Computer-programmed LED light sculpture at Madison Sq Park

Check out Leo Villareal's piece Buckyball on preview now opening this week.

More info here:
http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/mad-sq-art-leo-villareals-buckyball

Interactive window display near school

Just ran into this on 5th Ave and 15th St. It's is an interactive video placed within a storefront/diorama at TD Bank dealing with their green initiatives. Touch the hand prints, and different animals pop out of the woods.

What would Dan Graham say about this? I think it looks and feels an awful lot like Big Buck Hunter, which is probably not what they were going for...

Public Art Fund Talk TOMORROW (Wednesday) at Tishman Auditorium

We are about to move into the public art portion of our class in a few weeks, so it might be a wonderful time to go check out an artist speaking about her upcoming public exhibition!

http://www.publicartfund.org/view/5391_public_programs/5919_talk_monika_sosnowska 

Addiction to Screens (Parks and Rec)

One of the story lines of this week's Parks and Recreation has a character dealing with an over-addiction to screens.  I think this resonates (rather comically) with some of the issues we've come across in discussion in terms of self-presentation via social media, over-reliance on mobile screens, and a modified sense of existence.

Expanded Cinema at the Tate

Video on the re-installation of major works and the legacy of expanded cinema.