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From YouTube: Super Nova
Description
For three days in June, the SuperNOVA performance art festival enlivened the streets of Rosslyn, bringing more than 75 emerging and established local, national, and international artists to energize public spaces and engages audiences in unexpected ways. As Arlington TV covered the festival, we wondered what benefits hosting such a festival could bring into our community, beyond the groundbreaking creativity on view. So we spoke with festival producer Philippa Hughes, Cecilia Cassidy, Executive Director of Rosslyn BID and Karen Vasquez, Director of Cultural Affairs at Arlington Economic Development about the ramifications of the festival, both cultural and economic.
A
Supernova
is
a
performance,
art
festival
that
is
an
explosion
of
creativity
in
rosslyn.
It's
three
days.
Artists
are
coming
from
all
over
the
world,
over
80
of
them
and
they're,
just
going
to
liven
the
streets
of
Rosslyn
with
public
art
and
they're,
just
gonna
just
do
kind
of
weird,
but
really
awesome
things.
You.
B
Know
supernova
was
really
the
brainstorm
of
the
rosslyn
bids,
retail
task
force,
a
group
of
brokers
and
developers
who
are
so
excited
with
all
the
redevelopment
in
Rosslyn,
and
they
really
wanted
to
send
the
message
to
the
broader
community
about
how
Roslin
is
changing.
How
we
have
a
new
image
here-
and
there
are
lots
of
exciting
things
going
on,
so
they
try
to
come
up
with
a
project,
an
idea
that
would
convey
the
new
excitement
about
Rosalyn.
A
Almost
two
years
ago
the
Rosslyn
bid
came
to
me
and
said:
hey,
you
know,
we've
got
this
really
interesting
places
growing,
but
you
know
people
think
of
it
as
the
sort
of
sterile
concrete,
Canyon
kind
of
place.
You
have
any
ideas
for
something:
that'll
kind
of
soften
up
the
edges
or
make
it
kind
of
cool
and
interesting
and
hip.
So
I
pitched
this
idea,
a
performance,
art
festival
and
they
went
for
it
and
I.
You
know
I
think
it's
really
cool
that
they
went
for
it
because
you
know
it's
a
little
unusual.
A
B
B
Fact
that's
what
Roslin
is
now
we're
all
about
new
spaces,
new
buildings,
new
people,
new
residents
in
the
downtown,
and
it's
very
appropriate
for
us
to
have
this
kind
of
event
personify
what
Roslin
has
become
and
is
becoming.
We
see
arts
as
an
economic
driver.
It's
a
very
important
part
of
a
lively
city
and
wherever
you
see
the
Arts
in
a
city,
you
see
a
major
city,
that's
very
exciting!
B
C
A
few
different,
really
great
things,
I
think
from
an
economic
development
standpoint
of
why
you
encourage
these
sorts
of
festivals
in
your
community.
First
there's
the
straight
off
dollar
benefit
of
bringing
a
lot
of
people
into
a
particular
neighborhood
into
the
county,
but
from
there
that's
I,
think
really
the
only
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
in
terms
of
what
the
benefits
really
are.
C
I
think
that
by
virtue
of
bringing
in
new
people
to
a
community
and
exposing
them
to
what
the
community
looks
like
what
our
cultural
is
all
about,
what
our
streets
look
like,
what
great
exciting
neighborhoods
we
have
it
gets
people
excited
about
our
lington.
It
gets
gives
them
something
different
than
what
they've
had
in
the
past
and
that
can
create
all
sorts
of
other
indirect,
yet
very
tangible
benefits
when
it
comes
to
economic
development,
I.
B
Think
artisphere
helps
define
roslyn
it's
very
important
to
have
a
cultural
center
and
to
have
a
center
to
your
business
community.
The
Arlington
Arts
Commission
has
put
out
a
report
that
says
that
the
arcs
generate
85
million
dollars
in
economic
benefit
to
the
county
and
that
people
who
come
to
arts
activities
spend
7.5
million
dollars
on
retail
each
year.
B
It's
very
important
to
you
know,
have
a
balanced
of
a
balanced
life
and
we're
all
kind
of
worker
bees
here
in
Arlington.
Everybody
just
is
very
busy
and
it's
wonderful
to
take
time
out,
and
you
know
kind
of
center
yourself
and
say
why
are
we
here
and
you
know
some
of
that
performance
art
really
answered
that
question.
B
C
Continue
to
evolve
as
a
community
and
that's
a
good
thing.
We
don't
want
to
be
sort
of
the
same
old
same
old.
All
of
the
time
we
like
to
keep
things
interesting
here
we
like
to
be
on
the
cutting
edge.
We
like
to
do
things
that
other
communities
don't
do
being
able
to
have
these
things
take
place
right
in
your
communities,
says
something
about
why
people
continue
to
come
here.