The Illuminated Forest comes to life January 27, 2024 – Posted in: Activity, Arte, Edwin Fontanez, El bosque iluminado, Events, Illuminated Forest, News

“Somewhere, within the sweeping expanse and solitude of an imaginary tundra, its wild inhabitants come out to catch the oblique reflection of a distant sun hiding below the horizon. Winter, with its blistery winds rolling over snowy slopes, entices all the forest’s creatures to roam freely. Like magical apparitions out of a fairy tale, reindeer, fawns, snowshoe hares, arctic foxes, and snowy owls come out of their dens and from among the trees like luminous ghosts to enhance the peaceful atmosphere of the forest. Among all the living creatures, perches the beguiling sight of a single cardinal with its fiery plumage, breaking the perfectly white panorama and auguring the promise of spring’s brief respite. And so the cycle of ice, snow, winter winds, and magical creatures roaming the forest goes on undisturbed.”

Commissioned for the Kennedy Center’s REACH to FOREST festival, Edwin Fontánez’s art installation The Illuminated Forest will be on view February 20-March 3, 2024 at the REACH at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Enter Edwin Fontánez’s luminous winter fairytale inhabited by the magical creatures hidden among the graceful bodies of a frozen forest. Defined by the tenuous beams of light that filter through the icy branches of the birch trees, visitors will discover the intricate patterns of delicate paper cutouts that portrait the tranquil and enchanted atmosphere of a fantastical winter wonderland.