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This Valentine’s Day, Los Angeles will trade candlelit dinners and prix-fixe menus for something more expansive and communal. On February 14, a new countywide public art experience called Attune 1.0 will unfold simultaneously across 10 locations, transforming parks, plazas and cultural spaces into a synchronized network of sound and light, free and open to all.
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Presented by NXT Art Foundation and engineering firm Arup, and produced by public art heavyweight Carmen Zella (NOW Art), Attune is designed less as a single event than as a shared moment. From 4:30pm to 7:30pm, coordinated sound-based performances and sculptural light installations will activate sites stretching from Barnsdall Park and Leimert Park to Santa Monica, Culver City, Altadena and Long Beach, inviting Angelenos to tune in—literally and figuratively.
Unlike traditional public art, which often asks audiences to gather in one place, Attune flips the model, with each location hosting a distinct live performance by an interdisciplinary artist. All are linked in real time, however, creating a distributed experience that emphasizes connection over spectacle. It’s ambitious, slightly utopian and deeply L.A. in its scale.
The artist lineup reflects that breadth. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson leads a participatory string orchestra and sound-healing composition, encouraging audiences to sing along. Beatie Wolfe presents a sonic self-portrait that drifts through memories, fears and dreams. Sarah Rara draws inspiration from the jacaranda tree, translating its electric purple blooms into choral sound, while experimental composer claire rousay offers a slow, looping piano meditation.
Other works foreground breath, storytelling and place. Carmina Escobar guides a bilingual, citywide breathing exercise intended to form a “collective lung,” while L. Frank grounds each site in Tongva and Acjachemen histories through spoken narrative. Qur’an Shaheed and Odeya Nini explore voice and environment, blending live performance with field recordings drawn from Los Angeles itself.
Visually, each site is anchored by a light-based sculptural installation designed by Emery C. Martin and Kerstin Larissa Hovland, whose shifting color sequences respond to the sound works. Meanwhile, artist collective Media Pollution creates a kind of connective tissue with a television tower displaying live feeds from across the county, reminding viewers that this is happening everywhere, all at once.
Several activations dovetail with civic moments, including a reopening celebration at Jesse Brewer Jr. Park in Exposition Park, a wellness-focused sound event at the Wende Museum in Culver City, and a tie-in with Long Beach’s Art + Design Walk.
While Los Angeles often feels fragmented, Attune proposes something quietly radical: a few hours of shared attention. No tickets, no barriers, just light, sound and the idea that a city can still move in harmony, if only for an evening.