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Times Square is one of the world's most renowned urban destinations. Its dazzling lights and teeming crowds offer an overwhelming sense of possibility. Having helped to make Times Square clean and safe, the Times Square Alliance is now working to nurture the creativity, energy and edge that are the essence of Times Square. For that reason, we are working with a variety of arts-based curatorial groups to bring public art projects to Times Square. Art Times Square, our pilot public art program, will incorporate diverse art elements into Times Square's streetscape, thereby expressing the area's uniqueness and enriching the pedestrian experience.

As part of Creative Time’s history of presenting innovative art of all disciplines to invigorate New York’s public spaces, The 59th Minute: Video Art on the NBC Astrovision by Panasonic presents a unique opportunity for video art to be viewed within the world’s most famous media capital: Times Square.

PAST PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

Kimsooja

Conditions of Anonymity

March 10 - June 10, 2005

Creative Time and Panasonic, with Times Square Alliance, presented Conditions of Anonymity, one minute segments from South Koren Artist Kim Sooja's lauded video work - A Needle Woman (Kitauyushu), A Beggar Woman (Cairo), and A Laundry Woman (Yamuna River, India) on The 59th Minute Video Art on the NBC Astrovision by Panasonic. In each video, the artist sits, reclines, or stands completely still with her back to the viewer, illuminating the vibrancy of the locales and the intrusions of the world around her.

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At The Crossroads of Desire:

This fascinating historical exhibition at the AXA Gallery (787 Seventh Avenue at 51st Street), celebrating the centennial of Times Square, traced the area's profound effect on the evolution of American theatre, marketing, architecture, slang, sex, journalism and more. A gala opening was held on the evening of December 9th, 2004, and the exhibit will be open to the public from December 10th - March 26th, 2005.

Who's Afraid of Blue, Red and Green?
Click here to learn more about acclaimed artist Günther Selichar's 2004 public competition for exceptional animated art, displayed on the NBC Astrovision by Panasonic in Times Square.

People's Portrait Project

The Times Square Alliance, the Parsons School of Design and Reuters North American present “Peoples’ Portrait”, a project conceived by media artist Zhang Ga, using the massive video and data display screen at Reuter’s Times Square Headquarters.