Alight: Art and the Sacred
Explore Art’s Spiritual Power
Free
3.4.1for iPhone, iPod touch
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About Alight: Art and the Sacred
Alight will introduce you to works of art from all over the world in ways that explore their sacred dimensions and their devotional power. It will also bring you the voices of artists, art historians, curators, critics, and theologians as they reflect on the challenging and illuminating ways that art and religion intersect in the 21st century.
The app will take you to cities including London, Chicago, Washington DC, Oxford and New York City, opening up encounters with works of art in both religious and secular spaces, from museums to cathedrals to national monuments in public squares. It will suggest trails, or ‘curated pilgrimages’, and its interactive map will direct you to locations where key works on these itineraries can be found. The voices of its contributors will offer you analyses, provocations, personal meditations, and testimonies to the spiritual power of visual art.
You can use the Alight features while following one of its trails, or from your own armchair. Put your headphones on, press play, and listen to both short commentaries and longer discussions.
Alight invites you to take time to contemplate the works you alight on, and if they set your heart alight, you can capture your response with the Alight slider.
While using the interactive map, you will be notified when you are near a key location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
With thanks to our supporters:
The University of Cambridge
Coexist House
Episcopal Evangelism Society
Trinity Church, Wall Street
Rocky Mountain College
Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary Georgetown University
The Royal Academy of Arts, London
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The McDonald Agape Foundation
The app will take you to cities including London, Chicago, Washington DC, Oxford and New York City, opening up encounters with works of art in both religious and secular spaces, from museums to cathedrals to national monuments in public squares. It will suggest trails, or ‘curated pilgrimages’, and its interactive map will direct you to locations where key works on these itineraries can be found. The voices of its contributors will offer you analyses, provocations, personal meditations, and testimonies to the spiritual power of visual art.
You can use the Alight features while following one of its trails, or from your own armchair. Put your headphones on, press play, and listen to both short commentaries and longer discussions.
Alight invites you to take time to contemplate the works you alight on, and if they set your heart alight, you can capture your response with the Alight slider.
While using the interactive map, you will be notified when you are near a key location. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
With thanks to our supporters:
The University of Cambridge
Coexist House
Episcopal Evangelism Society
Trinity Church, Wall Street
Rocky Mountain College
Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary Georgetown University
The Royal Academy of Arts, London
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The McDonald Agape Foundation
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.4.1
Last updated on Oct 15, 2020
Old Versions
This update includes a collection of remarkable conversations between artists, theologians, art historians, and curators about the place of religion in contemporary art. Featuring Antony Gormley, Rowan Williams and others.
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Version History
3.4.1
Oct 15, 2020
This update includes a collection of remarkable conversations between artists, theologians, art historians, and curators about the place of religion in contemporary art. Featuring Antony Gormley, Rowan Williams and others.
3.3.0
Feb 18, 2020
Passion and Compassion, Oxford, trail content update.
3.2.1
Feb 5, 2020
Passion and Compassion, Oxford, trail now available!
2.3.2
Feb 14, 2018
Stations of the Cross, New York City, exhibition trail now available!
2.2.0
May 15, 2017
New Chichester Art Pilgrimage now available
Minor text updates to information in the other trails
Minor text updates to information in the other trails
2.0.4
Feb 27, 2017
- Added Stations of the Cross: Washington DC trail
1.3.2
Mar 4, 2016
- Improved feedback while downloading collections
1.3
Mar 1, 2016
- Ability to download collections
- Improved artwork listening experience
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Improved artwork listening experience
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
1.2
Feb 17, 2016
- Added speaker names to artwork audio tracks
- Added introduction audio
- Updated audio tracks with improved content
- Improved UI on Place screen (moving map link into the header for easier access)
- Added introduction audio
- Updated audio tracks with improved content
- Improved UI on Place screen (moving map link into the header for easier access)
1.1
Feb 9, 2016
Ability to jump to specific map locations.
Collection trails are now numbered.
All stations of the cross have an audio track.
Minor interface improvements throughout.
Collection trails are now numbered.
All stations of the cross have an audio track.
Minor interface improvements throughout.
1.0
Feb 3, 2016
Alight: Art and the Sacred FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Alight: Art and the Sacred.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
Alight: Art and the Sacred supports English