Artists Wanted/chashamaJuly 1, 2012 - July 31, 2012Vicki DaSilva, Surabhi Saraf, Elly ChoTimes Square Advertising Coalition, chashama, Artists WantedThe July 2012 Midnight Moment featured videos by three artists: Vicki DaSilva, Surabhi Saraf, and Elly Cho, presented in partnership with the Times Square Advertising Coalition, Artists Wanted and chashama.Vicki DaSilvaJasmine / Never Sorry (for Ai Weiwei), 2011 (excerpt)Jasmine/Never Sorry (for Ai Weiwei) was a tribute to Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei. DaSilva referenced freedom of speech through the jasmine fluorescence of her light graffiti.Surabhi SarafPEEL, 2009 (excerpt)PEEL presented a visual echo of the instance of an unexamined moment. Simple gestures of a seemingly mundane daily activity morphed into a complex choreography when multiplied. The effect of this process further reverberated through the multiple screens of Times Square.Elly ChoVisual Kinematics: a state of mind (No.10), 2011 (excerpt)This video was part of a project series called “Visual Kinematics” in which Cho heightened the aesthetic contrast of the natural environment through black and white to evoke nostalgia for nature.