Midnight and Samadhi – Expanded Cinema IV
Andrew F. Scott | LED Installation | Omni Dallas Hotel | October 25, 2015
As part of Expanded Cinema IV, Andrew F. Scott’s Midnight and Samadhi transformed the façade of the Omni Dallas Hotel into a monumental, light-responsive canvas animated by the music of Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective. Drawing from the evocative compositions “Midnight” and “Samadhi” from Blanchard’s album Breathless, Scott translated sound into motion, mapping sonic textures onto architectural light. The result was a living, immersive interface between music, media, and the city.
Curated by Justine Ludwig and simulcast on 91.7 KXT, the project activated the Dallas night sky as part of VideoFest’s closing event. As rhythms pulsed through the airwaves, programmed LEDs rippled across the hotel’s surface, turning a downtown skyline into an instrument of collective experience.
Part of a broader curatorial inquiry into memory and place, Midnight and Samadhi reimagined urban architecture as a site for contemplation and transformation. It stood as both a tribute to breath and presence and an exploration of the meditative potential of public media art. Merging Blanchard’s improvisational depth with Scott’s expertise in light and code, the work offered Dallas a moment of radiance that was ephemeral, communal, and unmistakably alive.
Midnight, Samahdi in Expanded Cinema IV (curated by Justine Ludwig). Omni Dallas Hotel, simulcast by 91.7 KXT, Dallas, TX, Oct 25, 2015.