Philadelphia-based Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments (LURE) has developed Not in Service, a project with two sites and multiple authors. Not in Service includes a series of five artist-designed screensavers. Initially presented as an outdoor projection event and subsequently available online. As is the case for all LURE endeavors, artist Aaron Igler collaborates with selected individuals to both realize and present new work. Not in Service, in the context of the Surface Tension exhibition, draws out a relationship between architectural space and virtual space.

The outdoor projection component of Not in Service will premier immediately following the Surface Tension reception. For this event LURE will project across the rooftop of the Parkway Corporation parking garage at the corner of 12th and Filbert streets. By projecting a moving image onto an architectural mass, even a static facade can take on the fluid characteristics of a screen. This innovative approach to artistic practice combines creative methods and disrupts traditional modes of exhibition and presentation.