Dlectricity event in Midtown Detroit this weekend

Jake Fried's Brain Wave, Mind Frame and Night Vision, three video projections of mesmerizing hand-drawn stop-motion animations during Dlectricity preview outside of the Michigan Science Center in Detroit on Sept. 23, 2021. Photo: Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press

I am a big fan of night time lighting initiatives.  Dlectricity is one in Detroit, although it's been on hiatus for four years ("After 4-year-absence, Dlectricity will light up Midtown Detroit this weekend," Detroit Free Press).  It's being relaunched this weekend.

The most comprehensive city street lighting master plans include elements on public art and events and festivals ("Philips changes name to Signify").

And in commercial district revitalization planning ("Planning programming by daypart, month, season," 2016, "From more space to socially distance to a systematic program for pedestrian districts (Park City (Utah) Main Street Car Free on Sundays)," 2020), lighting is one of the elements that needs to be addressed more systematically ("Night time as a daypart and a design product," 2017).