The Canopy Press

French museum-innovation outlet Club Innovation & Culture covers the collaboration between The Canopy, the Art Institute of Chicago and The Joffrey Ballet on Excavation of Movement. The piece explains how de Kooning's lines and brushstrokes were translated into choreography and digital media for the 190-foot LED ceiling, on view through September 20, 2026.

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900 North Michigan Shops announces a collaboration between The Canopy, the Art Institute of Chicago and The Joffrey Ballet: Excavation of Movement, an original ten-panel film inspired by the exhibition Willem de Kooning Drawing. On view through September 20, 2026, the work translates de Kooning's lines and brushstrokes into choreography and digital media across 190 feet of LED screens. The piece quotes the Art Institute's Nora Gainer and Canopy artist Adrian Stein of Haze Labs.

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Newcity's Today in Culture column notes that The Canopy at 900 North Michigan Shops has partnered with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet to reimagine Willem de Kooning's work through dance and immersive digital art. Excavation of Movement translates de Kooning's expressive lines and physical brushwork into choreography performed by Joffrey Ballet dancers, then brings that movement to life across the Canopy's 190 feet of LED screens.

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Galerie's editors pick Excavation of Movement as one of eight things they love this week. Coinciding with the Art Institute of Chicago's Willem de Kooning Drawing exhibition, the collaboration between The Canopy at 900 North Michigan Shops and The Joffrey Ballet translates de Kooning's expressive lines and famed brushwork into choreography, displayed along the Canopy's 190 feet of LED screens through September 20.

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The Art Institute of Chicago brought Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World beyond the museum's walls, presenting six of the Impressionist's paintings across the Canopy's 190 linear feet of digital screens above the atrium of 900 North Michigan Shops. Works including Boating Party, Portrait of the Artist and At the Café were shown at unexpected focal points to highlight Caillebotte's handling of texture, form and atmosphere, with commentary from Canopy lead artist Adrian Stein.

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The Art Institute of Chicago and 900 North Michigan Shops present Georgia O'Keeffe: 'My New Yorks' on The Canopy, a 190-foot digital screen spanning the atrium, from August 9 through September 22, 2024, free to the public. The release quotes Taylor Stucker, Director of Marketing at 900 North Michigan Shops, and Nora Gainer, Executive Director of Civic Relations and Partnerships at the Art Institute.

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Business Insider's markets wire carries the Art Institute of Chicago and 900 North Michigan Shops announcement of Georgia O'Keeffe: 'My New Yorks' on The Canopy, described as the Midwest's largest canvas for digital art, on view August 9 through September 22, 2024.

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The Associated Press press-release wire carries the Art Institute of Chicago and 900 North Michigan Shops announcement of Georgia O'Keeffe: 'My New Yorks' on The Canopy, the Midwest's largest canvas for digital art, on view August 9 through September 22, 2024.

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The FWA interviews Leviathan Executive Creative Director Kyle Shoup about the studio's content program for The Canopy at 900N, the 190-foot LED installation across the atrium of 900 North Michigan Shops.

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Reel Chicago reports on Leviathan's customized content library for The Canopy, the media-architecture installation of ten LED digital skylights spanning 190 linear feet at 900 North Michigan Shops. The Ultra-HD content spans fashion, abstract imagery and architectural themes across all seven levels, produced through concepting, storyboarding, test rendering, live-action and studio shoots.

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The FWA names The Canopy at 900N its FWA of the Day, recognizing Leviathan's collaboration with 900 North Michigan Shops on the 190-foot LED digital art installation across the atrium ceiling, which modernized the 30-year-old complex with content visible from street level and all seven floors.

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AV Magazine reports on the creative refresh of The Canopy, ten LED digital skylights spanning 190 linear feet at 900 North Michigan Shops, unveiled in late 2017. Leviathan developed an expanding library of custom Ultra-HD video for the installation, including live-action films and abstract 3D imagery.

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Live Design covers how The Canopy, ten LED digital skylights spanning 190 linear feet at 900 North Michigan Shops, evolved creatively when the center partnered with Chicago agency Leviathan on custom content. Leviathan produces Ultra-HD pieces matched to the center's aesthetic, delivered to shoppers on all seven levels and at the Michigan Avenue glass portal entry.

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Sixteen:Nine's rundown of the 2019 Digital Signage Awards winners lists ESI Design's canopy display at 900 North Michigan in the Public Venues category.

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The International Design Awards give an Honorable Mention to 900 North Michigan Shops by Edwin Schlossberg and ESI Design, describing a massive LED digital art installation on the atrium ceiling designed to mimic a giant skylight that brings the exterior sky inside, with kaleidoscope-like moments.

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The Drum's Creative Works showcase of ESI Design's 190-foot digital art installation spanning the ceiling of the seven-level center on Chicago's Gold Coast. The piece describes ultra-HD nature content, including algorithmic birds that never fly the same way twice and trees that respond to the actual time of day, alongside branded and seasonal content.

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Building Design + Construction reports on the ESI Design-led renovation of 900 North Michigan Shops and its ten-section digital installation that mimics the outside sky. Visible from all floors, the display shows 3D-animated birds, swaying trees and skies filmed in 16K, with background lighting keyed to the time of day. ESI's Edwin Schlossberg calls the digital canopy unlike anything ever installed in a mall.

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