for video, digital and new media artists. Viewed after dark, the changing videos aim to expand a viewer's notion of what visual art is and introduce the community to new artists, ideas and experimental mediums. Block2 is an extension of the Miriam Preston Block Gallery, which showcases changing exhibitions of local artists in the Raleigh Municipal Building.
The sculptural projection screen, titled "Sway", was designed and fabricated by Raleigh public artist Matt McConnell. Cary-based AVCON, Inc., an audio-visual engineering/design firm provided the expertise and equipment for projecting large-scale imagery.
The Block2 Video Series aims to create an environment for visual splendor. We hope you will take a moment to look, listen and enjoy.
Originally viewed in a street-level window at the corner of Fayetteville and Hargett Streets, Block2 was relocated on a larger visual scale to Market Plaza as a part of a vision to redevelop and activate an originally underutilized space.