Film: "Street Pavers" by Timothy J. Hickey
- Event Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
- Time: 10:00 am–4:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
"Street Pavers" by Timothy J. Hickey is a series of short videos. The work features the historic brick streets of Champaign, Illinois and contains subtle, slow-paced imagery with quiet accompanying ambient audio. The point of view looks downward with a framework of bricks acting as a stage for each video while external forces act upon the static paver bricks below. These changing elements vary with the seasons, weather, sky conditions and whatever else is happening.
The imagery is reinforced by field-recorded, ambient sounds occurring during these moments. The videos may contain rain, snow, light changes as clouds pass overhead, trees branches above reflected in puddles below, wind moving shadows or leaves across the pavers, vehicle traffic, bird song and other common neighborhood sounds.
The results are a unique exploration of time and place.
Stop by the Spurlock Museum anytime during run hours to watch these shorts on a recurring loop and experience selections of Hickey’s work.
This program is presented as part of the href="https://boneyardartsfestival.org/"Boneyard Arts Festival (external link).
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360.
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.