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  "scope": "Material relating to the Day for Night festival as documented in Free Press Houston.",
  "overview": "Day for Night was conceived in 2014 by Omar Afra and Kiffer Keegan, childhood friends who began developing the idea while experimenting with the visual language of Free Press Summer Fest. Their premise was simple: build a music festival where ambitious visual art, light, architecture and emerging technology were as central to the experience as the performers themselves.\n\nAfra and Keegan brought in Alex Czetwertynski to curate the festival’s art program, with large-scale installations spanning generative art, light, projection and new media. [Marini van Smirren](/contributors/marini-van-smirren) served as General Manager, while musical programming was curated by Omar Afra and Chris Wise. Mark Armes directed the festival’s video and visual documentation.\n\nHeld in Houston from 2015 to 2017, Day for Night became an early landmark in the convergence of contemporary art, experimental technology and major music-festival culture. In 2017, Consequence of Sound named Day for Night its Festival of the Year, cementing its reputation as one of the defining American festivals of its era. The 2016 and 2017 edition records connect the festival to the Barbara Jordan Post Office at 401 Franklin. Use the dated posters, schedules, site plans and art records below to distinguish material held from later reporting about the festival.\n\nThe [September 2015 announcement](/articles/houston-gains-a-winter-festival-with-day-for-night) locates the first edition at Silver Street Studios and describes Free Press Houston’s collaboration with Work-Order. The [2015 final site map](/objects/dfn-2015-final-site-map) records that edition’s planned layout; the [Barbara Jordan Post Office record](/places/barbara-jordan-post-office) concerns the different downtown site used in 2016 and 2017. Reading those sources together distinguishes the festival’s two settings instead of applying the familiar 401 Franklin location to its entire run.",
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      "title": "Day for Night Artist Series: Damien Echols",
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      "title": "Day for Night Virtual Exhibit — “Phases” by AV&C + Houzé",
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