Breonna Taylor virtual reality space, memorial garden coming to BLINK - WLWT Cincinnati

THE UNITED STATES THIS WINTER. SHEREE: THE COUNTDOWN TO BLINK IS ON. WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS SO MUCH COLOR TO GREATER CINCINNATI. WLWT NEWS 5’S MIANA MASSEY GIVES US A BETTER LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR. MIANA: THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, CINCINNATI WILL BE COVERED IN COLOR. ARTISTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED ON MURALS LIKE THIS ONE, BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. TODAY, BLINK ORGANIZERS CAME TOGETHER TO GIVE US A SNEAK PEEK AT THE 4-DAY EXTRAVAGANZA. >> IT HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS SINCE THE LAST BLINK IN 2018. I THINK THE REGION IS READY FOR IT TO RETURN. PEOPLE WANT TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AND BE AMONGST THEIR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND STRANGERS ENJOYING ALL THE ART. MIANA: THERE WILL BE 101 DISPLAYS ACROSS MORE THAN 30 CITY BLOCKS FROM FINDLAY MARKET TO COVINGTON. >> THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS FOR BLINK. THERE WAS 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2019. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT. MAKE SURE WE ARE ALERTING PEOPLE AND GIVING MORE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING THEMSELVES. MIANA: UNITING THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS FROM HERE IN CINCINNATI AND AROUND THE WORLD BLINK IS AN , OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE, A FUSION OF STREET ART, MUSIC, LIGHT-BASED INSTALLATIONS AND MORE. AND THIS YEAR, IT IS COMING BACK BIGGER AND BETTER. >> WE ARE TRYING TO GO BIGGER BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE MORE ATTENDEES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDING MORE TO THE COLLABORATION THIS YEAR AND CHANGING THE COLLABORATIVE CIRCLE A LITTLE BIT MORE, INVITING MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN AT SHOW OFF THEIR WORK THIS YEAR IN A WAY TO GET EXCITED BY. MIANA: DEBUTING A DRONE SHOW FLYING OVER THE OHIO RIVER. PROJECTING ART WORK ON TO LARGE BUILDINGS, DIGITAL EXCURSIONS, SOCIAL LOUNGES AND MORE. NOT ONLY DOES THE EVENT SPEAK TO THE DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE CINCINNATI ART COMMUNITY, IT ALSO CALLS UPON THE CITY’S DEEP ROOTS IN SUPPORTING THE ARTS. >> WE REALLY SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE REALLY PROUD, OUTWARDLY TO LIGHT , UP WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WE ARE TRULY TELLING THE STORY OF CINCINNATI. MIANA: LINK KICKS OFF NEXT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, AND GO THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THERE IS FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR FOUR LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, HEAD OVER TO WLWT