The Paseo: Transforming community with art and art with community

The Paseo 2024 will be held during the daytime, from midday until sunset, including two nights of Silent Disco! Over four days, a schedule of events will center around the Luminarium in Kit Carson Park. This year The PASEO tightens its partnership with the Taos Center for the Arts, with special indoor events and activities, including hands-on workshops, films, and presentations in the theater.

The main attraction for PASEO 2024 is a 7,000 square foot inflatable Luminarium. Titled, “Daedalum,” it takes its name from Daedalus. In Greek mythology he was the father of Icarus and the architect of the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete. Daedalum’s core element is a maze of 19 egg-shaped domes whose spatial arrangement creates mysterious sight-lines. The Main Dome features an innovative indirect illumination that varies the color inside according to the dome’s position and the sun’s direction. The 600-piece pattern of the Main Dome ceiling was inspired by Rome’s Pantheon and the Gustave Doré drawing of angels circling heavenward in Dante’s paradise.

A luminarium is a sculpture people enter to be moved to a sense of wonder at the beauty of light and color. Since 1992 over 3 million visitors in more than 40 countries across 5 continents have immersed themselves in the spectacular and luminous world of Architects of Air.

The Paseo Project’s mission is to transform art through community and community through art. The Paseo Project is an arts nonprofit based in Taos, New Mexico. We bring art to the streets of Taos through year-round, free, community-based events and programs

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